Joni Ernst apology video was a baffling choice I am curious why, after offending so many Iowans with her “We all are going to die” comment, Sen. Joni Ernst felt compelled to give a ...

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst posted a sarcastic apology video following a viral moment when she told a town hall audience member that "we all are going to die" in response to concerns over Medicaid cuts.

While Ernst—who is up for reelection in 2026—says at the outset that she is "sincerely" sorry for her remarks on Friday, it becomes clear the apology is nothing but a troll of her critics when ...

Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst doubled down on her bleak comments in response to potential Republican Medicaid cuts by posting a sarcastic apology video on social media. The senator went viral ...

Sen. Joni Ernst posts sarcastic apology video following Friday town hall "I'm really, really glad that I did not have to bring up the subject of the tooth fairy as well," Ernst said in the video.

Ernst's response was, " Well, we all are going to die." If that ridiculously glib statement wasn’t enough, Ernst's sarcastic “apology,” given in a cemetery, was even worse.

Instagram/@Joni Ernst On Saturday, the Hawkeye State Republican followed up by posting a video on Instagram of her giving a mock apology.

Ernst later posted a sarcastic apology video shot in a cemetery. "It seems appropriate that on the one month anniversary of ...

Joni Ernst apology video recorded in a graveyard That's not a health care policy — that’s a horoscope for the terminally screwed. As you can imagine, the internet didn’t love it, because losing your ...

Ernst, who hasn't formally announced she is seeking reelection in 2026, brought in $723,000 in the second quarter, slightly ...

By now, I’m sure you all have seen U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst's statement to an Iowa town hall audience, after a woman cried out that people are going to die because of Medicaid cuts.