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INTO ELECTIONS THERE INCLUDING THE RACE FOR U.S. SENATE AS REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT TOM COTTON AND HIS ALLIES ARE OUTSPENDING HIS DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGER HALLEY SHOFTER 65 TO 1. THAT'S ACCORDING TO ADD IMPACT DATA AND AS PUNCH BOWL NEWS POINTS OUT, IT'S POSSIBLE COTTON LOSES NOTHING BY BLASTING HIS FRESH OPPONENT BECAUSE SHE IS AIRING SO FEW OF HER OWN ADS, COTTON IS LIKELY RAISING VOTERS AWARENESS OF HER CANDIDACY, HALLEY SHOFTER JOINS US NOW. GREAT TO SEE YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. WE SHOULD START WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE AT LEAST IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MIND THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FOR YOUR STATE AS HE'S BADGERING TOM COTTON OVER DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US WHAT THIS IS ABOUT? BUT MORE THAN THAT, HOW TRUMP AND SENATOR COTTON, YES, THEY DISAGREE ON THIS, BUT SENATOR COTTON HAS CERTAINLY THE LARGE PART CARRIED TRUMP'S AGENDA INCLUDING WITH A VERY UNPOPULAR WAR IN WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. I'LL TELL YOU, OVER THE 450 DAYS THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, NOT ONCE HAVE I BEEN ASKED ABOUT DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME. I MEAN, WHAT ARKANSANS I MEAN, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE ATTENTION AND SPENDING ON THIS RACE, I MEAN, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY IS PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO THIS RACE THAN THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
THEY'VE SPENT 13 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN ARKANSAS AGAINST A FARMER AND A FIRST TIME CANDIDATE, AND TOM COTTON STILL ISN'T SHOWING UP. I MEAN, WE'RE HAVING I WILL BE HAVING A DEBATE NEXT WEEK, AND I WILL BE STANDING ON STAGE WITHOUT HIM. I MEAN, I HEAR FROM DEMOCRATS AND CONSERVATIVES EVERY DAY, I HEAR FROM REPUBLICAN FARMERS, I HEAR FROM FOLKS TELLING AND I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO THEY ARE SAYING THEY ARE TO VOTE FOR ME. THEY ARE SAYING THEY WILL THAT IS BECAUSE THIS IS ALL ABOUT TRAVELING THE I THINK IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHOWING UP, BUILDING TRUST, LISTENING TO ARKANSANS EVERY
SINGLE DAY, SHOWING THEM THAT THEY MATTER IN A WAY THAT TOM COTTON HASN'T AND NEVER WILL. SO LET ME FOLLOW UP THERE WELL, I'M GOING TO TAKE A PLEASE YOU PERHAPS HAVE MADE TWO NATIONAL DEMOCRATS FOR THIS MONEY. MONEY BECAUSE THERE DOES, WE HAVE SEEN POLLS TIGHTEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN PLACES THAT WOULD BE UNTHINKABLE A FEW MONTHS WE ARE SEEING DEMOCRATS SUDDENLY WITH REAL SHOTS IN PLACES LIKE KANSAS, IOWA. THERE'S EVEN SOME CHATTER IN SOUTH DAKOTA. WHAT IS STOPPING ARKANSAS FROM BEING ON THE LIST? WELL, I DON'T THINK I THINK THAT NECESSARILY WE HAVE TO OUTSPEND TOM COTTON.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO OUTWORK HIM AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT. I'VE BEEN ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR A YEAR AND A HALF NOW. I'LL TELL YOU, IN JANUARY, WE DID AN INTERNAL POLL I WAS A POLL THAT SHOWED ONLY ABOUT 30 % OF ARKANSAS'S ELECTORATE KNEW WHO I WAS. THE POLL, THE INDEPENDENT POLL IN AUGUST, 70 % OF VOTERS KNOW WHO I AM NOW AND THE ONLY I'M HAPPY FOR HIM TO KEEP SAYING MY NAME. MY NAME BECAUSE ARKANSANS, WE ARE SO FED UP WITH POLITICS RIGHT NOW. I MEAN LEFT, RIGHT, LIBERAL and conservative. We're real people. We have real problems.
We're crying out for someone who believes that the purpose of government is to solve problems and create progress and not just posture around for the next election. These ads, it's posturing, it's fear-mongering. It's not addressing the things that Arkansans care about, gas, groceries, health care. I'm Haley, it's Molly Junkfest here, hi. Hey, Molly.
I interviewed Rob Sand, running for governor TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE OTHER FARMING ISSUES LIKE POLLUTED GROUNDWATER, THAT IOWA IS THE NUMBER TWO CANCER I WONDER IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE LOCAL FARMING RELATED OR PESTICIDE RELATED. I WONDER IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE LOCAL FARMING RELATED OR PESTICIDE RELATED OR AGRICULTURE-RELATED PROBLEMS. FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW DIESEL IS HISTORICALLY HIGH AND SO THAT'S CAUSED A REAL PROBLEM FOR FARMERS. I JUST AM CURIOUS WHAT THE SORT OF LOCAL PROBLEMS YOU ARE HAVING IN YOUR STATE ARE. WELL, AND OF COURSE I TALK TO A LOT OF FARMERS.
I'M A SIXTH GENERATION SOYBANE AND RICE FARMER MYSELF. AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF LAST YEAR I HADN'T CLOSED MY TAKE MY FAMILY'S 150-YEAR-OLD FARM BECAUSE OF THE FARM CRISIS. AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, THE THING THAT IS TOP OF MIND FOR FARMERS ESPECIALLY AS THEY'RE GOING TO THE FIELD TO HARVEST SOYBEANS IS DIESEL PRICES OVER $6.50 GALLON, $6.50 GALLON, $6.50 A GALLON FOR ROAD DIESEL, LESS FOR FARM DIESEL. AND I MEAN, THIS IS THE WAR FOREIGN CONFLICT THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A GOOD REASON GIVEN FOR. AND THIS IS SOMETHING TOM COTTONS WANTED FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, HE FINALLY GOT THE WAR HE WANTED AND ARKANSAS FARMERS AND FAMILIES, WE'RE THE ONES PAYING THE PRICE.
WE'VE LOST 25 % OF THE FAMILY FARMING OPERATIONS IN ARKANSAS. OUR CREDIT AGENCIES WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY BACK THEIR LOANS THIS YEAR. WE ARE JUST GOING TO SEE MORE CLOSURES, OUR LARGEST INDUSTRY. WE REALLY CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER SIX YEARS OF TOM COTTON. Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Arkansas, highly shocked. Thank you. We hope we have you back. Thank y'all so much.
