State Representative Ashton Clemmons and local Summerfield farmers held a press conference on Budd’s record as a businessman and congressman of failing farmers and the need to elect a U.S. Senator who will fight for them. 

Watch the full event here.

“We need a leader who will make the investment in our farmers that they need. Simply put – that’s not Ted Budd. His family’s business was involved in a bankruptcy case that cost farmers more than $50 million. But it’s not just his personal business dealings that have hurt farmers. In Congress, Ted Budd voted against the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, which included provisions to boost North Carolina’s hemp, cotton, and textile industries, and protect North Carolina livestock,” said Rep. Clemmons.

“We need someone in the U.S. Senate who will work to help the small farmers like us have easier access to capital to do improvements and buy equipment for our farm, and I feel Cheri Beasley is the person to do this. With Ted Budd’s track record, I don’t feel he is the person that will look out for us farmers big or small – just look at his voting record on the 2018 Farm Bill. He has not shown that he will fight for farms like ours,” said John Doggett of Doggettville Farm.

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