Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., told the “Todd Starnes Radio Show” today that the U.S. may be witnessing a slow-motion agricultural train crash that may result in a meat supply shortage while farmers euthanize their livestock.

We are weeks, not months, away from farmers euthanizing animals that would have been sold for meat/food. Also, fruits and vegetables are going to rot in the fields. A drastic change in policy this week could ameliorate this inevitability.

Listen here:https://t.co/bCzTX763r1

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 13, 2020

WE:

take our poll - story continues below

Should the Government be Mandating Masks?

• Should the Government be Mandating Masks?  

• Should the Government be Mandating Masks?*
  • Yes
  • No
  • It should be left to each individual to decide
• Email*
• Comments
  This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Completing this poll grants you access to Freedom Outpost updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to this site's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie warned that the United States could face food shortages due to the “brittle” supply chain, bankrupting farmers and forcing them to euthanize livestock.

“We are weeks, not months, away from farmers euthanizing animals that would have been sold for meat/food. Also, fruits and vegetables are going to rot in the fields. A drastic change in policy this week could ameliorate this inevitability,” he tweeted Monday.

Massie shared an interview he did with a local radio show host for the tri-state area of Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky, during which he spoke about how the U.S. could see farmers going bankrupt and euthanizing cattle and hogs because meat processing plants have shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic. More

I think the problem with your plan is telling farmers to “find a market.” Due to over-regulation, a significant market for live animals (beyond sales to giant processors/feed lots/other farmers) doesn’t exist.

Markets will develop, but they don’t exist. Would you buy a live cow?

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 13, 2020

A change now would lessen the severity of the suffering that’s coming.

— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) April 13, 2020

Our Target store that is always well stocked has half full shelves showing either supply chain issues like you were saying @RepThomasMassie or just that they are worried about stocking shelves completely. Felt like a communist country. pic.twitter.com/nNrT1Ub5ul

— Amy (@AmyLDemi) April 13, 2020