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1. Trump's agriculture head expects '34M able-bodied on Medicaid' to do farm work

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 02:52 PM

Jul 8

These people are nuts

This is how far out of touch these people are ....

Trump's agriculture head expects '34M able-bodied on Medicaid' to do farm work www.rawstory.com/brooke-rolli...
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https://www.rawstory.com/brooke-rollins-medicaid-farm-workers/

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins argued that 34 million "able-bodied adults" who are at risk of losing their Medicaid benefits should be expected to take the jobs of migrants on farms.

During a Tuesday press conference, Rollins was asked about President Donald Trump's pledge to give farmers a "pass" when it came to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.

"There will be no amnesty," Rollins insisted. "The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce towards automation and 100% American participation, which again, with 34 million people, able-bodied adults on Medicaid, we should be able to do that fairly quickly."

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Trump's agriculture head expects '34M able-bodied on Medicaid' to do farm work LetMyPeopleVote Jul 8 #1

Beyond nuts pat_k Jul 8 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author valleyrogue Jul 9 #32

Corncob Karen's caught critical crazy. Torchlight Jul 8 #2

What a fucking moron. cstanleytech Jul 8 #3

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says that "able bodied" Medicaid recipients will replace the farmworkers LetMyPeopleVote Jul 8 #4

the full pol pot rampartd Jul 8 #5

love to see the Rollins family show the way rurallib Jul 8 #6

More Gaslighting. They DGAF if their statements have any relationship to reality. maxsolomon Jul 8 #7

President Miller must've yelled at Deminpenn Jul 8 #8

...Fucking really? These idiot fascists clearly have no fucking idea what Medicaid even is or how it works. Karasu Jul 8 #9

I looked up the numbers. Post upthread. pat_k Jul 8 #23

Sure, folks are revving up their wheelchairs in Boston and Tuscon eager to go to Louisiana and Nebraska. :eyes: . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 8 #10

I looked up the numbers. Post upthread. pat_k Jul 8 #24

A number of questions come to mind tonkatoy8888 Jul 8 #11

Yes. Insanity. pat_k Jul 8 #25

Telling the horrible part outloud - people on Medicaid not healthy enough to work regular jobs will do farm labor? lark Jul 8 #12

And if you're interested, here are the numbers: pat_k Jul 8 #26

Is she talking about pregnant woman and women with very young children, those are only ones with Medicaid and healthy lark Jul 8 #13

They won't be hard to find, they are living in nursing homes. twodogsbarking Jul 8 #14

I grew up on a farm and worked there until after college. twodogsbarking Jul 8 #15

Has anybody else seen the produce section, recently. Buddyzbuddy Jul 8 #16

Funny thing about that. Almost everyone on Medicaid who can work is working. patphil Jul 8 #17

Perhaps it's the 37 million children on Medicaid they want to send to the fields. pat_k Jul 8 #27

A lot of red states have been modifying their child labor laws to allow kids to work more hours and at a younger age. patphil Jul 10 #36

Tick tock Blackjackdavey Jul 8 #18

MAGA Hatted Medicaid recipients picking Strawberries eringer Jul 8 #19

Turned around to protect their necks of course. pat_k Jul 8 #29

Sick people should pick the crops? catrose Jul 8 #20

Enjoy your produce BidenRocks Jul 8 #21

To say something a Republican would say: "that is so inefficient". applegrove Jul 8 #28

There are literally no competent individuals in the trump administration. NoMoreRepugs Jul 8 #30

Too f..king ridiculous for words....Doomed to fail! PortTack Jul 9 #31

Yeah, disabled people will make great farm workers. :sarcasm: raccoon Jul 9 #33

Maddow Blog-Agriculture secretary suggests Medicaid recipients can replace immigrants as farmworkers LetMyPeopleVote Jul 9 #34

My "working age" son Jilly_in_VA Jul 9 #35

They really think this will work? Fuckng nutz! ananda Jul 10 #37