Ayotte, Warner reintroduce legislation in Senate to prevent horse soring

Chris Graham

U.S. Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) and Mark Warner (D-VA) today reintroduced legislation to protect horses from the abusive practice known as soring – in which show horse trainers apply blistering or burning agents, lacerations, sharp objects, or other substances or devices to a horse’s limb to intentionally make each step painful, forcing a horse to perform an exaggerated high-stepping gait that is rewarded in show rings.

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Quinnipiac Poll: Virginia voters back McAuliffe, Warner, Kaine; oh, and also medical and recreational pot

Chris Graham

Why Quinnipiac lumped all this together into a single news release is not the issue here. The university sent out a news release on Tuesday telling us that Virginia voters approve of the jobs being done by Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, and then also that those same voters back the legalization of medical and recreational marijuana.