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Mark Pocan: “At the State of the Union, I brought a farmer who's lost two…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:00

Plus people from that area in my district, the western part of my district. Again, a lot of people who are very much based in agricultural economy. This is going to hurt them a lot. At the State of the Union, I brought a farmer who's lost two of his grants even though Donald Trump has said no farmers lost grants. He's living proof that Donald Trump is a liar. And he also is on Medicaid, his family, just to get by because farming, especially small farms, is not all that lucrative. (06:00–06:07)

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Asserts that a farmer lost grants despite claims by Donald Trump that no farmers lost grants.

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