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Rebecca Cooke: “We had to sell our cows because of the low price of milk.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 02:14

And you, I mean, we bring this up because yesterday you spoke at your family farm before the president got there. Your family had to sell the farm because of rising milk prices? Not because of rising milk prices. We had to sell our cows because of the low price of milk. So, you know, we had a family farm in this district for 150 years. And, you know, basically, the federal government was like, go big or go home. (02:14–02:17)

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Asserts that low milk prices forced the sale of cows on her family farm.

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