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IA8IT

(5,877 posts)
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 10:33 AM Feb 2024

Sen Ernst: " I vote the way the stupids on telephone tell me even though I know they are wrong"

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2024/02/24/in-iowa-joni-ernst-criticizes-failure-of-bipartisan-border-deal/72663395007/


She praised the deal that was struck but said she ultimately voted against it after her office was bombarded with phone calls from angry Iowans demanding she do so.

“What was in that bill, we will never have the opportunity to pass, probably in my lifetime,” she told a roomful of constituents. “We will never see changes to the asylum law in the United States when we get the kind of reaction that we did over this border bill, OK? And it's from the public.”

“Even my own colleagues were out there knowingly putting out misinformation about the bill because they wanted to tank it,” she said. “Why? Because we had a former president that even before the bill was written said, 'It's garbage. You don't need it. I have all the authority I need to shut down the border when I become president.'”

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Two chances to end trumps political dreams and you saved him. Zero leadership. trump stink will never wash off of you senator.

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Sen Ernst: " I vote the way the stupids on telephone tell me even though I know they are wrong" (Original Post) IA8IT Feb 2024 OP
Joni is the biggest zero I have ever seen rurallib Feb 2024 #1
GOP concept of 'leadership' leaves a lot to be desired Attilatheblond Feb 2024 #2
If you think it's a solid bill, vote for it, dumbass. TwilightZone Feb 2024 #3
Joni Ernst is a coward. madaboutharry Feb 2024 #4
then why are u even in office if u dont like the people who voted for u. step away please. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #5
Send her a copy of "Profiles In Courage". Or, maybe, someone will have to read it to her, on the phone. Midnight Writer Feb 2024 #6
Sniveling cowardice. The Unmitigated Gall Feb 2024 #7

Attilatheblond

(4,293 posts)
2. GOP concept of 'leadership' leaves a lot to be desired
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 10:40 AM
Feb 2024

Flunky puppets trying to keep cushy jobs where they get insider information and can make more lucrative investments than the average person.

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)
3. If you think it's a solid bill, vote for it, dumbass.
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 10:43 AM
Feb 2024

Blaming her constituents for this is pathetic, particularly when she votes against public opinion with no hesitation at other times.

The bulk of the calls probably weren't even from her constituents. Did her office ID them?

Midnight Writer

(22,971 posts)
6. Send her a copy of "Profiles In Courage". Or, maybe, someone will have to read it to her, on the phone.
Sat Feb 24, 2024, 10:59 AM
Feb 2024

Senator, people didn't vote for you because they want to advance your career.

They voted for you in the hope that you would do the right thing for your Country and for its people.

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