State Fair Reminder: Zach Lahn Supports Tariffs That Are Raising Costs for Families and Farmers
DES MOINES – Today, Kansas carpetbagger and career political operative Zach Lahn will take the stage at the Iowa State Fair political soapbox and shake hands with the farmers he’s been selling out by defending chaotic tariffs. Lahn has dismissed and downplayed the pain Iowa farmers are feeling from high costs and closed export markets, even telling them that these reckless tariffs have “worked as intended.”
Lahn-backed tariffs are driving up the cost of food, including the fair’s iconic corndog, as “financial experts … expect everything at the fair to be more expensive this year than last year.” Tariffs have already pushed Iowa’s agriculture industry to the brink of another farm crisis, as farmers are already struggling under the weight of a four-year downturn and filing for bankruptcy at the highest rate in the nation.
Lahn has sold out Iowa farmers and dismissed the pain they’re feeling:
- Lahn claimed tariffs don’t raise costs, even though tariffs cost the average household more than $1,700, inflation has hit a three-year high, and Iowans are paying higher prices on everything from groceries to medicine.
- Lahn lectured Iowa farmers cut off from export markets due to reckless tariffs, telling farmers to “diversify crops and livestock” instead of selling their goods overseas.
- Lahn downplayed farmers struggling with high input costs, saying “the tariffs are not the issue.”
- Lahn is now struggling to earn trust and support from Iowa farmers after embracing reckless tariffs, and “few believe Lahn will actually” follow through on his campaign promises.
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