California farmers still love Trump, even after he dumped their water [View all]

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Source: Politico

02/06/2025 05:00 AM EST


SACRAMENTO, California — California farmers — some of President Donald Trump’s staunchest supporters in the deep blue state — are sticking with him, even after he wasted their water.

At least publicly, the farmers and their Republican allies are brushing off the president’s abrupt move last week to dump more than 2 billion gallons of their irrigation water from reservoirs in the name of aiding Los Angeles wildfires — even though the fires were already contained and the water couldn’t have made it to Los Angeles anyway.

Zack Stuller, a farmer with citrus and almond orchards he irrigates from the reservoirs and president of the Tulare County Farm Bureau in the state’s arid Central Valley, said the situation “definitely was a little nerve-wracking for a while.” But, he said, “I’m a farmer. I have a conservative mindset. I encourage the trigger-pulling attitude, like, ‘Hey, let’s just get stuff done.’”

The episode is one of the most visceral examples of a recurring theme for Trump and his most loyal supporters who’ve stuck with him through sweeping actions in the first weeks of his presidency that could hurt their bottom lines, be it the deportation of workers or expensive tariffs.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/06/trump-california-water-policy-farmers-00202751

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This is why I say that this election had NOTHING to do with "the price of eggs", "kitchen table issues", "working class". It was and STILL IS about purging racial/ethnic/religious minorities, women, and LGBTQ+ people, from every aspect of this society.

I saw a video clip (I think from PBS/NPR) in a Punxsutawney, PA supermarket and a MAGat couple were asked about how the tariffs might affect them and they brushed it off with something along the lines of - "Just give it a year. Sure it will hurt but...".