Farm Country Is Getting Ready For This Year’s Midterms

The 2026 midterm election season is heating up, and agriculture is part of the fight.  Senate Republican Leader John Thune hopes last summer’s Working Families Tax Cut Act will help Republicans win farm, small business, and other votes needed to hold both chambers.

“Whether that’s bonus depreciation, interest deductibility, R & D expensing, the 199a deduction, permanent death tax relief, something that I worked on, those are all investments that are going to pay off, because what they’re going to lead to is higher-paying jobs, better wages for people, and more money in their pocket.”

Is This What Making America Great Again Looks Like?

But Democrats like Illinois’ Tammy Duckworth charge President Trump’s policies fly in the face of his “Make America Great Again” promises.

“When farmers tell me, ‘You know what, I’m the eighth generation. There won’t be a ninth generation. We’re about to lose our family farm because of his tariffs. Tell me how he’s making America great again?”

Meanwhile Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said making America great again means “helping American farmers, not bailing out Argentinian farmers.”

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