Goat spears Weiner, draws blood...

Goat spears Rep. Weiner, draws blood

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) was injured by a mohair goat on Thursday during a press conference to highlight subsidies to the mohair industry.

The goat nicked Weiner's right hand with one of its pointy, foot-long horns, hard enough to draw blood.

Weiner was speaking to reporters in a park near the Rayburn House Office Building, and he was joined by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), and two young male mohair goats, Lancelot and Arthur.

At press time, it was unclear which goat, Lancelot or Arthur, was to blame for Weiner's injury.

According to a statement from Weiner's office, the mohair goat farming industry received nearly $1 million in subsidies last year, and after a handful of bad wool-and-goat related puns, the lawmakers decried the subsidies as wasteful government spending.

"Jason and I may not agree on very much," Weiner said of his GOP colleague, "but we're united against this waste."

Weiner even went so far as to pledge not to wear wool until the House strikes the mohair subsidy from an upcoming agricultural appropriations bill. Chaffetz declined to make the same pledge.

"Send all the PETA mail to Jason, OK?" Weiner joked.

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