Ernst’s Blazingly Partisan Quip Reveals Her for Who She Is: “The Ultimate D.C. Insider”
After Saying the President “Will Do Want He Wants to Do,” Ernst Takes Her Partisanship One Step Further By Proudly Promoting Her Party’s Political End Goal Instead of Being Fair & Impartial Senator Joni Ernst, the third-most unpopular senator in the country, made national headlines overnight for self-exposing her flagrant partisanship that voters at home […]
Ernst on the President Pressuring Foreign Government to Investigate Political Rival: “He Will Do What He Wants To Do”
After Months of Dodging Questions, Ernst Says It’s Okay for a President to Abuse Their Power for Their Own Partisan Gain After repeatedly dodging questions on whether it’s appropriate for a president to pressure foreign governments to interfere in American elections, today Senator Joni Ernst went one step further. Asked about President Trump’s pressure on […]
NEW REPORT: Ernst-Backed 2017 GOP Tax Scam Personally Enriched Washington’s Wealthiest Politicians
Despite Ernst’s Promise to ‘Make Washington Squeal,’ Nonpartisan Study Details How the Ernst-Supported Tax Overhaul Amounted to Self-Dealing for Members of Congress A new, scathing report by the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity details the latest evidence of how Senator Joni Ernst’s support for the 2017 GOP Tax Scam shattered her campaign promise to ‘make […]
Ernst Supported Social Security and Medicare Cuts Before – Does She Back the President’s Plan to “Look At” Cuts Later This Year?
After Calling for Social Security Reforms “Behind Closed Doors,” Ernst is Eerily Quiet on Rollbacks After Trump Floats Plan to “Look At” Cuts DES MOINES – With nearly 650,000 Iowans receiving Social Security benefits and over 610,000 on Medicare coverage, Iowans deserve to know: does Senator Joni Ernst agree that Washington should look at cuts […]
Senator Ernst’s Extreme Campaign Against Medicaid Expansion Endangers Her Political Career
With Health Care as a Top Issue to Iowans, Senator Ernst’s Votes to Repeal Coverage for 150,000 Iowans Pose Major Challenges to Her Vulnerable Re-election DES MOINES – As Iowa Republicans face renewed scrutiny from reporters, editorial boards, and patients over their privatization of Medicaid, Senator Joni Ernst is facing a Medicaid reckoning of her […]
Trump in Davos: Cutting Social Security and Medicare is “Easiest of All Things”
Ahead of his trip to Iowa next week, Donald Trump once again broke his promise to defend Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Asked in Davos, Switzerland, if those programs could face funding cuts, Trump told CNBC, “At some point they will be. […] You know, that’s actually the easiest of all things, if you look, […]
On 10th Anniversary of Citizens United, Ernst Once Again Banks on Secret Outside Money to Save Her Political Career
After Super PACs and Dark Money Groups Spent Millions Boosting Her 2014 Campaign, Ernst is Relying on Her Own Dark Money Group to Salvage Her Re-election DES MOINES – 10 years after the Citizens United decision enabled unlimited, secret money to flood our elections, Senator Joni Ernst – who was ranked this month as the […]
Iowa Democratic Party Honors the Life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Vice Chair June Owens released the following statement as she reflected on Dr. King’s lifelong pursuit of justice: “Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. devoted his life to the eradication of racial and economic injustice, all while providing our country with a role model whose lessons will live on for countless generations to come” said […]
Trump’s Three Years of Broken Promises to Iowa Women
In response to this week’s “Women for Trump” bus tour, Iowa Democratic Party Women‘s Caucus Chair Jean Hessburg released the following statement: “A bus ride can’t spin three years of broken promises to Iowa women. Donald Trump doesn’t just have contempt for women—he’s going after our paychecks, hiking our taxes, spiking our health care costs, […]
Iowa Democratic Party Addresses Senate Voting to Approve the USMCA
Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price released the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate’s vote to approve the USMCA “A strong agricultural economy, supported by hardworking Iowa farmers, has long been the backbone of our state, and today’s vote ensures that will continue to be the case.” said IDP Chair Troy Price. “I […]