Democrat Hallie Schoffner Leads in Arkansas Senate Race

Donald Trump getting a rude awakening in Ruby red Arkansas before the midterms where he is in full collapse mode. Folks his approval right now net negative 14 in Arkansas heading into the midterms and Donald Trump's mega-stuages not fairing much better in the latest Hendrix college poll for Arkansas. The Democratic candidate Haley Schofner leads 47% to 44% a three-point lead for a Democratic Senate candidate in what was once believed to be Ruby red Arkansas. And when you look at the cross tabs here they tell quite the story amongst independence. Haley Schofner leads 59% to 29%. When you look at Trump's overall approval dismal Trump's approval on the economy dismal Trump's approval on the Iran war dismal. This also comes at the same time there was a Reuters Ipsos poll showing just 13% of Americans strongly approve of Trump. That's it just 13% nationwide. So for all those people saying you know what's going on America only 13% of all people in the United States strongly approve out I still know who those 13.5% are the Arkansas Times reports Schofner takes Lee against cotton yes you read that right and then when you get into some of the analysis that's being done here in this latest Hendrix poll here's how people describe Tom cotton the Maga Republican Senate stoge aloof out of touch rarely spends time in the state and as this Arkansas Times article says it's starting to add up for this Maga Republican stoge two-term Senator cotton I want to bring in Haley Schofner right now the Democratic candidate for that United States Senate seat 6th generation farmer you know the state your families grown up in the state you're with the people of the state you know oftentimes I do these reports and people say Ben you know don't give us this hope yum Arkansas's ruby red don't do the Trumps collapsing in Arkansas story and get our hopes up but Haley there's a lot of momentum that people really need to be paying attention to around your campaign can you talk about it yeah absolutely I mean the poll really just confirms what we already knew it actually mirrored an independent poll not an independent poll it mirrored a poll that we did internally two weeks ago and it also mirrors what we're seeing on the ground which is our Kansans are very independent minded in fact most of our voters aren't even registered with the party and 15 years ago we elected a Democrat as governor and he won all 75 counties when I'm traveling around the state and I'm talking to folks who are either Republican or Democrat in fact a lot of them say you know what you cut me open and I'm purple you don't have to change your party to want to change your senator we're all looking at the past 12 years of Tom Cotton and realizing that Washington is absolutely not working for us six generation farmer seems that every day the Trump regime does something new to attack farmers announces this week the new policy is central planning communism but for the benefit of mystery foreign countries we're going to be bringing mystery foreign frozen meat and beef in here we're not going to tell you really where it's from whether it'll have the health checks or go through the processes here that our ranchers go through but what Trump does want our ranchers to know here as well as that they'll be undercut by 25% by the foreign beef and then you go across the board I mean I know you're family in your background soybean farmers I mean Donald Trump you know blew up that market then wanted a participation trophy that China buys half the soybeans it did you know previously talk to us about you know what you're seeing on the ground there I mean right now Arkansas we lead the nation in farm bankruptcy and farmer suicides and we've lost 25% of the family farms in Arkansas in the last 18 months I closed my operation last year I mean I really wouldn't be here today if Tom Cotton hadn't taken my job by voting against the farm bill twice we have been taking the can down the road on a farm bill that is contributed to the farm crisis of course the trade war with China and I will actually say the trade war with China in 2018 really initiated this downhill slide that farmers have been on and it really just ramped up last year with the second trade war because you're right our product which is soybeans that's that's the main product in Arkansas we're just sitting in bins across the state and salt farmers aren't making any money they can't pay off their operating loans the war in Iran has jacked up diesel prices for them and it's not just farmers I mean let's be clear Arkansas where the hungry estate in the country where the second sickest and the fourth poorest I mean I'm not just a farmer in a small business owner I'm also a wife the mom of a seven year old boy I care give for a parent who has dementia these are all factors that folks in Arkansas are really identifying with because we're struggling in pretty much every aspect of our lives you know but when you see Trump and cotton what they just repeat is you love us don't you we love you you know and we know what no one's done more ever in the history we love you we love you we love you know and they're relying on that you know you love us don't don't you you know and you know it does seem like with every Ponzi scheme at some point when you promise everything and you lie about it and they've I mean you can see and I think the farmers in Arkansas just people in Arkansas you can see how this fire hose of lies works from the Trump regime there's no shame if you or I are most people in Arkansas tell a lie even a small lie you feel a sense of like guilt like I even if it's a little tiny fib he lies we're let every word utter and sound syllabus you know so it's easy for him to