The MeidasTouch Podcast
Senator Padilla Responds to Trump Destruction & Attacks on Voting Rights
Wed, 02 Apr 2025
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump losing the support of farmers who once voted for him and Meiselas interviews California Senator Alex Padilla about California farmers and his fight against the Trump regime. Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Why are Trump voters expressing regret?
Donald Trump voters continue to express their deep regrets online and elsewhere, posts like this on conservative message boards. I voted for Trump because I thought it would be funny to see liberals growl like dogs. I wanted affordable groceries. but the tariffs are going to make everything worse and my life savings will be gone. I can't afford to spend this money on groceries.
I didn't vote for this. Look, even when you look at, let's say, a blue state like California, but you look at some of the red areas which tend to be The areas with more farmers, like take a look at Kern County and Fresno right there. These are areas that voted for Donald Trump, about 60% in Kern County, about 50% in Fresno. I think Trump was the first Republican to flip Fresno County since 2004.
But now let's take a look at the Fresno B. California farmers fear tariff trade war, losses in billions, uneven bailouts. You have a letter from a group that includes the names of nearly two dozens of the state's most influential farming organization, including the California Farm Bureau, Western Growers, and American Pistachio Growers.
It says in part that the emerging trade measures could trigger retaliatory tariffs that will hurt California farmers, who exports totaled $23.6 billion in 2022. Take a look at the recent article from The Businessman. Business Journal talks about the California Farm Bureau president calling for 600 million in legislative action for farmers.
Farmers and agricultural leaders are once again highlighting the challenges that they are not that they are now facing. The L.A. Times article, California farmers back Trump.
now his tariffs hurt them when you look elsewhere across the country you're seeing the same type of pattern from usa today going to be a lot of hungry people food banks farmers across the u.s decry federal cuts from the wall street journal trump's loyal farmers stung by his funding cuts stuff like this is pushing me left says a north carolina honey farmer
and then outside of farming too across all sectors like the detroit free press major u.s steel manufacturer laying off 600 and deer board and 600 also nearby citing weak auto demands caused by the tariffs but let's break down what's going on first in kind of california with the the farming situation we've got senator alex padilla here senator from california senator we're seeing a lot of trump voters now saying they regret this this is absolute chaos
they didn't vote for this what are you hearing senator so hearing a lot of the same fury a lot of the same frustration and people coming to the realization donald trump lied to them his whole campaign his platform his promises were all a lie and it's coming home to roost
uh because you're right whether it's the the tariffs we know who's going to pay the price ultimately it's not foreign countries as donald claims it's going to be working families here in the country when prices will go up this is a president who said he was going to tackle inflation and bring down prices on day one the opposite has happened prices are up in all categories and now he's i guess the one thing he has said that's truthful just this last weekend he says he doesn't care
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