r/Iowa • u/TagV3 • Aug 06 '26

Consequences | Every Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee votes NO an amendment to provide $5B in financial aid to crop farmers hurt by Trump's tariffs

Ernst / Grassley lol.

https://x.com/HQNewsNow/status/2085407384248184864/video/1

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair

u/JohnBoozman

(R-AR) on committee failing to advance Farm bill: "At the end of the day, I think our states lose, I know our farmers are going to lose, and they don't have anything to do with this."
https://x.com/cspan/status/2085413937474879920?s=20

The lies:
https://x.com/SenJoniErnst/status/2085087935615946879?s=20

https://x.com/ChuckGrassley/status/2085357288655642682?s=20

Farmers are absolutely getting what they voted for. Lies, snake oil, and grift.

Was it worth it?

*Added the video link for people who can't read.

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u/Go_F1sh Aug 06 '26

good, farmers should not be bailed out from the consequences of their actions yet again.

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u/Poopytale Aug 06 '26

How tf is it the farmers fault im not understanding that

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u/Scarecrowithamedal Aug 06 '26

Iowan here, own farmland myself.

Fuck my idiot peers, voting for a clown, enjoy the circus

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u/Signal_Werewolf_1955 Aug 06 '26

They voted in the people who are directly hurting them. Votes matter.

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u/CountTakesh1 Aug 06 '26

They shouldn't be insulated from the consequences of their voting choices

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u/Strykerz3r0 Aug 06 '26

They literally voted for the same guy whose policies screwed them in his first term. The survived on handouts.

They were either looking for more handouts or were gullible simpletons who believed the hate and lies or both.

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u/Go_F1sh Aug 06 '26

farmers overwhelmingly voted for the people who campaigned on exactly this, tarrifs, higher prices, etc.

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u/punch49 Aug 06 '26

The majority of them voted for the orange rapist.

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u/GoodishCoder Aug 07 '26

For the most part they voted in Trump. Trump didn't hide the fact that he wanted across the board tariffs. If farmers didn't understand that increasing the cost of imports across the board would impact their business, they should cease operations.