Cher Calls Out Iowa Farmers & Chris Christie for Treatment of Pigs — billboard.com

Cher posted a string of messages Tuesday on Twitter asking why Iowa farmers "torture pigs" in narrow gestation crates and calling New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie a "bully" for his stance on the issue. IowaFarmers,WHY MUST U TORTURE PREG.PIGS? U PUT THEM IN CRATES & LOCK EM DOWN SO THEY CANT MOVE! C. CHRISTIE,UR DESPICABLE BULLY 4GET POTUS Christie recently vetoed legislation outlawing gestation crates in New Jersey. New Jersey has few hogs, but some argue that Christie is influenced by the early voting status of Iowa, a state that raises more than 20 million hogs annually. Christie is weighing a bid for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

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