Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iowa Republican up for reelection in November, on Sunday sought to distance herself from President Donald Trump’s fiery rhetoric over the weekend regarding nationwide protests and the removal of symbols associated with America’s racist past.
The senator’s remarks came after the president warned supporters in a speech Friday at Mount Rushmore of a brewing “left-wing cultural revolution” and “angry mobs” he alleged are “trying to tear down statues of our founders, deface our most sacred memorials and unleash a wave of violent crime in our cities.
But the senator also acknowledged that “we do have blemishes in our history and we need to come together and have some very hard discussions about our past.” She added: “The great thing about this nation is that we can learn from those blemishes, learn from those hard times in the past, and continue to evolve as a continually blessed nation.”
Too late Love
Iowa, it's time to fire SenatorErnst . Supporting a pathological lying treasonous criminal racist inhumane President needs to change in November. FireTrump FireGop voteErnstOut VoteBlue ByeDon2020
Joni Ernst.....is there a dumber person on this planet.....oh wait....
She also said she believes he has stepped up regarding the pandemic. She is still very pro Trump and just trying to get re-elected. She knows she is in for a tough race.
It will never happen!
Is that the ethanol talking
No she didn’t. Terrible take. She dodged every question. That’s not distancing- that’s avoiding. When she condemns it- then she’ll be distancing .
She’s got to go!
Isn’t she the one that called it a blemish?🤷🏽♀️
SenJoniErnst can probably get a job at Target after she’s kicked to the curb!
If SenJoniErnst doesn’t think DNC doesn’t have all the receipts to show Iowa all the love and lavish praise you showered on realDonaldTrump then she’s delusional!
Finally but not soon enough or strong enoigh
Jumping off a sinking ship? Too late, too little. The Lincoln Party is Dead.
Jeez, Politco. Don’t strain yourself carrying Ernst’s water for her. She literally just looked like a fool praising Trump’s pandemic response. If you can even call it a response.
Once a traitor, always a traitor. After they losr WW2, German soldiers defense was they were just following orders. I'd didn't work for them either.
Preferably without you in the senate.
Pretty damn late to suddenly grow a conscience.
Too late, pumpkin! You chose to take a ride on the Trump train and were on of the loudest conductors. Now, you get to pay the price. Stupid choices, get stupid prizes
She made her bed with Trump....let her lie in it.
inch by inch, row by row, gonna make this anti-Trump garden grow TrumpIsARacist
Ernst is toast!
Is that why she went out of her way to praise what a wonderful job Trump was doing handling the pandemic? Just asking for a friend. jonimustgo
SenJoniErnst oh Joni too little too late. You’re just another tRump sycophant that is now scared to lose her job. Too bad so sad. Go away. Maybe if you actually had any principles we would listen to you. NOT ANYMORE!
Ernst knows they are not peaceful, she said so a few weeks ago. I don't trust her. I hope she loses.
Nope you’ve been an enabler for three and a half years. votetheresagreenfield
What her position other than come together and sing Kumbaya?
Joanie Ernest is a disgrace
What a phony. Now she wants to jump ship when it starts sinking.
Too little, too late. She was apoplectic about TWO ebola fatalities under Obama. Has said NOTHING about over 130,000 deaths under Trump. Hypocrite.
No she didn’t. This is a LIE
Gutless Old Party.
No, she doesn’t get to distance herself. She’s handcuffed to that dead hooker.
Joni Ernst is not your friend realdonaldtrump. She only cares about herself.
Funny... I just saw SenJoniErnst on tv saying Obama did worse w/ Ebola than Trump has done with Covid lmao. Way to distance yourself.... idiot.
Buh bye Joni.
Nothing you quoted in that article indicates she’s distancing herself from Trump’s message
Sorry SenJoniErnst but you went after Obama's credibility when 2 people died from ebola and today couldn't criticize Trump at all when 130K have died from COVID. 1 -that means you have ZERO credibility and 2 leads one to ask - what dirt does Trump have on you? It must be good.
Nope, Joni, there’s no take-backs. Welcome to the trump cesspool of history.
Then tell Trump, Sen. Chicken*hit.
