There’s a perception in flyover country that the coastal elites are out of touch with mainstream America. Sen. Joni Ernst and some special guests (including Donald Trump) attended her second “Roast and Ride” campaign rally in Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday afternoon, and the idea of a pig being roasted at a pig roast really has fascinated some in the media.
Joni Ernst said in her famous ad that she castrated hogs as a kid and promised to "make em squeal" in DC if elected. pic.twitter.com/sbDUSnPKD8
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) August 27, 2016
James Hohmann, national political correspondent for the Washington Post, seemingly couldn’t get over the fact that there was a pig’s head on display in plain view of the expansive spread of pork on offer at Ernst’s rally.
Only in Iowa…bikers at Joni Ernst roast and ride walk by this to get their pork sandwiches… pic.twitter.com/DJB3Vf4N6a
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) August 27, 2016
Only in Iowa? Really?
https://twitter.com/mhickey187/status/769607897496031236
https://twitter.com/caylonfreeman/status/769617704496005120
https://twitter.com/whpatterson/status/769612134552571904
That's what real pork looks like
— Eric Miller (@oppland67) August 27, 2016
https://twitter.com/shadowOSINT/status/769614163295350784
It might seem unfair to pick on Hohmann for an innocent comment, but it’s become impossible for us to hear “Only in Iowa” and not be reminded of a pig roast held in Ferguson, Mo., a year ago this month, on the anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown.
Iowa might roast pigs, but demonstrators in Ferguson dressed theirs in a police hat and scrawled “#Darren Wilson” on its side — you know, just in case the metaphor wasn’t clear.
A pig labeled "Darren Wilson" at the #Ferguson PD. pic.twitter.com/b6Kw19sp4y
— Johnetta Elzie (@Nettaaaaaaaa) August 8, 2015
More decorations add to #DarrenWilson #Ferguson pd pic.twitter.com/SVz1U6tjVs
— Search4Swag (@search4swag) August 8, 2015
Only in Ferguson?
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