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He told them and they didn't believe: "I don't care about you. I don't care. I only want your vote."

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He certainly did.

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Those farmers were told what Trump was up to during his campaigning. The Democrats told them he was lying. They knew he was a liar and a convicted criminal but voted for him anyway. Now we all have to suffer for their stupidity. I'm not crying for them anymore.

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The problem is that if you watch Fox News like almost all of Trump's voters, they were not told. They weren't told the truth about anything, including his criminal convictions.---Jason

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Fox cable news is not and was not their only news outlet. Most farmers read papers and can't help be hear what other people are saying. I have a best friend of many, many years who I dearly love, but her one fault is that she insists on voting Republican because she "always did and so did her family." When I tried to talk to her about how bad Trump was, she still wouldn't vote for Biden, she would pick whatever other Rep. was running for president. There was no one running against Trump in the GOP. And where it comes to politics, there are a whole lot more just like her and those farmers. They'd rather be shot than vote for a Dem.

Personally, I've always been a Dem, but that didn't stop me from voting for Reagan once, and GWB once, I'm ashamed to say. People need to learn that their preference to a party does not need to be caste in stone. Let the best "person" win.

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I think people have been treating the political parties as if they were their favorite football teams. Bad mistake! Maybe they will learn NOT to do that from this Bad experience!

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Let's be clear -- people CHOOSE where to get their information. No one holds a gun to their head and demands that they watch Fox News -- they watch Fox and listen to talk radio because they LIKE what they hear on Fox News and on talk radio. These people are not stupid -- they know they're being lied to, but they listen because they love the lies. I have no sympathy for them because they chose this, not in spite of the lies and hate, but because Fox and talk radio and Republicans broadcast lies and hate, -- these people just love to hate. How can anyone have sympathy for them?

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The reason I have no Sympathy in the least for Supporters of T-Rump, Magits, and The fence riders, and will always Hold disdain for Them All! Is the Malignant, Judgemental, biased, castigation of anyone that even questioned The Greatest Truth mirage Fabricator About his intentions! And Still hold his repulsive presence in Some Orwellion Fantasy of Functional Reference of Knowledge or abstract Thought! For their conscience disrespect and hateful intentions to People Just trying to Shed some light of truth to their obvious malformed Impressions of a clinical Narcissist! For this reason, I pray to any God Available! Lord, please show them, that When You Fuck around, You Find Out!

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For the crime of Willful ignorance, placating to popularity of American Great Stupidism, And Disingenuous Patriotism To The Basic Tenats of Freedom.For The People, and By The People! I as a God Loving, Country Serving, Family Loving, Freedom Deserving, Gun Toting, American Voter, Does Not Give one Iota of a Shit for your Financial, Physical, and or Mental well Being! I Hope it Hurts to the Bone Actually! Just remember that you did it All for a Narcissist Reality Show Diva and Huckster!

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And if farmers get hurt, guess who else gets hurt? What does he think will happen to the cost of food? Or is he really that ignorant about action and reaction. Does he not know how hard farmers have to work to make ends meet? He obviously has forgotten the damage he has already done by stopping some subsidies.

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I think the R’s are thinking ONLY of their interests and when they diverge from the people’s, why, SOMEONE has to give way, and it has never been the rich who do so.

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Trump supporters are the epitome of Einstein's definition of insanity. They will bend themselves into pretzels trying to blame everyone but Trump and themselves for their and our decline. Billionaires don't share wealth and trickle down was always a fable.

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Dear Farmers, reap what you sow.

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We need this info

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He has never in his life been in a grocery store!! Of course he has no idea about life outside of country clubs and retainers!

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No sympathy here! As the rethuglikkkans say “ there will be pain, live with it”

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Farmers will find a way to avoid placing blame on the Republicans

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Will those farmers call their Republican congressional representative and Senators? Call them now.

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Sad to say! But they and we all know that the felon lies! And to believe anything he says is putting yourself and family in peril!

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One of the good things that has come about by the election of Trump has been the clarity that has emerged about how complex everything is and how tied together all the polices are. I guess it isn't hard to see how the government pays farmers to feed Americans in need but I never thought of that. Or how, for example, school choice, is really just cutting money for public education and how those who don't want their children indoctrinated by extreme Christians or don't have money to pay for private education have to stay home and home school their kids - keeping women at home and out of the workplace, which is the real goal. Everything, including how the government works, and what Project 25 is, is being clarified by Trump breaking all the laws.

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I think there is a misunderstanding concerning what farmers expected to get from Trump -- they wanted a white supremacist nation and that is what they are going to get. Their economic interests never mattered to them -- only their hate.

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FAFO

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I hope they realize what they’ve done and what has been done to them… and change course

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I never have understood why smart folks fall for the BS of an obvious snake oil salesman. I live in the Southern Appalachians, Dark Red. The native people are hard working and clever, but they vote for a cheating billionaire who gives tax cuts to the wealthy. I think it’s because they fear diversity and choice.

And many are wary of non-whites taking rights away from them. The Hispanic people do a lot of the work here; picking the crops, cleaning hotel rooms, and other jobs that Whites don’t want to do. People love Mexican food but often treat Mexicans as “others.” Trump’s white superiority and chauvinism appeal to them. But he’s such an obvious scammer and cheat! Sells shiny tacky things online!

Doesn’t pay his bills! Deports desperate people! Our nation has lost the worlds’ respect. These are dark times.

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You nailed it! They are bigots to the core, their Nationalism is all important and drives their thinking on everything

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