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riversedge

(73,100 posts)
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 01:06 PM Oct 26

Crybaby #Wisconsin's #GOP Senate candidate #EricHovde defends not knowing much about the farm bill in a dairy state He


Crybaby #Wisconsin's #GOP Senate candidate #EricHovde defends not knowing much about the farm bill in a dairy state

Hey LAZY @EricHovde
--you say you live in a farming state of #Wisconsin--and yet you did not study Congress's Farm bill? ha ha ha





Wisconsin’s GOP Senate candidate Hovde defends not knowing much about the farm bill in a dairy state
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By SCOTT BAUER
Updated 10:21 AM CDT, October 25, 2024
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde has repeatedly defended his self-professed lack of knowledge about the U.S. farm bill in the campaign’s closing days, after first saying in a debate that he is “not an expert” on the legislation that is vital to farmers in the state known as America’s Dairyland.

Hovde’s comments over the past week came after the incumbent, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, secured the endorsement of the usually Republican-aligned Wisconsin Farm Bureau, making her the first Democratic candidate for a statewide office to receive it in more than 20 years.

Both Hovde, who is backed by former President Donald Trump, and Baldwin say the race is razor thin, with possible majority control of the Senate on the line. Democrats are defending 23 seats, while Republicans have just 11 up for grabs this election.
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Hovde was asked during the race’s only debate with Baldwin on Oct. 18 about the farm bill and he responded, “I’m not an expert on the farm bill because I’m not in the U.S. Senate.” Baldwin has used those comments in digital and radio ads attacking Hovde, touting her Farm Bureau endorsement and saying Hovde “doesn’t give a damn about farmers.”......................


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Crybaby #Wisconsin's #GOP Senate candidate #EricHovde defends not knowing much about the farm bill in a dairy state He (Original Post) riversedge Oct 26 OP
What an... GiqueCee Oct 26 #1
He looks like one also! kimbutgar Oct 26 #2
From Wisconsin julmur Oct 26 #3

julmur

(130 posts)
3. From Wisconsin
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 01:59 PM
Oct 26

This fool doesn’t live in Wisconsin, he lives in California, was recruited by the state trumpers, as he at one point did live here. Same thing they did with Tim Michael’s.

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