Nebraska governor bribes people to eat more meat with 'beef passport' and prizes

[turbinetree]

By Josh Israel -May 7, 2021 2:55 PM

Pete Ricketts is very worried that people might eat quinoa instead of cow.

Nebraska's governor is so worried that people might eat vegetable proteins that he is endorsing a special "passport" for enthusiastic beef eaters.

Republican Pete Ricketts announced Wednesday that, in partnership with the Nebraska Beef Council, his state was launching a "Nebraska Beef Passport." By buying beef at 41 cow-serving restaurants in the state, red-meat lovers can accumulate stamps and enter raffles for prizes, including grilling tools, coolers — and more beef.

"Nebraska has long been known as the Beef State," Ricketts boasted. “Our cattle industry grows Nebraska by generating over $10 billion in cash receipts each year. The new Beef Passport program gives Nebraskans the opportunity to support our ranchers by dining on delicious cuts of Nebraska beef."

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

https://americanindependent.com/nebraska-governor-pete-ricketts-republican-beef-industry-donations-passport/

He and that liberaitian party are radical fascists'... so there Ricketts

[Xavier Breath]

1. If you collect all 41 stamps

do they throw in a free angioplasty?

[jimfields33]

8. I thought giving away a Starbucks and donut was bad. Yieks.

Although I hope they enjoy themselves. Life is short. They will use it as game and it will save small restaurants. That’s what’s most important.

[Walleye]

2. Can't they be original about anything? We're talking about vaccine passports and now it's beef?

BTW. Are there any good-looking Republican men?

[tirebiter]

3. Deliver it and I'll take it.

Don’t really care about a steak’s politics. A good meal before or after an antitrump demonstration is good for the soul.

[Walleye]

4. Got to keep our strength up to fight these assholes 😆

[Blue Owl]

5. Buy enough meat and they'll give you anything...

[soothsayer]

6. That's me and my brother making kielbasa!

[stopdiggin]

7. just me? or is 'that face' -- nearly as off putting as Giuliani?

shouldn't there be yellow 'minions' ?

And, Ricketts' greatest selling point as governor -- is that he isn't named Brownback, or Noem

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. "Our cattle industry grows Nebraska, but needs state subsidy to survive...

...so we're throwing taxpayer money at it. And our education system is so broken that I, the governor, don't know what 'passport' means".

[Vinca]

10. Astonishing this is what a governor is worried about in this age of Covid.

His copycat passport wouldn't stop me from eating quinoa over beef if that's what I want to eat.

[maxrandb]

11. Are there only 41 restaurants in Nebraska that serve beef?

Or are these just the ones that donate to Retrumplicans?

[Ritabert]

12. Too late for me

I haven't eaten beef or pork in 25 years.