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turbinetree

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Sat May 31, 2025, 07:44 PM May 2025

Joni Ernst gives mocking 'apology' for haunting 'We're all going to die' comment [View all]

By David McAfee
Published May 31, 2025 7:09 PM ET

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) was criticized after she offered a "haunting" response to a constituent concerned about health care cuts in the Republican budget bill, and now she's doubling down by giving a faux apology.

The Iowa Republican held a town hall Friday morning in Parkersburg, where she repeatedly expressed frustration with angry constituents who demanded answers on proposed cuts to Medicaid and food stamp benefits and asked pointed questions about Congress putting a check on president Donald Trump's power, reported KCRG-TV.

She also angered some in the audience when she defended rolling back benefits for those she said were not supposed to be eligible for assistance.

https://www.rawstory.com/jonie-ernst-mockery-apology-video/

Your lord if he or she looked you face would say your a disgrace............and just for the record you can have your lord.............your nothing but a self righteous hypocrite money changer.........you want to hurt people...........end of story...............resign............

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