Ernst’s Closing Messenger: Anti-RFS Ted Cruz?
Darling of Big Oil and Enemy to the RFS Comes to Ethanol Country Trying to Pump Up Ernst’s Failing Campaign Senator Joni Ernst doesn’t know the break-even price of soybeans, and today she’s showing how she sold out corn farmers by dragging Big Oil’s #1 booster into the heart of ethanol country to fuel the […]
ICYMI: Iowa Democrats Respond to Pence’s Super-Spreader Rally
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 29, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org ICYMI: Iowa Democrats Respond to Pence’s Super-Spreader Rally Today, Call out the Trump Administration’s Failure to Control COVID-19 DES MOINES — This morning, ahead of Vice President Mike Pence’s rally, Iowa Democrats held a virtual press conference to hold the Trump administration and Senator Joni Ernst […]
she very clearly supported the effort that includes repealing protections for pre-existing conditions
Fact Check Debunks Ernst’s Lies on Her Efforts to Enable Her Insurance Industry Donors to Discriminate Against Iowans with Underlying Medical Conditions As Senator Joni Ernst, her dark money group, and Mitch McConnell’s allies spend millions on ads trying to cover up Ernst’s health care record, a new KCRG Fact Check has once again confirmed […]
CR Gazette: Ernst’s Votes to End Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions Have Her “On The Defense” in Home Stretch
Despite a Multi-Million Dollar GOP Ad Blitz Lying About Her Record, Ernst’s Threats to Health Care Have Defined and Are Dragging Down Her Re-Election Campaign In new election analysis, Lee Newspapers Des Moines Bureau Chief Erin Murphy detailed how Senator Joni Ernst’s failing campaign is “on the defense” in the final days of the election […]
Statement on Ernst Attending “Cornhusker COVID Rally” in Nebraska After Doing Nothing as McConnell Shut Down COVID-19 Relief Negotiations
Ernst Must Explain Why She Thinks Campaigning Is More Important Than Doing Her Job By Negotiating and Passing Robust Phase 4 Relief Tonight, as her opening salvo after the GOP Senate officially shut down negotiations on Phase 4 COVID-19 relief yesterday, Senator Joni Ernst will attend a Trump campaign “Cornhusker COVID Rally” in Nebraska with […]
IDP Video Statement on Ernst’s Vote to Confirm Anti-ACA Supreme Court Nominee
IDP Chair Mark Smith: “Tonight, Senator Ernst cast a critical vote to enable the Supreme Court to strike down the Affordable Care Act and end coverage protections for pre-existing conditions” Tonight, eight days before Election Day and two weeks before the Supreme Court hears the Ernst-backed GOP lawsuit to end coverage protections for pre-existing conditions, […]
Iowa Democratic Party Continues “Early Vote Express” with JD Scholten
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, October 25, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Iowa Democratic Party Continues “Early Vote Express” with JD Scholten on Monday Stops in Winterset, Carroll, Fort Dodge on Monday; Indianola, Osceola, Stuart, and Des Moines on Tuesday DES MOINES — This week, Iowa Democrats will continue the Early Vote Express, a multi-stop, statewide bus tour […]
Turbine Tumult: Trump Attacks Iowa’s Primary Source of Electricity
DES MOINES — While clean, renewable wind energy generates more than 40% of Iowa’s electricity, President Trump during Thursday’s debate trashed Iowa’s primary energy source, saying of wind energy, “it’s extremely expensive, kills all the birds, it’s very intermittent. It’s got a lot of problems…” “the fumes coming up– If you’re a believer in carbon […]
Trump, GOP Put Politics Over Public Health As Iowans Battle COVID-19
DES MOINES — Donald Trump and Governor Reynolds’ failed response to the coronavirus has been a disaster for Iowa families. For months, Governor Reynolds has followed Trump’s lead and downplayed the threat of the virus, ignored the advice of medical experts, and failed to come up with a plan to contain the spread. Now, cases […]
WATCH: Leaders in Rural Iowa Journalism – Art Cullen, Doug Burns – Call Ernst’s Soybean Scandal a “Death Blow,” “Nearly Fatal” to Re-Election Campaign
Senator Ernst’s Humiliating Debate Gaffe Shows She’s Lost Touch With Rural Iowa During Her Six Years in Washington In a brutal segment on Iowa Press, The Storm Lake Times Pulitzer Prize-winning editor Art Cullen and Carroll Times Herald co-owner Doug Burns excoriated Senator Joni Ernst for failing to know the price of soybeans in last […]