GOP Mishandling Has Led To Record-High Hospitalizations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 19, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org GOP Mishandling Has Led To Record-High Hospitalizations, Iowa Leading the Nation in COVID-19 Positivity Rates President Trump and Governor Reynolds lied to Iowans and refused to follow CDC guidance, now Iowa is a national COVID-19 hotspot DES MOINES — Less than a week after President Trump […]
Ernst Skips Ed Boards, Nonpartisan Forums in Desperate Attempt to Hide From Her Harmful Record
After Desperate Debate Stunt, Ernst Has Spent Election in Damage Control Avoiding Questions on Ongoing Scandals, Failures in Washington Down in the polls and still facing the fallout from one of the most humiliating debate gaffes in the history of Iowa politics, Senator Joni Ernst has refused to show up to key editorial board meetings, […]
Ernst Doubles Down on Privatizing Social Security, Calling It An “Option” That Should Be Considered
After months under scrutiny on her efforts to defund Social Security, Senator Joni Ernst admitted that privatizing the program is still an option on the table that she would consider, in an interview on The Steele Report. Asked if she’s still open to privatizing Social Security, Senator Ernst admitted, “I’ve said I’ve talked about it,” […]
Iowa Dems Dispatch: Highlights from the Hawkeye State
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, October 18, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Iowa Dems Dispatch: Highlights from the Hawkeye State With 16 days until the election, Iowa Democrats are meeting voters everywhere and growing momentum in the final stretch DES MOINES — Today marks 16 days until November 3rd, and nearly half a million Iowans have already cast […]
BREAKING: Trump Admin Takes Legal Action to Try to Block Court Order on Ernst’s Dark Money Group
Ernst Must Immediately Answer if She Knew About or Directed the Admin’s Effort to Shield Her Dark Money Group, Call for End to Interference In a shocking new development in Senator Joni Ernst’s dark money scandal, yesterday the Trump Administration took a “shady and completely improper move” to try to block a federal court order […]
Soybean Scandal: Ernst’s Bad Week Reaches a Viral Breaking Point When Asked the Price of Iowa’s Largest Ag Export
Moderator: “Want to Take Another Crack at it?” With less than 3 weeks until Election Day, it has been one unimaginably bad week for Senator Joni Ernst. She was out-fundraised $28.7m to $7.2m. New polling shows her increasingly trailing. And a federal court just ordered the FEC to take action on Ernst’s dark money group […]
Azar Visits Iowa on Same Day State Surpasses 1,500 COVID-19 Deaths
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, October 15, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Secretary Azar Visits Iowa With Absolutely No Solutions on Same Day State Surpasses 1,500 COVID-19 Deaths Secretary Azar’s desperate, politically-motivated trip offers no solutions to Iowa’s growing coronavirus crisis and puts lives at risk DES MOINES — The day after President Trump held a super-spreader event […]
Ahead of Debate, Ernst Under Mounting Pressure on Dark Money Ties as “Court Tells FEC to Take Action” on Complaint for Illegal Operation
In Tonight’s Senate Debate, Senator Ernst Must Finally Come Clean on Her Dark Money Arrangement to Prop Up Her Re-Election After Senator Joni Ernst spent 10 months ignoring scrutiny for her ongoing dark money ties, a federal court yesterday ordered the FEC to take action on Iowa Values – Ernst’s dark money group set up […]
BOMBSHELL: Federal Judge Orders FEC to Take Enforcement Action Against Ernst’s Dark Money Group after Illegally Supporting Her Re-Election Campaign
Non-Partisan Elections Watchdog “Campaign Legal Center” Filed FEC Complaint Following Explosive AP Investigation into Senator Ernst’s Illegal Dark Money Arrangement Today, a U.S. District Court ordered the FEC to take enforcement action against Iowa Values, a dark money group set up and run by Senator Joni Ernst’s top aides, after they were caught illegally supporting […]
NEW: 20 Iowa Doctors, Health Experts Urge Sen. Ernst to Oppose Judge Barrett Due to Threat to Health Care, Coverage Protections for Pre-Existing Conditions
In Letter to Ernst, Doctors Warn That Ernst’s Vote in Confirmation Could “Directly Lead to the Large-Scale Elimination of Health Coverage” In a new letter, 20 Iowa doctors and health care professionals wrote to Senator Joni Ernst demanding that she “stand by Iowa patients, medical professionals, and our health care institutions and vote against Judge […]