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Joni Ernst’s “Apology” Video Is Deeply Unsettling

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

News, Society & Culture, Politics, News Commentary

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Tim Miller and Sam Stein break down a jaw-dropping series of statements from Senator Joni Ernst — including one from a cemetery, where she basically tells Iowans worried about Medicaid cuts to embrace death... and Jesus.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:23.7

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0:23.6

There have been a series of statements from Iowa Senator Joni Ernst about how she

0:28.7

doesn't really seem to care that people are going to die if the Republicans

0:34.0

passed the big, beautiful bill, so-called. And you're usually kind of making a side such as a politician.

0:41.6

We're like, well, you know, everybody dies.

0:43.1

So if our bill's going to make people die, whatever.

0:45.5

That's the kind of thing that in the past you'd clean up.

0:48.2

But for Joni Ernst, no, she doubled down.

0:51.4

She leaned in.

0:52.6

People are going to die.

0:54.0

Fucking deal with it.

0:55.1

And if you're worried about death, let me tell you, you should just accept her Lord and

1:00.3

Savior Jesus Christ and be welcomed into his arms.

1:02.6

Sam, I want to break down both videos with you.

1:05.2

But you have any big picture thoughts first?

1:07.6

No, let's just get into it.

1:08.9

So people are not, well, we all are going to dope.

1:17.5

So, see, in my take on this is like, it wasn't great, but it was kind of like one of those

1:21.2

gaps from when we were coming up, you know, a 1990s, 2000s gap.

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