Democrats don’t bite on Booker vegan flap

Feb 17 2019 by POLITICO - TOP Stories

 

When an interview surfaced this week that brought Sen. Cory Booker’s veganism to the forefront, it seemed like the New Jersey senator would be forced to do the first damage control of his nascent presidential campaign.

Iowa is the No. 1 pork-producing state in the nation, after all, and the state Farm Bureau reports that 95 percent of Iowans eat meat at least weekly.

But, it turns out, Democratic voters aren’t biting on the controversy. Despite Booker’s remarks about the unsustainability...

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