Former US Ambassador Kip Tom discusses the impact of the Biden-Harris administration on farmers and how it motivated rural Americans to the polls to vote for President-elect Donald Trump.

Rural Americans are mad. For the last four years, we have felt ignored and abused for an agenda we did not sign up for. Democrats, who claim to be the party of the people, proved they were not, and left us behind. And so, on Election Day, we made our voices heard, with upward of 65 percent of rural voters supporting Donald Trump for president.

The population and voice of rural America is growing. After a decade in decline, from 2020 to 2022, rural America grew, with people leaving their urban communities seeking the opportunity to live the American dream for their families.

With that growth, many in rural communities worried that their values would change – that the liberal ideals espoused by many of the urban elite would infiltrate our communities. But the election showed this was not the case. Donald Trump held on to his margins in rural communities – in many areas, even exceeding them.

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