Sen. Graham Gifts Ernst A Castration Device On First Day As A Senator

Republican Senate candidate State Sen. Joni Ernst speaks to supporters during a campaign stop Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, in Ankeny, Iowa. Ernst is running against Democrat U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley for the U.S. Senate seat o... Republican Senate candidate State Sen. Joni Ernst speaks to supporters during a campaign stop Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, in Ankeny, Iowa. Ernst is running against Democrat U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley for the U.S. Senate seat of Tom Harkin, who is not seeking reelection. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) MORE LESS
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) gave newly elected Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) a plaque with a livestock castration device on her first day in office.

The gift references Ernst’s notorious ad in which she declares that her “castrating hogs on an Iowa farm” will help her “cut pork” on Capitol Hill.

Graham told ABC News that Ernst’s campaign ad “stuck with me,” prompting him to give Ernst the sign that reads, “Make ’em squeal, Joni.”

“That commercial was probably the most effective commercial in the last 20 years and this phrase I think is what that election is all about,” he said.

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  1. Avatar for jasper jasper says:

    Freakin’ strange

  2. Avatar for marby marby says:

    I can’t figure how to interpret this - as a sign of Graham’s strange obsession with castration? Was it the only characteristic anyone could identify about Ernst? Was he trying to be clever? Will she hang that in her congressional office as a source of pride???

  3. Sen. Graham Gifts Ernst A Castration Device On First Day As A Senator

    With Michele Bachmann’s retirement, Ernst is the new Queen of the Nuts.

  4. Dude is just a bundle of all-consuming confusion when it comes to deciding whether he likes penises or not (let alone his own)…

  5. There’s a typo on the plaque–the letters “e” and “m” are reversed.

    Graham meant it to read, “Make me squeal, Joni.”

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