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Election 2026: Ojeda calls out president in defense of cattlemen
Ojeda says four meatpackers and major grocery chains will capture the gains as farmers get smaller checks.
- On Friday, Second-term Republican President Donald Trump announced he would permit increased temporary beef imports into America without higher tariffs, a policy The White House says supports ranchers and farmers.
- Richard Ojeda, the Democratic nominee in North Carolina, criticized the decision, arguing that tariff breaks for foreign exporters fail to lower consumer prices while harming American cattle farmers.
- Four major processors—JBS, Cargill, Tyson, and National Beef—control nearly the entire American beef supply, allowing corporations to capture profits rather than passing savings to farmers, Ojeda claims.
- Ojeda is bidding to upset seven-term Republican Rep. Richard Hudson in the 9th Congressional District, a race pivotal to Democrats' hopes of regaining a House majority.
- Endorsed by the Progressive Caucus of the North Carolina Democratic Party, Ojeda's platform mirrors Franklin Roosevelt's reforms on Medicare and the Green New Deal, contrasting with Hudson's 12th most conservative voting record.
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Election 2026: Ojeda calls out president in defense of cattlemen
(The Center Square) – At a grocer in Hoke County, the tariff break for a foreign exporter doesn’t produce a better price, says the Democratic nominee in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District.
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Leaning Left6Leaning Right8Center21Last UpdatedBias Distribution60% Center
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