Posted on 03/31/2019 9:31:28 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
ADEL, Iowa —Joni Ernst had barely kicked off a town hall one morning here recently when the barrage of complaints about Donald Trump began.
One after one, constituents took to the microphone to grill the first term Republican senator about the president — his attacks on John McCain, his emergency declaration at the border and why, in the opinion of several voters, Ernst hasn’t stood up to him more often.
“Other senators are speaking up criticizing Trump and defending McCain, but I have yet to hear one word from you,” one man implored her. “Is there no line Trump can cross that would cause you to break ranks with him?”
Ernst kept her cool as she answered the 30 people who trekked to a high school auditorium on the outskirts of Des Moines to hear her. But she was emphatic in response: “Oh, I break ranks with President Trump quite a bit.” After defending McCain, she said: “So right there — there you have it.”
Ernst better get used to it. At the same time she's gearing for reelection, Democratic presidential candidates will be camped out in Iowa hammering Trump at every turn. The heightened attention on the president will test the political agility of Ernst, who has generally earned high marks in the state but is having to answer for Trump — whose poll numbers lag behind hers — and some of his unpopular policies.
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All those were NOT Republican voters, but Dem shills.
She should just ignore them.
Probably a bunch of Dems organized to go to the town hall.
And if she and her crew aren’t smart enough to figure out that those are poser shills, then she ain’t long for politics.
his attacks on John McCain, his emergency declaration at the border..
yeah because even ONE R VOTER gives enough of a #### about these TWO specific things to bring them up.
WTF does politico and then the dems think? We’re 12!?!? We’re that naive?!!?
What utter nonsense.
Ernst has been pathetic. The left senses weakness, and goes after her from “the right”, in the hopes that she will distance herself from Trump. Mission accomplished!
Good. If she can’t defend Trump to a bunch of phonies asking her questions then She can go away. Hello! Trump won Iowa which was a huge upset.
Yes, Politico. Start the “Trump is so unpopular and a liability” crapola up again now that a week has passed since your “Russian Collusion” thing blew up in your faces.
Sorry fake news, anyone running away from Trump is running to their doom.
Once a Democrat, ALWAYS a liar.
Joni Ernst; the latest reason for me to detest the GOPe.
Never Trumpers like Ernst have a problem. When Ernst hears from her constituents, instead of tuning out the anti trump propaganda thereby recognizing these ‘constituents’ as plants, she agrees with them. What can she do then?
Maybe she can run for President and do a better job. Maybe McCain should have run for President and done a better job. Oh. Yeah. He did run for President and gave it to Obama.
“One of the GOP’s brightest female stars is dogged by Trump in 2020” The same tactics by the rabid leftists. Pollutico’s hit piece starts right off the bat with a false premise. Ernst fizzled quickly after she failed to castrate anyone in Washington as she promised.
Not that the audience was loaded with dem operatives.
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Iowa republicans are backwards. They absolutely love open borders and environmentalism. They want Mexicans for labor and government subsidies for corn and no Chinese tariffs so they can sell pork And soy beans. Iowa patriotism is up to the highest bidder.
I remember in the earlier days when Rush would be out and have a guest host fill in. The poor guest host was BOMBARDED by (left-wing) callers bitching about Rush. Callers who knew enough to not try taking Rush head-on, but figured they had a panzy in his substitute. (side note: we all remember ‘substitute teachers’ from our grade school days - my wife got FIRED because she didn’t take any crap from the kids when she stepped in)
Similar here - they see A WOMAN, a ‘weak’ woman (as they see it), and so the Left POUNCES.
She needs to DOUBLE DOWN and say that she is 100 PERCENT for Trump’s agenda, regardless of whether it’s completely true.
If she does that, the Leftists will give up on her, and stop annoying and ambushing her. She will, of course, be free to support, or not support, Trump on specific issues, but she will NEVER AGAIN be harassed by them, either way.
DNC plants
“All those were NOT Republican voters, but Dem shills.”
Yes, and if she really believes the question, “... his emergency declaration at the border and why...” was sincere, she should have ask the person making the statement how many Hondurans he has taken in to his house.
But she seemed to be granting good faith status to those questions and responding to them accordingly, which is something stupid Republicans do as a matter of course.
What’s the point of having Robert Plant as the middle person in that clip?
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