What is wrong with Joni Ernst? This isn’t the same person voters in Iowa supported. Sen. Flake is a mess, and this will cause Ernst’s base to lose interest and fail to support her.
It’s what happens to all of them (nearly all)...they get wrapped up in campaigning, someone offers them a lot of money and they are tickled to take it thinking they are really well liked and supported. Then the get to DC and the bill comes due...they are told how to vote and who to support. Or the money stops going to them and starts going to an opponent, and their luxurious life of power and influence in the world’s most exclusive club comes to an end.
That’s what happens.