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BumRushDaShow

(151,209 posts)
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 09:04 AM Apr 2

GOP Senator Warns Trump's Tariffs Will Do 'Irreparable' Damage to Farmers: 'One Crop Away From Bankruptcy'

Source: MEDIAite

Apr 1st, 2025, 9:22 pm


Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) was among several Republicans sounding the alarm about President Donald Trump’s looming tariffs, warning that they risked causing “irreparable” damage to the farmers in his state.

A new round of the president’s tariffs is scheduled to roll out Wednesday, imposing reciprocal tariffs on nearly every country that trades with the U.S. Thus far, the stock market has reacted negatively and numerous economists are forecasting a bumpy road ahead, even a looming recession.

Tillis seemed to concur with these pessimistic assessments when CNN chief congressional correspondent Manu Raju caught up with him in the Capitol. “Anyone who says there may be a little bit of pain before we get things right, need to talk to my farmers who are one crop away from bankruptcy,” said Tillis. “They don’t have time. So we’ve got to be crisp on this implementation. Otherwise, we could do damage that is irreparable to farmers.”

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) also expressed concerns about the harm Trump’s tariffs could cause in their states.“As the president has admitted, tariffs will create pain for some businesses, and I think Wisconsin will be particularly hard hit with all the manufacturing and agricultural interests,” Johnson told Raju.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/news/gop-senator-warns-trumps-tariffs-will-do-irreparable-damage-to-farmers-one-crop-away-from-bankruptcy/



But as long as 45 "harms" minorities, women, LGBTQ individuals, non-radical Christian adherents, etc., it's "okay", and these sadistic loons are willing to suffer in order to watch others suffer.
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GOP Senator Warns Trump's Tariffs Will Do 'Irreparable' Damage to Farmers: 'One Crop Away From Bankruptcy' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Apr 2 OP
You break it, you bought it C_U_L8R Apr 2 #1
And what are you going to do about?..................... Lovie777 Apr 2 #2
Nothing FredGarvin Apr 2 #6
Let me guess...they're priming the pump for yet another subsidy check for farmers Bengus81 Apr 2 #3
Omg! They are eating OUR faces! UpInArms Apr 2 #4
Tillis knows that Trump is going to bail out the farmers FredGarvin Apr 2 #5
100%. So far Trump's only bailed them out with 10 billion travelingthrulife Apr 2 #12
If they want to extend those tax cuts BumRushDaShow Apr 2 #13
They will just add that "communist" money to the national debt while... Justice matters. Apr 2 #25
They are going to have to plow through those hardcore "fiscal conservatives" first BumRushDaShow Apr 2 #26
Tillis is an absolute disgrace. PopArtMonkey Apr 2 #7
You wanna be "crisp" on this issue, Sen. Tillis? Paladin Apr 2 #8
More farms for corporations to snatch up! progressoid Apr 2 #9
Don't care. Add them to the list of men women and children they are hurting. Autumn Apr 2 #10
Silly Tillis. You have the power to impeach this monster. travelingthrulife Apr 2 #11
Farmers voted overwhelmingly for Trump Bev54 Apr 2 #14
When this "crop" of farmers are dead and gone..... wolfie001 Apr 2 #17
The problem is they are in bed or vertically integrated Bev54 Apr 2 #21
KKKorrupt repukes wolfie001 Apr 2 #24
Farmers votes have been bought for decades, first the farm bill, and then bailouts. walkingman Apr 2 #27
Weak argument: TR*** LOVES BANKRUPTCY truthisfreedom Apr 2 #15
Trump doesn't care except to target those who speak of his failures. twodogsbarking Apr 2 #16
Well, that IS what they voted for... ananda Apr 2 #18
That's the point. They bankrupt the farmers and AllyCat Apr 2 #19
Yep Rebl2 Apr 2 #20
Some lessons in life are expensive, as can be ones actions, republianmushroom Apr 2 #22
Factory Farms Johnny2X2X Apr 2 #23
Every farmer I know is a multi millionaire, who received Kittycatkat Apr 2 #28
Now he gets to control them all for carve-outs. " I need you to do me a favor, though" Walleye Apr 2 #29
US farmers are the real welfare queens Mysterian Apr 2 #30

C_U_L8R

(47,163 posts)
1. You break it, you bought it
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 09:09 AM
Apr 2

And the GOP is about to buy the farm, following Trump all the way down to economic ruin. Enjoy your ill-conceived Liberation Day.

Bengus81

(8,713 posts)
3. Let me guess...they're priming the pump for yet another subsidy check for farmers
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 09:18 AM
Apr 2

Watch for it. They've lost billions of $$$ over Trump and Musk killing USAID

BumRushDaShow

(151,209 posts)
13. If they want to extend those tax cuts
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 09:49 AM
Apr 2

they have to take from them too. They are going to go after that Farm Bill (and not just SNAP).

Justice matters.

(8,303 posts)
25. They will just add that "communist" money to the national debt while...
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 12:49 PM
Apr 2

many "tariffed" countries are dumping their U.S. Treasory Bonds as a mean for retaliation to a stupid policy that will make inflation skyrocket!

Boom goes the world's economy for a decade or more, given all the forthcoming unprecedented natural disasters caused by climate changes.

But hey, the billionaire class will adapt to eating rocks... or gold bars

BumRushDaShow

(151,209 posts)
26. They are going to have to plow through those hardcore "fiscal conservatives" first
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 12:55 PM
Apr 2

I know a lot of times we assume they will cave anyway but some of that type won't and will force them to make some compromise or they will help kill the bill (we just saw that happen earlier this week).

wolfie001

(4,699 posts)
17. When this "crop" of farmers are dead and gone.....
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:28 AM
Apr 2

....I sure hope the ones that replace them respect our freedoms for All Americans and have some empathy and concern for the environment. That's a lot to ask I know.

Bev54

(12,389 posts)
21. The problem is they are in bed or vertically integrated
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:12 AM
Apr 2

With corporations. Watch for payouts to them.

wolfie001

(4,699 posts)
24. KKKorrupt repukes
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 12:44 PM
Apr 2

Nasty to the core. That evil mf'er Strom Thurmond left the Dem party 'cause he could no longer be a racist there, so of course he chose the repuke party.

ananda

(31,534 posts)
18. Well, that IS what they voted for...
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:32 AM
Apr 2

whether they know it or not, and whether
they like it or not.

AllyCat

(17,841 posts)
19. That's the point. They bankrupt the farmers and
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:41 AM
Apr 2

Private equity picks up the land for pennies on the dollar. Then rent the land back to those farmers so they make more money and the farmers make less. See?

Rebl2

(16,183 posts)
20. Yep
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:57 AM
Apr 2

They should have thought long and hard before they voted for trump. They knew he was planning tariffs when he ran last year and to not consider it might have an impact on them, well it was foolish on their part. Guess they thought it would affect everyone else, but not them. FAFO.

Johnny2X2X

(22,775 posts)
23. Factory Farms
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 12:19 PM
Apr 2

These farmers don't get it yet, Trump and the GOP are not for them, they're for the giant coporate run farms who will run them out of business.

Kittycatkat

(1,762 posts)
28. Every farmer I know is a multi millionaire, who received
Wed Apr 2, 2025, 01:04 PM
Apr 2

million's from government subsidies over the years. 90% of farmers in my area had Trump signs everywhere. I'm no longer buying local produce unless I know they are Dems. Tired of millionaire farmers crying poverty.

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