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TexasTowelie

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Tue Mar 17, 2026, 12:50 AM 3 hrs ago

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 3 hrs ago OP
Extraction politics. Interesting. Thanks, TT. ❤️ littlemissmartypants 53 min ago #1
You're welcome. TexasTowelie 51 min ago #2
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