Nebraska elected Jim Pillen, a controversial pork tycoon, as its next governor. What could go wrong?
Last week, Nebraskans elected Republican businessman Jim Pillen to be the state’s next governor. It’s no surprise he won: Nebraska has picked a Republican in every gubernatorial election since 1998. But what made Pillen’s campaign so peculiar — and alarming to those who care about animal welfare and climate change — is that no other political candidate has campaigned so vehemently against veggie burgers and soy milk.
Throughout his campaign, Pillen vowed to “stand up to radicals who want to use red tape and fake meat…