{"id":1055812,"date":"2025-09-02T15:52:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055812"},"modified":"2025-09-02T15:52:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T19:52:45","slug":"dnc-on-joni-ernsts-decision-to-forgo-running-for-reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-joni-ernsts-decision-to-forgo-running-for-reelection\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on Joni Ernst\u2019s Decision to Forgo Running for Reelection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Democrats have the momentum in Iowa and across the country, Republicans are afraid to face the music with their voters<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, on the heels of the fourth<\/a> double-digit Democratic overperformance in Iowa this year, Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst announced that she is forgoing running for reelection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few months ago, Ernst responded to her constituents\u2019 concerns about Iowans suffering from the Medicaid and SNAP cuts in Trump and Senate Republicans\u2019 budget bill by callously remarking<\/a>, \u201cWell, we all are going to die.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Republicans voting to pass Trump\u2019s budget betrayal that takes away health care and food benefits from millions of people across the country, including hundreds of thousands of Iowans, Republicans everywhere are running scared from Donald Trump\u2019s reckless agenda. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to Joni Ernst\u2019s decision to forgo running for reelection, DNC Chair Ken Martin issued the following statement:<\/em><\/strong>

\u201cA few months ago, Joni Ernst said the quiet part out loud: Republicans don\u2019t give a shit about whether their own constituents live or die, as long as the richest few get richer. That\u2019s precisely why they rammed through a budget bill that would rip away health care and food from millions of Americans, including kids and seniors across Iowa. As Democrats surge in Iowa, Ernst decided to leave the Senate rather than face the music with voters. Democrats have momentum everywhere while Republicans are running away from Trump\u2019s devastating agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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