I was wondering what Joni Ernst said in response. I just looked it up here in the forum, since I must have missed it when it was posted.
Not much.
And not a surprise, really. The GOPe would never allow anyone to give that speech unless Karl Rove gave his stamp of approval, and Mitch McConnell’s speech writers wrote the speech—with a little help from Jeb Bush’s and Mitt Romney’s speech writers, maybe.