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.”
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.
Ken Martin went on to say “I will personally guarantee that this bill will pass with Democratic votes.”
Fuck the DNC.
For heaven’s sakes, we gotta save money for those poor, abused, billionaires.
Right?? Wtaf??
You can almost taste the stupidity in the air these days.
Rich vs. poor. Those with and those without. Always has been, always will be. Eat the rich.
When is the mob with pitchforks meeting, and where?
No kings day June 14th
Her argument is that they are just cutting waste. Healthcare for people who are unemployed is apparently waste. You only get healthcare if you are working a shitty low paying job for someone who got a tax cut.
“You first.”
She should get sent a slew of assisted suicide pamphlets and other advocacy material. I mean, if dying is no big deal then why wait? The Lord will be there to embrace you on the other side!
Well, off with her head then. 🤷
The GQP’s shrieks about Democrat death panels were always projection.
She double down the next day with a cringeful tweet insulting people as if mortality isn’t already widely understood. What an absolute trash human being.
Zero sympathy for the TACO supporters who voted for this shit.
