New nonprofit plans to run battleground state ads saying Trump has hurt rural America - Entrepreneur Generations

Chris Gibbs

A new political non-profit launched Monday, Rural 2020, plans to run ads in battleground states to advocate for policies it believes will benefit agriculture and rural America, and attempt to convince voters that the Trump administration has hurt rural America.

Chris Gibbs, an Ohio soybean farmer and former U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency official, founded the organization and chairs its board of directors. Gibbs is a former Trump voter and former Republican who unsuccessfully ran as an independent against Rep. Jim Jordan. who has become an outspoken critic of the administration. "I knew we were in trouble when the president said trade wars are good and easy to win," Gibbs said in a statement. "Lost trade opportunities, dwindling health care providers, rural hospital closures, below cost of production prices for commodities and livestock, collapse of the biofuel market, bankruptcies, and suicides all plagued rural America well before covid-19. The uncoordinated response of the Trump administration to the pandemic has upended traditional food supply chains and only made things worse for our dairy, livestock, and fresh produce farmers."

The group plans to build grassroots coalitions at the community level in rural areas of battleground states, and has released a radio ad.

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