When asked by reporters Monday evening about her reply that “we all are going to die” after a constituent expressed her concerns in a town hall, Ernst got defensive.
“We want to protect the most vulnerable,” she added as the elevator doors closed.
— Joe Khalil (@JoeKhalilTV) June 2, 2025
So let’s take a look at “the entire conversation,” as Ernst insists. During a town hall last week, as Ernst was discussing the Medicaid cuts in the bill, one of her constituents called out, “People will die!”
Sen. Joni Ernst, when told people kicked off Medicaid by Trump's "big beautiful bill" will die without health care:"Well, we are all going to die."During today's town hall at Aplington-Parkersburg High School. pic.twitter.com/WtDRzhzUGv
— Amie Rivers (@amierrivers) May 30, 2025Over the weekend, the Iowa Republican doubled down, posting an outrageous video message on her Instagram story.
“I made an incorrect assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that yes, we are all going to perish from this Earth,” Ernst continued with a straight face. “So I apologize, and I’m really, really glad that I did not have to bring up the subject of the tooth fairy as well.”
Sen. Joni Ernst issues (non)apology for “We All Are Going To Die” comment at town hall.“I’m really, really glad that I did not have to bring up the subject of the tooth fairy as well.”Says those who want everlasting life should “embrace my lord and savior, Jesus Christ.” pic.twitter.com/augcMRMLKl
— bryan metzger (@metzgov) May 31, 2025A report released in February by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that implementing work requirements for Medicaid could strip away health care for 36 million Americans—half of Medicaid’s enrollees.
But Ernst seems unbothered by facts.
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