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Related: About this forumOur Senators hiding with Hobbits somewhere? Silence. Democracy or despot? Choose one.
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Our Senators hiding with Hobbits somewhere? Silence. Democracy or despot? Choose one. (Original Post)
IADEMO2004
Jan 2021
OP
'88-2016 Presidential elections 6-blue, 2-red. 2020 Iowa red mean and stupid.
IADEMO2004
Jan 2021
#4
Not a bit of abuse to you intended. I don't like the state of the state or nation.
IADEMO2004
Jan 2021
#6
Ernst Dec. 14 "the process is what it is and the Constitution will be followed"
IADEMO2004
Jan 2021
#8
Update:Ernst still deciding. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) Still loves the monster I guess
IADEMO2004
Jan 2021
#9
2naSalit
(92,668 posts)1. Huddling in opposing factions plotting against each other...
And the incoming admin. It's what they do.
madaboutharry
(41,351 posts)2. They are hiding under their beds, like the cowards that they are.
Neither deserve an once of respect. Two terrible people.
StClone
(11,869 posts)3. Chuckes "Chuck" Grassley and Joni Ernst AWOL
Iowa is officially a Red State. Unfortunately aging white people, isolated, exposed to hate radio, it doesn't surprise me. Ernst and Chuck the are laying low until they get some situational clues which way to take a stand. Ah leadership!
IADEMO2004
(5,878 posts)4. '88-2016 Presidential elections 6-blue, 2-red. 2020 Iowa red mean and stupid.
Hate radio, hate tv, hate internet, facts left in a corner collecting dust.
SHIT
StClone
(11,869 posts)5. As an Iowan, until we get rid of those two Senators
We got problems in working for the Republican side. And no need to get abusive even if I am wrong or you disagree.
IADEMO2004
(5,878 posts)6. Not a bit of abuse to you intended. I don't like the state of the state or nation.
I see I did misread your post in my rush and indeed you meant well. Sorry for my misapprehension and joyful we are on the same side of this.
marble falls
(62,047 posts)7. You don't think Ernst is down with the dirty dozen?
IADEMO2004
(5,878 posts)8. Ernst Dec. 14 "the process is what it is and the Constitution will be followed"
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/14/iowa-republicans-grassley-ernst-acknowledge-joe-biden-electoral-college-victory/6549680002/
I wish I could say no but have seen nothing more than this. Everyone claims they are doing their constitutional duty.
Des Moines Register Dec 14 2020
Sen. Joni Ernst, Iowa's junior Republican senator, was also asked about the Electoral College vote by reporters in Washington, D.C.
"Like it or not, I know for Iowans it's disappointing. But the process is what it is and the Constitution will be followed," she told reporters on Capitol Hill on Monday.
Asked if that means Biden is the president-elect, Ernst said, "if that's what the Electoral College decides today."
Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa's senior Republican senator, has said since last month that Biden would be president-elect once the Electoral College voted.
Asked by reporters on Capitol Hill on Monday if it was time to acknowledge Biden as president-elect, Grassley said "I don't have to, the Constitution does."
I wish I could say no but have seen nothing more than this. Everyone claims they are doing their constitutional duty.
Des Moines Register Dec 14 2020
Sen. Joni Ernst, Iowa's junior Republican senator, was also asked about the Electoral College vote by reporters in Washington, D.C.
"Like it or not, I know for Iowans it's disappointing. But the process is what it is and the Constitution will be followed," she told reporters on Capitol Hill on Monday.
Asked if that means Biden is the president-elect, Ernst said, "if that's what the Electoral College decides today."
Sen. Chuck Grassley, Iowa's senior Republican senator, has said since last month that Biden would be president-elect once the Electoral College voted.
Asked by reporters on Capitol Hill on Monday if it was time to acknowledge Biden as president-elect, Grassley said "I don't have to, the Constitution does."
IADEMO2004
(5,878 posts)9. Update:Ernst still deciding. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) Still loves the monster I guess
https://www.kcrg.com/2021/01/05/most-of-iowas-congressional-delegation-will-not-challenge-electoral-vote-ernst-still-deciding/?fbclid=IwAR1CuhGNqWK2hP6E9X_S_w_Z2UJjSER82IHVLfkPBNRf6eG39SV1RcbY_54
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - When asked whether they would object to Wednesdays congressional certification of the electoral vote, the majority of Iowas delegation said they would not.
The lone exception was Sen. Joni Ernst, whose office did not indicate that she would object, but that she was not committed either way.
Senator Ernst is continuing to hear from Iowans on the matter and will be considering all the information before making her decision, a spokesperson for Ernst said, in a statement.
Spokespeople for Sen. Chuck Grassley, Rep. Ashley Hinson, and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, all Republicans, said that they would not be challenging the electoral vote certification.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - When asked whether they would object to Wednesdays congressional certification of the electoral vote, the majority of Iowas delegation said they would not.
The lone exception was Sen. Joni Ernst, whose office did not indicate that she would object, but that she was not committed either way.
Senator Ernst is continuing to hear from Iowans on the matter and will be considering all the information before making her decision, a spokesperson for Ernst said, in a statement.
Spokespeople for Sen. Chuck Grassley, Rep. Ashley Hinson, and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, all Republicans, said that they would not be challenging the electoral vote certification.