When you’re thinking of going to the circus, look no further than your local Democrat’s offices. Just don’t vote them into office or you’ll end up paying more taxes while migrants move into all the homes for sale in your area, making it tougher for you to get a new home at a decent price.
And this is just one of the many reasons why President Donald Trump announced an $8 billion Harvest Fuel Relief program at a massive rally inside the Heartland Credit Union Arena in Park City, Kansas, throwing a financial lifeline to American farmers getting crushed by diesel prices that have climbed to $6.18 a gallon nationwide, up about $2.51 from the same time last year.
Farmers need a break just like everyone else. And we wouldn’t be in any of these situations if it wasn’t for the America-hating policies of the Democrats who just seem to ruin everything they touch.
“This $8 billion dollar investment will help bring certainty to our farmers during this harvest so they can continue to feed our nation,” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said in a statement released right after Trump’s announcement. The program uses a formula similar to the existing Farmer Bridge Assistance program to calculate losses and offset those brutal diesel costs. Farmers actually grow the food, so it turns out helping them matters.
Trump also touted his administration pushing ethanol-based biofuel production to the highest levels ever recorded, which he said would boost Kansas farm incomes by $4 billion a year collectively. He noted a waiver allowing year-round sale of E15 gasoline could become permanent, with one catch. And when the Republicans win, we will pass even more funding for our farmers,” Trump told the standing-room-only crowd of thousands. You can read more about the Harvest Fuel Relief announcement and what it means for rural America heading into harvest season.
Sen. Roger Marshall, a Republican running in what polls say is a toss-up race against Democrat Adam Hamilton, reminded the crowd exactly what losing would cost them. If Kansas loses this Senate race, Chuck Schumer will control the Senate. Elizabeth Warren would control the Bank Committee, and Bernie Sanders would control the Health Care Committee, and Cory Booker, a vegan, would control the [Agriculture] Committee,” Marshall said. He added, “We need a senator on the ag committee that can sort heifers and steers, not someone who doesn’t know the difference between a bull and a steer.” That is genuinely one of the best political lines of the entire cycle.
Hamilton, who co-founded the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, has centered his campaign on reducing the cost of living and pushing ethics reforms for elected officials. “Washington has become overrun by chaos and corruption, with far too many politicians on both sides of the aisle putting themselves and special interests first instead of listening to their constituents’ needs,” he said in a statement. Nothing says “I’m different” quite like every other Democrat running on the exact same speech.
Republican governor nominee Ty Masterson, running against Democrat state Sen. Cindy Holscher to replace term-limited Democrat Laura Kelly, kept his message simple at the rally. “This isn’t about any individual running for an elected office, myself included,” Masterson said. “It’s about the future of this state and this country. It’s about the next generation.” Rocker Ted Nugent also made a surprise appearance, crediting his life philosophy to “God, family, country, Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the 10 Commandments” and a few other things Democrats tend to find offensive before noon.
Trump’s Kansas stop was his first in the state since a Topeka rally in 2018, and he’s in the middle of a midterm blitz that has already taken him through Kentucky, Georgia, Montana, Ohio, and New York, with North Carolina, South Carolina, Iowa, Florida, and more stops still ahead. Republicans who want $8 billion in farm relief, year-round E15 gas, and someone who knows what a steer is running the Agriculture Committee had better show up. Cory Booker’s kale salad is counting on them to stay home.
