Sen. Joni Ernst’s response of “we all are going to die” to a constituent who was complaining about proposed Medicaid cuts in President Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” has also helped produce a 2026 ...

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 ...

Joni is going to lose her Senate seat next year, and the tooth fairy won’t be there to save her.”WATCH: Sen. Joni Ernst defends Medicaid cuts at Iowa town hall, saying 'We all are going to die ...

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

Ernst quipped back, "Well, we all are going to die," she said. Ernst pushed back as the audience reacted, explaining her position. Senator Joni Ernst speaks during The Hill & Valley Forum 2025 at ...

Constituents at U.S. Senator Joni Ernst’s town hall on Friday morning yelled that Americans will die if President Donald Trump’s bill—which cuts $800 billion from Medicaid and SNAP and will force ...

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, was repeatedly pressed on cuts to Medicaid in the House's budget bill at a town hall and pushed back on an attendee who said the cuts would lead to deaths. "People are not ...

Well, we all are going to die. Of course, the reality is that so much of the death that American society tolerates—our gun epidemic, a lack of universal health care, etc.—is a choice enshrined ...

Ernst responded, “Well, we all are going to die.” Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst was being criticized Friday after a comment she made earlier in the day during a town hall meeting in Parkersburg.

“Well, we’re all going to die,” Ernst snarkily replied. When she was greeted with a mixture of stunned groans and shout-backs, the senator exasperatedly added: “For heaven’s sakes, folks.” ...

“People are not... well, we all are going to die, so for heaven’s sakes,” responded Ernst. Iowan Pat Pierce says Ernst’s defense of the Big Beautiful Bill was insensitive.

Senator Joni Ernst responded to criticism of potential Medicaid cuts by saying "we all are going to die." Ernst later doubled down with a sarcastic apology video filmed in a graveyard.