Saturday evening Lafayette County Democrats held their annual fundraising dinner and pie auction in Higginsville. Democratic Party office holders and party officials spoke at the event.

Will Westmoreland was the keynote speaker.

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Will Westmoreland:….There’s a cloud brewing out there. And the cloud brewing over rural America is the darkest cloud out there right now. You know, Will Rogers used to say, it’s one of my favorite quotes, and some of you have heard it before, when they asked Will Rogers, ‘How do people learn in rural America?’ He said, ‘Well, some learn by reading, some learn by observing, and the rest of them just have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.’ [laughter] And there’s a lot of peeing on the electric fence going on in rural America right now. [laughter] But we can change that….

….We only need three percent of rural America to vote Democrat and we can win the presidency, the House, and the Senate. Well by golly, I’m a rural American and I kind of want a school board that doesn’t ban books. [applause] I want a county clerk that believes in free and fair elections. [cheers, applause] I want a health department that doesn’t think vaccines were sent up from the bowels of hell by the Devil himself. [laughter, applause]….

….I don’t give a damn about what every pundit in this country says, 33% in rural America didn’t vote for this dumbass [cheers, applause]….

Will Westmoreland: ….Everything that this administration does is a grift, but when it comes to privatization, when it comes to taking money out of our rural schools and sending it to private schools where 75% of the kids that get that money are already enrolled, it’s not just about the grift, it’s about indoctrination and you can count on that. [applause]….

….Did you ever see a president when he looks at rural ag policy he looks like a cow looking at a new gate? [laughter] Some of you get that. [laughter] This guy has absolutely pulled out the rug from under American farmers and this country….

….Every time I hear somebody say there’s not a difference between the two parties in this country I tell ’em, ‘bullshit.’ [applause] When my dad died when I was five years old and we didn’t have a place to live, and the republican party said, ‘you’re a burden to this country,’ it was the Democratic Party that made sure we had a roof over our head in the form of public housing. [applause] When the cupboards in our kitchen were bare, and the republicans said, ‘go to your church or go find a family member,’ it was the Democratic Party that gave us that funny money [applause] that we could take down to the grocery store and but food to feed our family. When my mother stepped up to the plate and went back to college to earn herself a degree to support her family and the republicans said, ‘we’re not gonna pay for it,’ it was the Democrats that gave her a Pell grant to go back and get that degree [applause]….

Previously:

Lafayette County Democratic Dinner and Pie Auction – Higginsville, Missouri – August 9, 2025 (August 10, 2025)

Rep. David Tyson-Smith – Lafayette County Democrats – Higginsville, Missouri – August 9, 2025 (August 10, 2025)

Rep. Ashley Aune – Lafayette County Democrats – Higginsville, Missouri – August 9, 2025 (August 10, 2025)

Sen. Maggie Nurrenbern – Lafayette County Democrats – Higginsville, Missouri – August 9, 2025 (August 10, 2025)

Russ Carnahan – Lafayette County Democrats – Higginsville, Missouri – August 9, 2025 (August 11, 2025)