Sen. Joni Ernst (D-IA) posted a sarcastic apology video after she downplayed the concerns of her constituents about Medicaid cuts at a townhall. Writer-at-large at The Bulwark Tim Miller, National ...

Ernst doubled down on her heavily criticized comments by posting a non-apology video, seemingly filmed in a cemetery, on social media. Axelrod wasn’t having any of it.

Ernst's response was, " Well, we all are going to die." If that ridiculously glib statement wasn’t enough, Ernst's sarcastic “apology,” given in a cemetery, was even worse.

By now, I’m sure you all have seen U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst's statement to an Iowa town hall audience, after a woman cried out that people are going to die because of Medicaid cuts.

Ernst responded, "Well, we are all going to die." The next day, the Republican senator posted an "apology" video on social media that showed her speaking in a cemetery.

Joni Ernst apology video recorded in a graveyard That's not a health care policy — that’s a horoscope for the terminally screwed. As you can imagine, the internet didn’t love it, because losing your ...

Updated: May 31, 2025 / 06:52 PM CDT (The Hill) — U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) doubled down on a recent quip about Medicaid in a Saturday post on her Instagram story. “Hello, everyone.

Perhaps Sen. Joni Ernst, in invoking her Lord and Savior in an "apology video" for her comments that "we are all going to die," might want to remember that her Lord and Savior commanded his ...

Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst doubled down on her bleak comments in response to potential Republican Medicaid cuts by posting a sarcastic apology video on social media. The senator went viral ...

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is defending her startling response to constituents concerned about Medicaid. One expert's analysis on the situation includes a concerning comparison.