GOP Senator Doubles Down On 'We All Are Going To Die' Comment In Wild Non-Apology
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After her flippant reply to constituents' worries about health care and food assistance cuts, Sen. Joni Ernst followed up with a brazen video filmed in a cemetery.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has doubled down on her dismissive response to worries about GOP legislation that includes huge Medicaid and food assistance cuts.
On Friday, Ernst faced angry constituents at a town hall in Parkersburg, Iowa, with one woman in the crowd yelling, “People will die.”
Ernst replied, “People are not ― well, we all are going to die. So, for heaven’s sakes, folks.”
The retort was met with backlash and mockery. On Saturday afternoon, Ernst addressed the controversy with what may have initially appeared to some to be a genuine apology.
“Hello everyone, I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize for a statement that I made yesterday at my town hall,” Ernst said in a video posted to her Instagram Story.
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