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Mark Pocan: “A lot of farmers who are family farmers are also on…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Rep. Pocan Discusses Tariffs, East Wing Demolition on MSNBC

Published | Video Starts at 02:50

So it's got a retaliatory tariff. It's got a tariff coming back, and now it's almost double the cost of bottles for milk, and that's affecting that farmer. And by the way, A lot of farmers who are family farmers are also on Medicaid, and they're about to see a cut on that coming in the next year. So it's really tough to be a farmer in Trump's administration. One of the things you hear from people sometimes as well, you know, those farmers could go out and diversify. (02:50–02:57)

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Asserts that family farmers on Medicaid will see cuts in the next year.

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