Does Ernst Agree With Iowa GOP Chair: COVID-19 Threat “Has Nothing to do With Pre-Existing Conditions”
Senator Ernst’s Efforts to Gut Coverage Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions Could Have Left At-Risk Iowans More Vulnerable to COVID-19 By Rendering Treatment Unaffordable Attempting to distort the grave consequences of Senator Joni Ernst’s efforts to gut coverage protections for pre-existing conditions – which would have left Iowans at greater risk to COVID-19 even more vulnerable […]
Ernst Pushes for Iowa to “Reopen” In Two Weeks, Ignoring New Outbreaks, Deaths, and Testing Shortfall
Again Downplaying the Severity of Iowa’s Crisis, Senator Ernst Calls for Reductions in Safety Guidelines That Would Put More Lives on the Line Ernst Turns Blind Eye to Dire Shortfall in COVID-19 Testing, Failed To Push For Federal Support For Expanded Testing In blatant disregard of warnings from medical experts, plant workers, and even the […]
Ernst Must Return Contribution from GOP Senator Who Profited off of COVID-19 Crisis
Senator Ernst Took in $2,800 from GOP Senator Kelly Loeffler Just Days After She Dumped Millions in Stock and Invested in Companies that Would Profit Off of COVID-19 Crisis New Federal Election Commission filings reveal that Senator Joni Ernst accepted a $2,800 personal campaign contribution from disgraced GOP Senator Kelly Loeffler – the maximum allowed […]
Ernst’s Early Actions on COVID-19: Politicizing, Downplaying, and Misinforming Iowans
As the coronavirus continues to ravage Iowa communities with no end in sight, new reports have only made more clear how Senator Joni Ernst’s failure to respond to the emerging crisis in February left our state more vulnerable to this unprecedented crisis. Despite receiving private senate briefings on COVID-19 since January and even a fellow […]
GAZETTE FACT CHECK: IDP Ad “Accurate” That Senator Ernst Broke Her Promises, Made Iowans Squeal
Fact Checker Gives “A” Grade on Claims that Ernst Voted to Repeal Coverage Protections for Pre-existing Conditions, Voted for Tax Breaks Increasing Debt By Trillions, Is Accused by Experts of Breaking the Law This morning, the Cedar Rapids Gazette says Fact Check – True: Senator Joni Ernst broke her campaign promises to “make Washington squeal” […]
On This Day: Ernst Introduces “False Promise” Bill to Gut Coverage Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions
Iowa Democratic Party Announces Updated County Convention Process
Delegates and Alternates can register online starting April 13 Additional resources at theconventions.org DES MOINES — Today, the Iowa Democratic announced an updated County Convention process to be conducted remotely over the month of April. The updated, non-present County Convention process gives County Party leaders options on how to conduct their convention, including online or […]
ICYMI: McConnell’s $12.6 Million Ad Buy Shows Ernst’s Re-Election is Increasingly Competitive, Key to Flipping US Senate
National race watchers are honing in on Iowa’s Senate race as one of the most competitive in the country and key to Democrats retaking the majority, after Mitch McConnell’s super PAC booked $12.6 million in ads – the second-most for any GOP incumbent – in order to rescue Senator Joni Ernst’s increasingly vulnerable re-election. With […]
REALITY CHECK: Ernst Furthers Her Deceit on Relief Efforts in Gazette Op-Ed
After devoting the past two weeks to a fictitious campaign touting COVID-19 relief measures she voted against, Senator Joni Ernst was back at it again this weekend with a column in the Cedar Rapids Gazette making claims that fall far from the truth on Ernst’s refusal to fight for Iowans in Washington. From opposing expanded […]