Joni Ernst
Joni Kay Ernst (July 1, 1970–) is an American politician and former military officer serving as the junior United States Senator for Iowa since 2015. A Republican, she served in the Iowa State Senate from 2011 to 2014. Ernst served in the Iowa Army National Guard from 1993 to 2015, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
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[edit]- We are working on is blocking funding from ever going to the Wuhan Institute of Virology ever again, but then, also holding those accountable for not following federal guidelines, federal laws, and being transparent in how those grant dollars were spent.
- Joni Ernst: They're not, they are not eligible. So they will be coming off. So—
- Audience member: People will die!
- Joni Ernst: People are not — Well, we all are going to die. For heaven's sakes.
- Town hall meeting, Butler County, Iowa, reported in "Sen. Joni Ernst booed after defending proposed Medicaid cuts: ‘We all are going to die", NBC4 Los Angeles, 30 May 2025
- I made an incorrect assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that yes, we are all going to perish from this Earth. So I apologize. And I'm really, really glad that I did not have to bring up the subject of the tooth fairy as well. But for those that would like to see eternal and everlasting life, I encourage you to embrace my lord and savior, Jesus Christ.
- Instagram video, quoted in Stephen Gruber-Miller (31 May 2025), "Joni Ernst posts sarcastic apology video following comments that 'we all are going to die'", Des Moines Register
