2018 Election – Hughes praises Trump, pushes states’ rights in visit
Hughes, of
? He says the federal government is getting too large, at the expense of state's having the ability to govern themselves. "(The federal government) is touching our lives much different today than the founders envisioned," Hughes said.
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? Hughes says he wants to "partner with Trump" on the president's "America First" agenda. Hughes said Trump has "fantastic policies" but added that he won't be a "rubber stamp" for the president and will speak up when he disagrees with Trump.
Hughes spent much of his Crookston stop discussing agriculture, a subject that he said he is not an expert on but is willing to learn as much as he can about. Mentioning his military background, Hughes said that even though he's not an ag expert yet, he "fully appreciates" how important agriculture is to the
During the 2016 campaign, it's been said that Hughes said some negative things about the sugar program in the farm bill, and he ran into some resistance during his
"This thing is going around, that I'm against the sugar program, but it's not true," Hughes said.
"We have a champion for us in
Hughes acknowledged that he hears from people in the
Hughes, during his talk at RBJ's, also got into a spirited exchange with
Hughes said more people appear to be grudgingly accepting that the ACA will continue, but he said that mindset needs to change. "It's a failure," he said. "You hear anecdotes here and there about this family or that family saying it's great, but more families are hurting. Obamacare is absolutely crushing the American farmer."
Asked by Rimar to detail his positions on
"I'm not proposing the federal government go away, I'm just saying I'm philosophically opposed to national programs; but it's nothing to be afraid of," he said.
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