Senate Republicans just voted against pre-existing conditions protections
American Bridge released the following statement after Senators Cory Gardner, Thom Tillis, Martha McSally, Joni Ernst, and David Perdue voted…
Despite Claiming ‘Error,’ Ernst Signed Affidavit to Illegally Apply for Multiple Property Tax Breaks
American Ledger: Despite Claiming ‘Error,’ Ernst Signed Affidavit to Illegally Apply for Multiple Property Tax Breaks By Cole Driver |…
QUICK CLIPS: Day 2 of Joni Ernst’s Tax Fraud Fallout
Joni Ernst’s tax fraud fallout has reached a fever pitch in Iowa, and voters are taking note. Iowans tuning into…
NEW: Joni Ernst Illegally Accepted Homestead Tax Deductions
Ernst claimed Washington, DC as her primary residence “Senator Ernst clearly violated the law by seeking multiple homestead deductions,” said American…
QUICK CLIP: Joni Ernst sheds crocodile tears for Iowan farmers
Last night on Fox News Joni Ernst acknowledged Iowan farmers are “feeling the pinch” of President Trump’s disastrous trade war.…
Ernst Gets An Earful From Iowans
Iowa Senator and shutdown-sympathizer Joni Ernst got an earful from frustrated constituents at a town hall in Red Oak, Iowa…
GOP Senators on Shutdown Impact: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As the shutdown stretches into its fourth week, GOP Senators are barely trying to conceal the fact that the…
By The Numbers: Shutdown Harms Federal Workers in Key 2020 States
A new report published by the Center for American Progress this week highlights the grave harms federal workers are enduring under President…
VIDEO: Ernst Faces Backlash For Shunning Iowa Newspapers
Yesterday, it came to light that Joni Ernst was refusing to sit down with the Des Moines Register's editorial board. Then it became clear, she was refusing to sit down with the editorial board of essentially every newspaper in Iowa. As she spurned the Iowa press, she still managed to find the time to meet with MSNBC's Chuck Todd yesterday (and had the audacity to tweet a picture of this with the hashtag #IowaKnows Best -- no, really!), and to sit down with FOX News this morning. It's understandable why Joni Ernst is desperate to hide her extreme agenda from Iowa -- support for privatizing social security, wanting to eliminate the federal minimum wage, opposition to subsidies like the RFS, etc. -- but her little Houdini act backfired. Check out Ernst getting blasted on local TV for cheating Iowa voters out of the opportunity to know where she stands on the issues:
The Company You Keep… Allen West Endorses Joni Ernst
You can tell a lot about a person by the people they associate themselves with. For Joni Ernst, her cavalry just got even more extreme. Ernst has already credited the Koch brothers with starting her trajectory, said she was "flattered' to be compared to Sarah Palin, trumpeted Glenn Beck's conspiracy theory, and now she's earned the adoration of Allen West, who just cut this spot endorsing her. In case you're not familiar with Allen West, here are a couple of lovely quotes that highlight his worldview, though this is just the tip of the iceberg:
- "When I see anyone with an Obama bumper sticker, I recognize them as a threat to the gene pool."
- "So I’m here as the modern-day Harriet Tubman to kind of lead people on the Underground Railroad away from that plantation [of the Democratic Party]"
- On Social Security benefits: "So once again we are creating the sense of economic dependence which, to me is a form of modern, 21st-century slavery."