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Rebecca Cooke: “Reciprocal tariffs have had a huge impact on farmers.”

Featuring: Rebecca Cooke, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Wisconsin, District 3

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'Out of touch elites': Wisconsin Dem slams Trump, GOP as economic pain 'keeps people up at night'

Published | Video Starts at 02:47

I think in particular, the Trump administration sort of the war on farmers that I feel like they've declared in the way that they've enacted tariffs in such a swinging way. Nobody had time to plan for that. In a growing season, Reciprocal tariffs have had a huge impact on farmers. Bottom lines were huge growers of soy, huge producers of cranberries, and it's been really tough for folks. Add to that, you know, the failure to expand the ACA tax credit premiums. (02:47–02:51)

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