While having anyone affected is sad, if we are going to qualify the sadness, isn't this the least sad outcome? I would be much more sad if the farmers in regions that cared the most about fighting against climate change were the ones first affected.
I feel like that’s a normal human thing to say. People usually say it’s sad when people are affected by bad things, and don’t put a great deal of thought into every implication of how they phrase things. I don’t know, maybe you’re more a fan of karmic justice than of sad irony.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/charts-of-note/charts...
But yes when the drought is severe enough it will kill any crop no matter what species or variety. Though usually drought does not result in total crop loss but lower yield.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/2019/march/drought-tole...
Hopefully it will cause them to reconsider their position on climate change.
If they've made it this far denying science, I don't see any reason why this would change anything. It's not as if a shift in climate change stance would reduce droughts this year or his decade.