Joni Ernst. recipient of $3 million from NRA: "They do not give us money. That would be illegal."

[Miles Archer]

March For Our Lives Iowa
‏
@IowaMFOL

Senator Joni Ernst when asked if NRA money is affecting her gun violence prevention legislation:

"They do not give us money. That would be illegal and I'd be driving a nicer car."

Link to tweet

Iowa GOP Senator Joni Ernst gets busted lying about taking millions from the NRA



https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/iowa-gop-senator-joni-ernst-gets-busted-lying-taking-millions-nra/

In a video posted by the Iowa chapter of March For Our Lives, an audience member asked the senator if her donations from the NRA could be related to her co-sponsorship of the STOP School Violence Act, a bill introduced in the wake of the Parkland shooting that didn’t contain the word “gun” in its text.

The audience member noted that Ernst and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) have received a combined $6 million from the NRA — a figure the Iowa senator refuted in her response.

“Actually, I have not received $6 million,” Ernst said. “Where did you see that information? Because we don’t receive dollars from the NRA.”

“They run independent expenditures or advertisements,” she continued, “They do not give us money. That would be illegal and I’d be driving a nicer car.”

Joni Ernst
Iowa
“My prayers are with all of the victims in Las Vegas, and their loved ones affected by this senseless act of violence.”
$3,124,273
FROM THE N.R.A.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/04/opinion/thoughts-prayers-nra-funding-senators.html

[Older Than I Look]

1. Republican politicians think the people that vote for them are stupid. They're right.

[Sherman A1]

2. Such things as truth, rules and ethics

Do not apply to Republicans. I continue to be amazied that there seems to be a group of folks that have missed that point.

[madaboutharry]

3. Joni Ernst is plain old fashioned dumb.

She answered this question as if she did not understand it. She answered this question as if she was responding to someone stating that she was personally given NRA money, as in a bribe, rather than in campaign donations.

As for her repeating several times that "We are a nation of laws," she should be asked if she is concerned with all the laws that Donald Trump is breaking.

[YessirAtsaFact]

5. Repugnant goon politicians are experts at playing even dumb when they aren't

I don't know if Ernst is dumb, or playing dumb.

Either way, it's sad that looking like a stupid redneck appeals to the repugnant goon base.

[Fred Sanders]

8. Was this just disclosed now? Why the fuck are election laws so fucking like this?

If democracy dies in the dark it is barely peeking no out from under the blanket thrown over it.

On edit: the always hide behind half truths when caught in their blatant corruption.

"Though Ernst is technically correct in asserting that it would be illegal for the NRA to cut her checks directly, campaign contributions can come in many forms — including the advertisements and “independent expenditures” she herself listed."

[Takket]

4. To this day I still can't believe this dumbass is a senator

[rurallib]

6. Answered just the way Charles Koch wrote it.

[gordianot]

7. Her Mother should never have let her play with bread wrappers.

They make dangerous masks.

[Scurrilous]

9. K&R