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Rhiannon12866

(236,271 posts)
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 01:15 AM Jun 2

Joni Ernst's "Apology" Video Is DEEPLY UNSETTLING - The Bulwark



Tim Miller and Sam Stein break down a jaw-dropping series of statements from Senator Joni Ernst — including one from a cemetery, where she basically tells Iowans worried about Medicaid cuts to embrace death... and Jesus. - 06/01/2025.
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Joni Ernst's "Apology" Video Is DEEPLY UNSETTLING - The Bulwark (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jun 2 OP
Joni I know Charton Heston is an icon for your party exboyfil Jun 2 #1
makes you wonder if Ernst has any real friends Skittles Jun 2 #2
Good point. I can't help wondering if she ran her "apology" by anybody before she decided to speak Rhiannon12866 Jun 2 #3
yup Skittles Jun 2 #4
Why Jeeeezus? Why not THOR? Krishna? Bhudda? The Flying Spaghetti Monster? MagaSmash Jun 2 #5
Seeing Ernst shill for Jesus. . . Collimator Jun 3 #6

exboyfil

(18,240 posts)
1. Joni I know Charton Heston is an icon for your party
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 02:48 AM
Jun 2

But do we really want the world of Soylent Green.

Skittles

(164,926 posts)
2. makes you wonder if Ernst has any real friends
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 02:53 AM
Jun 2

who could advise, "JFC JONI, THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA" - ya know?

Rhiannon12866

(236,271 posts)
3. Good point. I can't help wondering if she ran her "apology" by anybody before she decided to speak
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 03:00 AM
Jun 2

Certainly she must have staff, including writers...

Skittles

(164,926 posts)
4. yup
Mon Jun 2, 2025, 03:07 AM
Jun 2

worst case scenario is they ALL thought Joni doubling down like her dipshit president was a good idea

Collimator

(1,926 posts)
6. Seeing Ernst shill for Jesus. . .
Tue Jun 3, 2025, 07:51 PM
Jun 3

. . . in the same video where she is essentially shrugging her shoulders at any Biblical adjurations to care for the poor and vulnerable makes me feel sorry for any sincere (and good-hearted) believers in Christianity.

That woman has done more to turn people from Christianity than any "evil" atheist. Senator Ernst is a "person of faith" in the model of the Pharisees that Jesus mentioned in Matthew 23:27.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

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