Chris Kenning

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186 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 1 Sep

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The Excerpt · Is Trump losing his grip on working-class voters? · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

And the Treasury Department has recently sought to push back against some of these concerns with inflation.

highlighting how some of the tax cuts that were enacted impact working families.

But overall, it's a sign that these affordability issues are kind of looming as the midterms get closer.

Yeah, it's interesting for Mr. Feltner because he lives in a congressional district in eastern Kentucky that's an Appalachian region that has kind of struggled economically over the years since coal declined a while back.

And it's a district where 44% of residents rely on Medicaid.

And it's also very red and Republican district.

But from the big, beautiful bill that we saw passed included a pretty hefty cut to Medicaid, a lot of requirements like work requirements and things that are expected to like push people off the rolls.

And

In addition to that, you had the ACA subsidies expire at the end of 2025.

And so he's one of those people who has medical issues.

He's also got five kids.

He works two jobs.

And he said he saw his premiums double.

And he's not happy about that, on top of other expenses like grocery bills.

So when he thinks about the upcoming election, the access to medical care that he can afford is a big one for him.

Yeah, Bob has really firsthand experienced the impact of some of these tariffs, like other soybean farmers.

But like you said, he still thinks Trump's on the right track.

He farms about 1700 acres of corn and soybeans in his corner of Minnesota.

And he voted for Trump because of concerns about the high costs of inputs like fuel and seed and fertilizer, and the crops weren't getting as much as he'd have liked.

Once Trump was in office, the tariffs started and this kind of trade war with China really cut into their soybean purchases, which is a huge part of their sales in the state.

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