Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst on Friday brushed off her constituents’ concerns about the life-threatening consequences of her party’s proposed cuts to Medicaid and federal nutrition assistance, telling a town hall audience, “Well, we all are going to die.”
Ernst’s remark came after a person in the crowd warned that “people will die” if the safety net cuts proposed in the House-passed budget reconciliation package become law.
The Iowa senator began by waving away the crowd’s response, saying, "People are not… " After trailing off, Ernst said facetiously that “we all are going to die.”
Ha ha. Ha.