‘It’s too little, too late.’ Trump’s push to give federal aid to crucial 2020 voting blocs undermined by uneven execution
It’s a whole joke,” Messelt said of the president’s federal farm aid programs, looking up at an empty 150-foot barn that once housed 53 cattle. ADADIn recent weeks, the president has with increasing urgency sought to unlock federal spending to shore up key voting blocs ahead of the 2020 presidential election. He has attempted to push billions in taxpayer money to farmers, seniors and other voters in swing states that could decide his political fate. ADAD“When the farmers get money, everyone is doing good,” said Howard Hoffman, 64, a sales manager at ProVision Partners Cooperative, which supplies grain to dairy farmers. ADADStill, many Democrats in rural Wisconsin said they believe Trump’s late push for more federal spending will help his reelection prospects.
Source: Washington Post October 09, 2020 10:04 UTC
