United States Senator Joni Ernst is responding to backlash from comments made about Medicaid cuts at a townhall in Parkersburg; and to concern about a video she made over the weekend. Sen. Ernst made ...

When a lawmaker tells you 'we’re all going to die' in response to a policy choice, they’re justifying your suffering.

Sen. Joni Ernst's comment that "we all are going to die" to a town hall attendee criticizing proposed changes to Medicaid has attracted attention.

Sen. Joni Ernst’s viral comment on Medicaid cuts sparks national backlash. What she said, why it matters, and what’s next in ...

Director of Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought mocked the backlash Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) faced for defending the changes to Medicaid proposed in the reconciliation bill before Congress.

Ernst, a Republican, posted a video to her Instagram story on Saturday, May 31, where she spoke directly to camera about the ...

Iowa state Representative JD Scholten, a Democrat, said the GOP senator's comments had "really hit home" with him.

The comment received national ... coming from the left" for the criticism of her initial statement. Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger responded to Ernst’s Instagram story on X, writing ...

Ernst later doubled down with a sarcastic apology video filmed in a graveyard. The proposed cuts could cause millions to lose health coverage. Critics argue that these comments and the proposed ...

“I think they‘re totally ridiculous. This is astroturf,” Vought told State of the Union in response to critics of Ernst’s comment and in reference to the attendees at her town hal ...

Ernst now has posted an apology video on Instagram, apparently filmed in a cemetery, in which she sarcastically reiterates her point. The senator's comments drew criticism from Democrats concerned ...