say I'm gonna promise you this you're gonna get so rich it's right around the corner I promise you I promise you but here we are and it didn't happen and the people not only did it not happen but he's destroyed the people's lives and so it feels like with every Ponzi scheme eventually someone says all right you've said all that you've told me we were gonna be rich now pay up what am I gonna get and we seem to be at that moment where people like okay well now we're here and now my family's lives but what are you gonna do I mean eventually the house of cards collapses right and in folks in Arkansas I mean we're pulling out our pockets and there's nothing in them and we all know the grocery store doesn't have a Democrat price and a Republican price when you're all struggling you're all struggling and I know a lot of folks across Arkansas who have voted Republican in the last three elections who did vote for the president in the last three elections and they're really feeling betrayed they feel like they were sold a bill of goods that then was not delivered on especially farmers I mean I've been to farms all over the state and they really feel like they've been used as the tip of the spear in the war in Iran and in this trade war with China and with the rest of the world because we do sell a lot of agricultural products to Canada and Mexico and Europe and it seems like everybody's just mad at us and so they're buying their agricultural products somewhere else our Kansas are ready for a change and it doesn't matter whether you're a Democrat or Republican if you're suffering and I argue I'm not asking anybody to become a Democrat I'm just asking can't we do a heck of a lot better than Tom Cotton you know I think one of the most defensive aspects in this catastrophic war when Donald Trump said Iran's going to be the one doing the bailout do you remember when he said that he said farmers Iran's going to be purchasing all of your soybeans and so we've got we've got it saved it's coming from Iran right now and people are like huh what what are you saying right now so you've got that tell us about your background though so people know who you are I think people would love to hear from me I mean I'm six generation farmer most people know that about me I am a wife I'm the mother of a little 70-year-old boy who's about to be eight my parents are both seniors they're getting older my dad has dementia one of the things I talk about a lot is that this story of the farm closing last year which was a really difficult thing for my family to go through that's the story of Arkansas right now I mean we are doing everything right we're working harder than ever and we're still not making it and it's not because we have failed it's because we live in a system rigged against us and it's rigged by and for politicians like Tom Cotton to further their own national political ambitions the interests of their biggest donors and Washington insiders today I went on a conservative talk radio show and I argue that the issue we have today is that our politicians have gone to Washington they have stayed too long and they've pulled the ladder up behind them and they don't come home Tom Cotton is probably the worst about this he does not live in Arkansas he lives in Virginia he does not come home he has no constituent services program to speak up and he has voted against our interest every chance he got including voting against the farm bill twice you know and then you see him wrapping his arm around Donald Trump over golden ballrooms and gilded bronze statues and supporting Donald Trump 21,000 stock trades in 2025 one thousand stock trades in June alone Donald Trump running around with Natalie hiding in catering containers you know, in the NATO summit, bragging about how rich he is. know, I think there's also the contrast of here's how people in Arkansas are doing. And here's what they're doing. And they're just flaunting it, right? Like the cottons and the trumps, they're like letting the people in Arkansas know, oh, you're struggling. We're going to just do gold everywhere with your taxpayer money. Also while we cover up the Epstein files, you know, while we're at it, which we promise we were going to release. So they're just doing it. And people are tired. I mean, my God, we are sick and tired of being sick and tired. And we are exhausted. Let me tell you, whether I'm in a farm shop, a diner, or a democratic county party meeting, people are tired of the rhetoric and the political theater. They're tired of the left and right and the liberal and conservative. We're real people. We have real problems. And we're crying out for someone who believes that the purpose of government is to solve problems, create progress and not just post your around for the next election. So we have about seven million subscribers here on the Midest Touch YouTube channel. Where can people learn more about your campaign? And what's your message to everybody watching this? What do you want them to take away? My website is halleshawter.com. You can read all about the campaign and how to donate, how to get involved. I think the message is that Arkansas is ready for change. We are a unique state. We are uniquely positioned in the South with a candidate like me who understands what life is like to take back a Senate seat. And I know we say Ruby Red Arkansas. But really things are changing. And it's like I say all the time and it's like the feedback I'm getting. You do not have to change your party to want a better Senator for Arkansas. Halleshawter thanks for joining us. We're going to keep on following the campaign. Thanks for all you do. Thanks everybody. Hit subscribe. Let's get to seven million subscribers. 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