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#FAFO: Trump Is Choking the Very Farmers Who Voted for Him | #WeTriedToTellYa

2025-09-24 News & Politics
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Roland S. Martin
Roland S. Martin
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The Self-Inflicted Irony: How Anti-Immigrant Politics Threaten the American Farmer Base

Learn precisely why farmers who supported hardline immigration policies are now facing economic collapse as their essential guest laborers vanish. This discussion exposes the high, measurable cost of political hatred for its own constituents.

Short Summary

  • Farmers face critical labor shortages, leading to rotting crops and financial ruin.
  • This situation mirrors struggles seen following anti-immigrant laws passed in prior years (e.g., Alabama 2012).
  • The speakers argue this economic pain is a direct consequence of political agendas prioritizing white supremacy over pragmatic policy.
  • Readers gain context on how ideological priorities dismantle domestic economic stability, affecting food supply and cost.

This segment analyzes the immediate crisis in American agriculture, specifically focusing on how farmers supported by Trump-era policies are now suffering due to the resulting deportation blitz. The discussion compares current events to historical precedents and frames the labor shortage as an inevitable "cost of hate," ultimately harming the political base that enacted the exclusionary laws.

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Roland Martin calls out the brutal irony facing farmers who backed Donald Trump. Trump’s deportation blitz has driven away immigrant workers, leaving crops to rot and farms in crisis. Farmers complain about lost labor while the same policies they supported now strangle their livelihoods. Roland underscores the receipts: hate has a cost, and Trump’s base is paying the price in empty fields and rising food costs. 🔥 #FAFO: Trump is choking the very farmers who voted for him 🔥 Deportation blitz leaves crops rotting and farms in collapse 🔥 Farmers cry over lost workers after backing racist immigration laws 🔥 Hate has a cost — and Trump’s own base is paying it #FAFO #WeTriedToTellYa #RolandMartinUnfiltered #BlackStarNetwork #Farmers #Immigration Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjXB7nX8bL2U2sje8d212Yw/join Support #RolandMartinUnfiltered and #BlackStarNetwork 👉🏾 Use Cash App by visiting Stripe https://buy.stripe.com/7sI3ccgYyfSQ8y45kl 👉🏾 PayPal ☛ https://www.paypal.me/rmartinunfiltered Venmo ☛https://venmo.com/rmunfiltered Zelle ☛ [email protected] Annual or monthly recurring #BringTheFunk Fan Club membership via paypal ☛ https://rolandsmartin.com/rmu-paypal/ Download the #BlackStarNetwork app on iOS, AppleTV, Android, Android TV, Roku, FireTV, SamsungTV and XBox 👉🏾 http://www.blackstarnetwork.com #RolandMartinUnfiltered and the #BlackStarNetwork are news reporting platforms covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.

Top Comments (10)

@nayakiabates8814 2025-09-24

These are the same people that call black and brown people lazy. It’s ironic the people who had to enslave people to do their work are calling those same people lazy and worthless.

151 3 replies
@diamondqueen550 2025-09-24

They called ICE on their employees thinking people were going to work on their stupid farms

148 11 replies
@vickiealexander2910 2025-09-24

Where are the red hats and the farmers for Trump signs. 😂😂😂

140 3 replies
@trachelle35 2025-09-24

Farmers voting a second and third time for Trump after he effed them over during his FIRST term is evidence of their racism and a possible mental health issue.

135 7 replies
@Judy-g1y3g 2025-09-24

So the farmers shoot themselves in the foot and then complain????

100 1 replies
@mirandabriant3332 2025-09-24

Where are the Republicans with there boot straps 😂😂

80 1 replies
@LIMEHEART380 2025-09-24

Martin i must say this is the best part of the show when reality hits. 😂 keep it coming brother

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@robinevans8883 2025-09-24

WOW I bet not one of them could do the job themselves

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@topnews1007 2025-09-24

They told them that racism is very expensive and dangerous 😊

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@erwinhouser7704 2025-09-24

WORK FOR ME BUT DO NOT DATE MY DAUGHTER. 😂

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