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Country. and i include myself. robert leonard is a translator for rural america and trump supporters. he s the news director for knia and krls in iowa. he occasionally writes op eds sharing what he s hearing and reporting on the ground. he s been doing that for the new york times and elsewhere since trump was elected. he s also the author titled deep midwest of apolitical thoroughly deep dive into the midwest experience. i would love to know what you re hearing from your neighbors and voters about the impeachment inquiry. well, the democrats smell blood in the water, and they re very excited. a lot of them are happy the trigger was finally pulled because trump has done a lot of ....
Robert lenhard the news director for knia and krls radio stations in knoxville, iowa. and steve dietz. gentlemen, welcome. robert you wrote an op-ed. some of the farmers are unwavering in support of the president. they vote republican even if mr. trump personally slapped the heck out of the preacher at the church potluck. others are recognizing how the economic impact of the tariffs is hitting them personally. what changes have you seen out there, robert? well, the tariffs have been generated a lot of discussion. it s no longer going to be just abstract talk about what trump is going to do for the economy. it s going to be real, on the ground, the tariffs are going to cause the smaller farmers, many of them, to lose their farms. when your neighbors start losing their farms because corn prices are low, we ve lost our markets. ....
A beating in the midwest. our latest round of polls that focused on the midwest has the president s numbers stuck in the 30s in three states that are impacted by tariffs, wisconsin, harley davidson, michigan, steel and cars, and minnesota, corn and soybeans. and it looks like those lagging numbers are tainting the republican party at large. our poll has voters in those three states preferring a democratic controlled congress next year. a blue wave could be looming in farm country. they didn t touch iowa where democrats have been revitalized a bit. joining me now, robert leonard, news director for knia and krls, radio stations in iowa. he had an interesting op-ed this morning in the new york times. the panel is back. mr. leonard, let me start with you. welcome to the show, sir. thank you, chuck. so the issue of tariffs, has it made the republican party vulnerable, president trump vulnerable, or is it much or are we overhyping it? ....
And the darkness has not overcome it. the queen s christmas message, one of the rare occasions when she voices her own views. in vatican city a holiday tradition as pope tran francis delivers his annual krls message. part of the message included a prayer for syria and his desire that a recent u.n. peace deal would end the suffering of the people in that war-torn country. our senior vatican analyst john allen has more for you from rome. pope francis today delivered the traditional christmas message directed to the city, meaning rome, and also to the world. now, popes traditionally use this platform to issue a kind of 360 degree review of the global situation, and that s very much what pope francis did today. the top note was a strong plea for peace in a series of global hot spots. the pontiff mentioned the israeli-palestinian conflict, the war going on in syria. he talked about libya, the ....
Weal wealth. the reason we are not doing well is because we have not seen this krls pass one bill, this congress, john boehner has not even taken a bill up. he said 9 trillion was unpatriotic. does he take any smresponsibili for anything? he wants to rebuild the economy. sadly folks in congress won t work with him. he blames kiosks and atm machines for the fact there are no jobs. we have huge breaking news out of sochi. the u.s. is helping russia track down this woman known as the jihadist widow. ....