Republican Sen. Joni Ernst is facing backlash after saying “we all are going to die” while talking about potential changes to Medicaid eligibility at a town hall in north-central Iowa.

She had been consistent in her message throughout the contentious forum at a high school in Parkersburg, Iowa, as she defended the tax and immigration package that has passed the House and is now under consideration in the Senate. Facing several constituents concerned about cuts to Medicaid, she defended the $700 billion in reduced spending, saying it would keep immigrants in the U.S. illegally and those who have access to insurance through their employers off the rolls.

Then someone in the crowd yelled that people will die without coverage.

“People are not … well, we all are going to die,” Ernst said, drawing groans. “So, for heaven’s sakes. For heaven’s sakes, folks.”

  • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
    781·
    5日前

    Democrats pounced on Ernst’s “going to die” line, with Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin saying she “said the quiet part out loud.”

    Martin said the remark shows Republicans don’t care about “whether their own constituents live or die as long as the richest few get richer, and that’s precisely why they’re ramming through a budget bill that would rip away health care and food from millions of Americans, including kids and seniors.”

    That’s pretty much it in a nutshell. These are the people we need to be deporting to El Salvadoran prisons.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      242·
      5日前

      We shouldn’t be deporting anyone to Salvadorean prisons, except Salvadoreans duly convicted of crime.

      • GuyFawkes@midwest.socialEnglish
        14·
        5日前

        Normally I’d agree with you, however it’s been shown time and time again that MAGAts simply don’t get it until it affects them personally, so time to start affecting them personally.

        • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
          101·
          5日前

          100% Agree. They aren’t going to play by the rules. Not ever. So they just need to be eliminated. Even if WE have to break the rules to do it. Once that is done, we can get back to everyone playing by the rules, and we can set up some actual rule-based enforcement mechanisms that in the future cannot simply be ignored by people because of their title.

    • eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      102·
      5日前

      Ken Martin went on to say “I will personally guarantee that this bill will pass with Democratic votes.”

      Fuck the DNC.

        • eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          31·
          4日前

          Why would every Democrat vote for Marco Rubio?

          Why would Schumer whip votes to pass the CR in February?

          Why would the DNC repeatedly sabotage Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, etc?

          Got me, but that’s what they do: they push things right and they fold.