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MAGA's Midterm Defectors

MAGA's Midterm Defectors

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Iowa is seemingly at the center of the pushback against President Trump as the state grapples with the impact of both tariffs and higher fuel costs.

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Perhaps no American feels the domestic effects of the war,
tariffs and inflation more than the Iowa farmer. The political
environment stirred up by those farmers’ strife could allow the
Democrats to seize the moment and elect one of theirs to the
Senate or the governor’s mansion for the first time in 20 years —
making Iowa potentially one of the most important states on the
map this midterm cycle.

Today, we follow Caleb Renner, a young farmer in north central
Iowa, as he shows the effects of the past two years on his
community and talks about why those effects may lead him to turn
on the Republican Party for the first time, and whether that will
translate into support for Democrats.

Guest: Caleb Renner, a farmer in Klemme, Iowa.

Background reading:

Who’s winning the race for Congress?

‘Survival Mode Time’: Republicans accelerate their break with
Trump.

Photo: KC McGinnis for The New York Times

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