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28. Trump's agriculture head expects '34M able-bodied on Medicaid' to do farm work

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Tue Jul 8, 2025, 03:16 PM

Jul 8

These people are nuts

This is how far out of touch these people are ....

Trump's agriculture head expects '34M able-bodied on Medicaid' to do farm work www.rawstory.com/brooke-rolli...
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https://www.rawstory.com/brooke-rollins-medicaid-farm-workers/

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins argued that 34 million "able-bodied adults" who are at risk of losing their Medicaid benefits should be expected to take the jobs of migrants on farms.

During a Tuesday press conference, Rollins was asked about President Donald Trump's pledge to give farmers a "pass" when it came to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.

"There will be no amnesty," Rollins insisted. "The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce towards automation and 100% American participation, which again, with 34 million people, able-bodied adults on Medicaid, we should be able to do that fairly quickly."

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Trump Regime: We are deporting all farm workers, and making people on Medicaid work in fields instead [View all] IrishBubbaLiberal Jul 8 OP

Guess what angry Medicaid workers can do to our food supply nt Jit423 Jul 8 #1

I'm more interested in what they can do to Trump & the GOP. CaptainTruth Jul 8 #11

they will BECOME the food supply! Layzeebeaver Jul 8 #20

Brooke Rollins' job, just like everyone else who works in the Trump Misadministration, is to say cruel and stupid sop Jul 8 #2

Truly insane. ananda Jul 8 #3

Isn't all food "farm food"? Unless you're eating Soylent Green. Ray Bruns Jul 8 #21

The evil is exploding... GiqueCee Jul 8 #4

The assholes believe (and repeat on 'socials') everything they spew. Justice matters. Jul 8 #34

And yet, they are allowed... GiqueCee Jul 8 #43

Slavery by any other name malaise Jul 8 #5

One million percent right, Mal. FalloutShelter Jul 8 #14

Evil malaise Jul 8 #23

It will not work because nobody will show up. Justice matters. Jul 8 #38

That's slavery--outlawed since 1865 scarletlib Jul 8 #6

And slavery is what those who helped write P2025 are pushing out loud now... haele Jul 8 #46

Is she promising to "release the Kraken" if anybody refuses her orders? Ping Tung Jul 8 #7

Never changes Blue Full Moon Jul 8 #8

As usual Sarah Cooper nails it malaise Jul 8 #29

Out of the nursing homes and into the fields Farmer-Rick Jul 8 #9

Just tell the old folks it is an outdoor exercise class. Irish_Dem Jul 8 #31

Just when I think he can't become more evil Grim Chieftain Jul 8 #10

Looks like nobody shows up to end his crime spree. Justice matters. Jul 8 #42

Yes. Work sets you free - or in the original language: "Arbeit macht frei" dalton99a Jul 8 #12

Mustache needs to be on that. dixiegrrrrl Jul 8 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author dixiegrrrrl Jul 8 #41

Golly whiz... GiqueCee Jul 8 #47

Someone needs to project horns on his head and fire mixed with shit coming out of his mouth.nt Trueblue Texan Jul 8 #49

When this fails . . . They will blame Biden Johonny Jul 8 #13

Brooke Rollins does not know a single person on Medicaid. MineralMan Jul 8 #15

This is a joke,right? dixiegrrrrl Jul 8 #16

A "strategic" way? Gimpyknee Jul 8 #17

She's just pulling that 34 million figure out of her ass. Wiz Imp Jul 8 #18

Thank you for providing the data. yardwork Jul 8 #33

4 mill is probably an upper limit Strelnikov_ Jul 8 #36

Wouldn't they also need to live near the crops? Iris Jul 8 #48

I'd say "Let's start with Republicans," but I don't want any of those slimy assholes touching my food. NBachers Jul 8 #19

Aren't we out of malevolent sociopaths yet? Where are they all coming from? Duncan Grant Jul 8 #22

Now Now..this might be a good thing chouchou Jul 8 #24

Soylent Green is becoming real IronLionZion Jul 8 #25

Trump Regime has some living and learning republianmushroom Jul 8 #26

Can anyone please explain to me how in the world this could possibly be enforced? Katinfl Jul 8 #27

Trump's agriculture head expects '34M able-bodied on Medicaid' to do farm work LetMyPeopleVote Jul 8 #28

Sounds like slavery. Beck23 Jul 8 #30

34 million able bodied workers on Medicaid Diamond_Dog Jul 8 #32

This " person " was confirmed in the senate 72-28 questionseverything Jul 8 #37

To be "managed" by moondust Jul 8 #39

All political movements that have forced people into agricultural labor have ended well Prairie Gates Jul 8 #40

I'm speechless! -eom vanessa_ca Jul 8 #44

Guess they don't know/remember what happened when we tried that in 1965 dixiegrrrrl Jul 8 #45

They think someone just strolls into a Medicaid office and says, "Medicaid plz" tanyev Jul 8 #50

And when/if they do get approved, Pinback Jul 8 #54

I'm going in the denim overalls business. Every gramps picker will need 2 pair. /nt bucolic_frolic Jul 8 #51

Death sentence for many Americans in their fifties wolfie001 Jul 8 #52

Unless you grew up on a farm, you have no idea what farm work is like NickB79 Jul 8 #53

Maddow Blog-Agriculture secretary suggests Medicaid recipients can replace immigrants as farmworkers LetMyPeopleVote Jul 9 #55