Michael Bennet: “Our farmers and ranchers, by the way, most of whom are…”

“For every one of them, I had my reasons, and I think they were good reasons. We can go through them. I mean, I supported the agriculture secretary because I'm on the Agriculture Committee. Our farmers and ranchers, by the way, most of whom are Republicans in Colorado, are in really tough shape because of a whole variety of things, ranging from drought to Trump's tariffs to the cost of inputs. And I thought it was important for us to have a senator who had a working relationship with the person in that. Same thing with the agency.” (10:39–10:53)

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