Farm state Republicans have a beef with Trump. Literally, one of their many issues with the current president involves beef. The Trump administration is obsessed with bringing beef prices down, and their big plan is to import more beef from overseas tariff-free, even though it will hurt American ranchers and not lower the price of beef at the grocery store.
When Trump’s beef scheme is combined with high diesel costs due to the Iran war, and high fertilizer costs due to Trump’s tariffs, the longtime agricultural heartland that has been voting Republican for decades may be poised for a historic flip.
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As Jonathan Martin wrote in Politico Magazine:
If Democrats can hold on to Michigan, a once-daunting Senate map for their party looks less intimidating: To find four seats, they’d capture North Carolina, the most likely state to change hands, Ohio, Iowa and then find one more from the quasi-nation-states that are Maine, Alaska and Texas (with help from third-party candidates on the ballot).
Every wave election brings a late surprise, and if conditions deteriorate, there’s a chance Nebraska, Kansas and even Mississippi could fall.
Republicans are not only upset with Trump because he has created a new farm crisis. Republicans are described as furious that Trump is sitting on a pile of cash and has no interest in helping them in the midterms.
