Agriculture Community Upset by Former Congressman’s Claim that America has “Glamorized” Farming
SAINT PAUL, MN — After the Star Tribune shared previously unreported comments made by Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Jason Lewis on farming — including that America has “glamorized” farming and saying that it was “naive” for members of Congress to run on “not one more farm going under” — Minnesota farmers and members of the agriculture community are rightfully outraged. Lewis suggested that we should let farms fail and that the government should not try to help them stay afloat during rough times.
Jason Lewis was part of a public access television show called Face-to-Face. On the show, Lewis also said that “it’s amazing how we hold these commodities up as though they’re gold or God,” and that “the government shouldn’t have anything to do with farming.”