Johnson Says 4.8 Million Americans Won’t Lose Medicaid Access ‘Unless They Choose to Do So’

Johnson says 4.8 million Americans won’t lose Medicaid access ‘unless they choose to do so’

GOP Sen. Joni Ernst gives mock apology to lefty critics for acknowledging everyone dies

Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst has delivered a backhanded apology for acknowledging everyone dies during a town hall that included frustration over Trump Medicaid reforms.

Joni Ernst's sarcastic 'apology' for Medicaid cuts response sparks fury

Medicaid has been a hot topic in recent weeks as the GOP budget bill progresses through the legislative ranks.

Joni Ernst doubles down on bleak ‘We are all going to die’ comments in non-apology

‘I made an incorrect assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that yes, we are all going to perish from this Earth,’ Iowa senator says

Joni Ernst Issues Non-Apology for Joke About People Dying Due to GOP Medicaid Cuts

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) doubled down on Saturday on her flippant remarks about people dying due to Medicaid cuts in a new Instagram video that appeared to be recorded in a cemetery.  During a town hall on Friday, Ernst was pressed about President Donald Trump’s tax bill, which would slash Medicaid in order to help fund a new round of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. The legislation is expected to force 10 million people off Medicaid…

Iowa senator doubles down on Medicaid comment with sarcastic video ‘apology’

“Hello, everyone. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely apologize for a statement that I made yesterday at my town hall,” Ernst said in the clip, with a sarcastic tone.