Underwood Ag Gag Response: Carrie'sTweet Rage Slams Lawmakers Over 'Ag-Gag' Bill [VIDEO]
Carrie Underwood slammed lawmakers in Tennessee last week over a bill that requires people with undercover video footage of farms to submit unedited copies of their footage to law enforcement within 48 hours, the Epoch Times reported.
According to animal rights groups, the “ag-gag” bill will pose problems for investigations of animal cruelty in farms. The bill could also pose a danger to food safety, labor issues and First Amendment rights, according to the report.
Opponents of the bill say that it criminalizes farm whistleblowing.
Underwood tweeted in her rage:
Shame on TN lawmakers for passing the Ag Gag bill. If Gov. Bill Haslam signs this, he needs to expect me at his front door. Who's with me?
— Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) April 18, 2013
But State Rep. Andy Holt, a Republican, bashed Underwood for the tweet.
“I would say that Carrie Underwood will stick to singing, I’ll stick to lawmaking,” he told the Nashville TV station WSMV.
Animal rights activists and others want Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam to veto the measure.
But Holt told Knoxnews.com that the bill is no different than current laws requiring the reporting of child abuse to authorities.
“I think what we need to do is make sure and recognize that if animals are being abused it needs to come to justice, and it needs to come to justice quickly,” Holt told WSMV. “And that’s the intention of this bill, bar none. No matter what anybody tells you. That’s the intention of this legislation.”
