Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst answers questions during her first town hall of 2025 in Parkersburg, Iowa, on Friday, ...

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When a lawmaker tells you 'we’re all going to die' in response to a policy choice, they’re justifying your suffering.

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Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst is facing more backlash after issuing a cringeworthy non-apology on social media over remarks she made ...

Elon Musk is leaving DOGE and Donald Trump's White House on Friday, and reactions are varied ... around the optics," Gerber said. Sen. Joni Ernst Ernst, an Iowa Republican, leads the Senate's ...

When someone in the audience yelled out, “People will die,” Ernst replied, “People are not – Well, we all are going to die.” The comment drew sizable reaction from the crowd. Ernst went ...

At an event later on Friday, Ernst clarified her remarks, calling the reaction hysteria from the left and emphasizing she was not out to cut Medicaid benefits. “We know two things are true ...

Ernst said the now-viral reaction to her comments is "hysteria that's out there coming from the left." "Two things are true: death and taxes," she said. "And what I'm trying to do is make sure ...