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DES MOINES, Iowa A pair of protesters angered over Gov. Chris Christie's veto of a controversial pig crate bill stormed the soap box stage in Iowa where the governor came to talk to voters.
The governor, visiting the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines on Saturday, was taking questions from voters when a man tried to ask him something about his veto of a of a bill that would have prohibited "the confinement, in an enclosure, of any sow during gestation in a manner that prevents the sow from turning around freely, lying down, standing up or fully extending the limbs of the animal."
The man and another person jumped on the stage and started unrolling a sign before police and a member of Christie's State Police security grabbed him and pulled them off stage.
more with video
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/08/watch_pig_crate_protesters_storm_christies_soap_bo.html
Too bad they couldn't put that particular pig in a crate.
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)...went to Costco and cleared them out of pork products before retiring to his hovel, New Jersey would be a less obnoxious place.
rurallib
(62,460 posts)something you seldom see.
People just seem to really dislike him
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)That veto was nothing but despicable pandering.
The bill had overwhelming support in NJ, Christie only vetoed it because he knew he was going to Iowa.
Jon Stewart was all over him for that.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)give the guy a break!
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Instead of helping him in the polls it's coming back to bite him over and over.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)I'm so glad he's polling down at the bottom.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)'Nuff said.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)He seems like such a nice chap.