Raybould said she sees the trade war’s impacts in her own business as well, as tariffs threaten to raise the prices at grocery stores and restaurants. Other industries in Nebraska are also sharing concerns with Raybould, such as manufacturing companies and farm-implement fabricators, who said the tariffs on aluminum and steel have forced them to raise prices on their products - by as much as 20 percent on some - adding further strain on farmers’ pocketbooks. Fischer is not willing to challenge the administration on this trade policy,” Raybould said, adding Fischer could sponsor or co-sign legislation that would give the Senate authority to oversee the tariffs. Raybould said while Fischer boasts of speaking regularly with Trump and communicating the need for trade deals to be reached, Raybould said she has not gone far enough. Already facing tight profit margins as commodity prices have plummeted over the past few years, many fear depressed grain and livestock prices and a lack of buyers may put them out of business. In her travels around the state, Raybould said farmers describe how they are feeling the pinch. With its lapse, funding to rural communities and businesses was eliminated, and funding to grow trade opportunities for Nebraskans evaporated along with nearly 40 other programs, Raybould said.įischer and other Republicans have also failed to check President Donald Trump’s actions on trade, Raybould said, resulting in retaliatory tariffs from traditional trading partners and allies in North America and Europe, and throttled trade with China, one of the biggest buyers of Nebraska agricultural products. Nebraskans are disappointed in Fischer’s votes to cut funding from Medicare, as well as to privatize Social Security, while others are dismayed Fischer, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, let the farm bill expire. Growing disillusionment with “a broken Washington” and rising energy among Nebraskans who are now “motivated to step up and speak out” has helped Raybould’s message stick, she said.
It’s in that message Raybould has launched a prolonged, blunt assault on Fischer’s record through campaign ads and stops across the state, cutting a clear contrast in the process.
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