ICYMI: Senator Ernst’s Actions on Worker Protections “Favor Corporate Interests Over Individuals”
Instead of Ensuring Workplace Safety, Senator Ernst Has Fallen in Line With McConnell’s “Redline” to Protect Corporate Backers Over Iowa Workers After praising orders to push plant workers back onto the line, Iowa Starting Line is reporting that Senator Ernst has now “taken up the mantle” from Mitch McConnell to ensure meatpacking executives have liability […]
Will Young, Hinson, Miller-Meeks and Schilling Stand with Steve King?
Iowa Republicans must say whether they plan to campaign with King if he wins next week DES MOINES — Facing his toughest primary challenge yet, embattled Congressman Steve King is fighting for his political life ahead of Tuesday’s primary. If he’s successful, Republicans across the state will be saddled with his toxic brand. As national […]
Ernst-Backed Rule Now Allows Her Dark Money Group ‘Iowa Values’ to Avoid Disclosing its Biggest Donors
New Rule Adds Further Secrecy to the Illicit Efforts of Senator Ernst’s Top Political Aides to Distort Her Voting Record Ahead of November Election After Senator Joni Ernst and the GOP voted to defend an anti-disclosure rule by the Trump Administration that further exploits the Citizens United ruling, Senator Ernst’s dark money group, “Iowa Values,” […]
Ernst’s Missing Chapter: “Standing Against Health Care, From Des Moines to D.C.”
In the second edition of “Missing Chapters,” narrating the political baggage Senator Joni Ernst excluded from her memoir, the Iowa Democratic Party has made public a chapter that doesn’t just define Ernst’s political career – but also threatens her vulnerable re-election: “Standing Against Health Care, From Des Moines to D.C.” https://iowademocrats.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/book-3057904_1280-4-1-1.png From the early moments […]
MISSING CHAPTERS: The Koch Brothers Conference That Launched Senator Ernst’s Political Career
As Senator Joni Ernst’s account of her political career hits book markets today, this week the Iowa Democratic Party will publish purposefully omitted chapters to set the story straight on how Ernst’s political launch was born out of putting the priorities of her special interest backers above the needs of Iowans. Today, with the book’s […]
SHOT/CHASER: Miller-Meeks Exposed For Touting Harmful COVID-19 Drug
SHOT: In a tweet, former Iowa director of public health and four-time IA-02 candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks said: “As an ophthalmologist, I take care of people frequently who are on hydroxychloroquine. It has a high safety profile and if I were seriously ill from COVID-19, having read the research, I would want to try hydroxychloroquine.” CHASER: […]
Iowa PolitiFact: Senator Ernst Repeatedly “Criticized” Funding for Hospitals and Testing Before She “Pivoted” To Claim She Pushed for It
Senator Ernst Has Tried to Deceive Iowans on Aid She Opposed, Including Billions for Hospitals, Testing, Expanded Unemployment Benefits, and State and Local Funding A Daily Iowan/Iowa PolitiFact examination of Senator Joni Ernst’s efforts surrounding the interim relief package revealed what Iowans have repeatedly witnessed in this pandemic: Senator Ernst made a political ‘pivot’ – […]
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What Was Ernst’s Role in No-Bid Contracts with Major Donor, Former GOP Official for Non-Medical Grade PPE?
Former Republican Appointee and GOP Campaign Vendor David Greenspon Personally Contributed at Least $3,900 to Senator Ernst’s Campaign Effort and $20,000 to the Iowa GOP A startling report from the Associated Press over the weekend detailed how Iowa’s GOP leaders signed multiple no-bid contracts for non-medical grade personal protective equipment with a campaign vendor run […]
Does Senator Ernst Believe There’s No “Urgency” for New Aid as COVID-19 Continues to Spread Across Iowa?
As COVID-19 continues to shutter family businesses, mass-infect meat packing plants, and kill more Iowans each day, Senator Joni Ernst and Senate Republicans are sending the message that there’s no rush for new aid for Iowa. Mitch McConnell said that the Senate GOP Caucus – of which Senator Ernst is Vice Chair – has no […]