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TexasTowelie

(127,290 posts)
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:50 AM Mar 17

Idaho Voted 72% For Trump. He Just Destroyed Their Harvest - The Logical Leftist



Juana Rodriguez, a U.S. citizen, was zip-tied along with her 3-year-old son and denied food and water by federal agents at a community horse race in Wilder, Idaho. Canyon County voted 72% for Trump — then watched him destroy their harvest.

In this video, I expose how Trump's mass deportation machine devastated Canyon County, Idaho — a community that voted 72% for him — by raiding La Catedral Arena with 200 agents, helicopters, and flashbang grenades, deporting 75 experienced farmworkers and leaving $2.8 billion in agricultural output at risk.

This isn't just a betrayal; it's a textbook extraction scheme. Trump delivered maximum cruelty to satisfy his base while quietly expanding the H-2A visa program — cutting farmworker wages by an estimated $4.4 to $5.4 billion annually while importing replacement workers with no community ties and no labor protections.

We break down how the MAGA deportation promise was never about ending migrant labor. It was about destroying existing worker communities, gutting wages, and rebuilding the same system cheaper — while the people who voted for it lost their workforce, their neighbors, and their harvest.
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Idaho Voted 72% For Trump. He Just Destroyed Their Harvest - The Logical Leftist (Original Post) TexasTowelie Mar 17 OP
Extraction politics. Interesting. Thanks, TT. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Mar 17 #1
You're welcome. TexasTowelie Mar 17 #2
I've had a low key day today. Haven't accomplished much. littlemissmartypants Mar 17 #3
I was hibernating today. TexasTowelie Mar 17 #4
We have a freeze warning tonight. I'm not looking forward to outdoor chores in the morning. littlemissmartypants Mar 17 #5
Last that I checked it was Texas ahead 41-36. TexasTowelie Mar 17 #6
Go, Texas! 🤓 Take care of yourself, TT! Love you. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Mar 17 #7

TexasTowelie

(127,290 posts)
4. I was hibernating today.
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 10:43 PM
Mar 17

The temperature finally made it into the low 60s, but it was a cold morning below freezing.

I'm sneaking into the living room occasionally to keep up with the score of the Texas/NC State mens basketball game.

littlemissmartypants

(33,472 posts)
5. We have a freeze warning tonight. I'm not looking forward to outdoor chores in the morning.
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 11:02 PM
Mar 17

How's the game going? Last time I looked NCSU was still losing.

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