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.

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.

Sen. Joni Ernst (D-IA) posted a sarcastic apology video after she downplayed the concerns of her constituents about Medicaid cuts at a townhall. Writer-at-large at The Bulwark Tim Miller, National ...

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 ...

And I am really really glad that I did not have to bring up the subject of the tooth fairy as well.” Iowa Senator Joni Ernst answers a question during a town hall in Parkersburg on May 30, 2025.

Perhaps Sen. Joni Ernst, in invoking her Lord and Savior in an "apology video" for her comments that "we are all going to die," might want to remember that her Lord and Savior commanded his ...

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