Make 'Em Squeal: Joni Ernst Receives Pig Castration Device from Lindsey Graham
The Iowa senator receives a familiar gift.
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Pigs in Congress, watch your backsides.
Incoming freshman Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa received an amusing welcome gift from South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham on Tuesday: a mounted pig castration tool inscribed with a plaque that reads "Make 'Em Squeal, Joni!" The daughter of pig famers who was often asked to perform castration duty, Ernst defeated Democratic challenger Bruce Braley to take retiring Senator Tom Harkin's seat in the Senate.