[People] don't like the government telling them what to do or telling them how to live their lives.

There's no question that [Donald] Trump got elected because of rural America. And our party still is in denial. They don't get it.

Well, the sugar guys have been dealing with NAFTA ever since it passed. Now we've got Mexico dumping sugar that's subsidized by the Mexican government into our market in violation of the World Trade Organization, because NAFTA gave them open access to our sugar market. They claim they're not subsidized, but the government owns half the industry in Mexico.

The use of methamphetamines has become pervasive in our country, and especially in rural areas.

When it [NAFTA] was sold, we were supposed to get two or three times more exports to Canada or Mexico than they exported to us. It's been the exact opposite.

Republicans have spent a lot of money redistricting and everything, getting control of these governorships and statehouses.

[People] think [the government is] coddling people, like when people's feelings are hurt at the colleges and they send somebody in to make them feel better. Stuff like that drives [voters here] crazy.