Last week, President Trump stopped at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls and delivered messages to Wisconsin farmers and showed support for Wisconsin GOP candidates.
Trump touted his administration’s policies about the lowering of costs for farmers, and promising to continue to lower prices. “We’re going to come out and your fertilizer prices are going to go way down just like they were four months ago. Your fertilizer’s down, your energy’s down, your oil, your gas is all coming way down. And frankly, I thought it would go much higher than it did,” Trump said during the visit.
Trump praised Gubernatorial Candidate and current Representative Tom Tiffany as “one of the best congressmen in our country” and called Derrick Van Orden “a real fighter.” Both legislators are heading into heated races as Democrats look to unseat the vocal Van Orden, keep Tom Tiffany from the Governor’s mansion. (RELATED: Write-In Candidate Posts Video Removing Campaign Yard Signs in Milwaukee)
Trump’s promises to bring costs down comes as Wisconsinites are battling rising prices. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that consumer prices rose 3.8% over the 12 months ending in April 2026, with energy up 17.9%, gasoline up 28.4% and food up 3.2%. However, instead of trying to bring costs down, Democrats are campaigning on higher taxes and less relief.
Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong is campaigning on “taxing the billionaires” to try and “level the playing field.” However, Hong’s tax proposal targets small businesses along with the marginal number of billionaires. About 80% of small businesses would be hit by this new 17.7% tax bracket, which would make Wisconsin the 9th highest income tax state.
The State GOP legislators also tried to alleviate the pressure by using a portion of the budget surplus to try and reduce costs. Their legislation offered a tax rebate to Wisconsinites, offered school funding, and eliminated the state income tax on tipped income and overtime wages, providing more than $230 million in permanent tax relief for Wisconsin workers. (RELATED: Marquette Poll Shows Broad Support for Failed Wisconsin Surplus Package)
Governor Evers also shut down the idea of a tax relief bill that would impose a temporary “holiday” on the state’s gas tax. Evers said “where we are now is a good place,” despite Wisconsin families struggling with the spiked prices.
