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.

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst defends proposed Medicaid cuts: ‘We all are going to die' Her comment came in response to an attendee who yelled that proposed GOP cuts to Medicaid would cost lives.

If death and taxes are the only certainties, Joni Ernst is here to cut one and fast-track the other. “We all are going to die," she said. You might think that’s a line from a nihilistic French play.

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst (R) pushed back against constituents who shouted out at her recent town hall meeting that cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would cause ...

Ernst apologized. "I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize for a statement that I made yesterday at my town hall,” she said the day after in an Instagram video. She continued, "I ...

Ernst's response was, "People will not — well, we all are going to die. For heaven’s sakes, folks." It was a moment that generated national attention and criticism for Ernst, a second-term ...

If that ridiculously glib statement wasn’t enough, Ernst's sarcastic “apology,” given in a cemetery, was even worse. She’s in a graveyard, using dead people as props, looking eerily like ...