Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) seems to be in that group:<\/p>\n
\nAppearing at a town hall on Friday, Ernst was pressed on cuts to Medicaid \u2013 the health care program for low-income Americans \u2013 in House Republicans\u2019 budget plan. One audience member shouted that \u201cpeople will die.\u201d<\/p>\n
The usual politician thing would have been to take issue with that premise \u2013 or to, as other Republicans have strained to do, cast the Medicaid cuts as merely cutting waste and abuse. (That\u2019s not the full story, of course; the Congressional Budget Office recently projected that House Republicans\u2019 changes to Medicaid, including\u00a0work requirements for some recipients<\/a>, would\u00a0leave 7.6 million Americans<\/a>\u00a0uninsured<\/a>\u00a0by 2034.)<\/p>\n
But Ernst decided to go in a different direction.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, we all are going to die<\/a>,\u201d said Ernst, who\u2019s facing reelection in 2026.<\/p>\n
When hostile portions of the crowd balked at the response, she said: \u201cFor heaven\u2019s sakes, folks.\u201d [CNN\/Politics<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Too bad the Democrats continue to stagger along in autocrat dress<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) seems to be in that group: Appearing at a town hall on Friday, Ernst was pressed on cuts to Medicaid \u2013 the health care program for low-income Americans \u2013 in House Republicans\u2019 budget plan. One audience member shouted that \u201cpeople will die.\u201d The usual politician thing \u2026 Continue reading