It starts. The rats are FINALLY jumping off the sinking ship. It’s too late for you and all the other enablers Jodi: NovemberIsComing
That’s not what her party thinks.
Ah but Obama should have been investigated bc of dereliction of duty when 2 Americans died of Ebola.
To quote another Joni I've looked at life from both sides now From win and lose and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all You really DONT know much at all!!
Guilty. To the roof! Bring in the next one...
VOTE HER OUT!
You can't even spell racist, you're just another white scared politican grandstanding and scared to take stand for America. Go ahead and bow down and take a knee.
Way too late Jodi. Too many appearances standing with the Turtle, Moscow Mitch, as he refuses to vote on legislation passed by the House and for being a good little silent Republican Drumpfster
Too late. You’ve coddled him and back him and stood by him for 3-1/2 years. Don’t start backpedaling now. You’re done.
She didn't distance herself in SOTU today, kept to the company line.
Nah she’s still 100% grade a asshole.
Hopefully to late.
Too little, too late.
We no letting No Republicans get Away from Trump. They Own Him
The most news-worthy part of the intwrview was when she said that realDonaldTrump is stepping up in response to COVID-19 when 130,000+ are dead. Yet, she viewed the 2 deaths from Ebola during the Obama administration a 'failure.' Make it make sense!
To little too Late She vote to ACQUIT. Not when she Losing Now we Coming together VoteBlueToSaveAmerica2020 VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare
Joni Ernst, along with the SenateGOP enabled this. She doesn’t get to runaway now.
Somebody me needs to tell Joni that you can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube. Somebody needs to tell every single republican that.
Not really, SenJoniErnst claims Trump is doing a great job with the pandemic where 130,000 lives have been lost and she ridicules Obama for 2 lives lost during Ebola....not quite enough distance to believe anything she says!
Many is not all and her statements are not distancing at all. Perhaps she want the left to realize they are wrong.
Time for some thing new that we all agree tio.
She is a trump schmoozer.
Her remedy—-DISCUSSIONS(thoughts and prayers)💥😳
No, she isn’t distancing herself - she embraces Trump.
Why is the President whinnying about Confederate statues?
She walked right into Trump’s arms, too cowardly to condemn his recent hatred. Like most republicans, she has no spine !
Too late
Coward. Coward. Coward.
Shameful Obvious prejudicial standards voiced by IA Sen Joni Ernst diminished & made her entire public service and military service lacking in integrity & American interest. Iowa women can smell the stink of her representing.The stench can be detected all the way to Missouri
Too late Joni, your support of realDonaldTrump makes you just another sycophant hoping for his endorsement!
WhoresBeGone putinsBitch
Rats running off the ship?
SenJoniErnst Too late to distance; Vote Her Out!
Chile
She's still a mealy-mouthed toady about it. Witness CNN this morning. Give us a break! Stand up against liars, people!
Too late.
Vote Joni out of office!
Lack of spine....
“fiery” is how white people at normalize racist, unhinged, incoherent public messaging.
Headline is bogus. Fake News.
Rat running from the ship
Republican=morally bankrupt. This is one of the cover girls for the above statement. Brain dead in spades.
Except for the whole covid wear a mask thing and Donny’s approach to magical thinking (disappearing corona virus)
Sounds like she was distancing herself from the obviously biased and inflammatory question the “reporter” asked...
STAND UP for our freedoms! joniernst They will be lost if you do not. Pandering doesn't work! Look how popular TuckerCarlson is!
Live shot of Joni Ernst not exactly distancing herself but NOT answering the question.
Like her Maine counterpart,Ernst is just as sneaky and also possesses two tongues.
She is never not far away from President Cuckoo...
How dare Barack Obama leave the White House without properly cleansing this nation of symbols associated with America's racist past. Worst. Messiah. Ever.
Hehe, the swampies revealing themselves. I LOVE IT!
Stop publishing this bullshit.
Joni Ernst is just like Susan Collins-they will both try to distance themselves, but will still vote straight Repub. They’ll do whatever trump wants. Collins is losing in the polls to her Dem opponent. I believe Ernst is up for reelection this year-hope she’s voted out!
First of many.... The others have until Sept 1st or so before they HAVE to decide on their political futures w/o Trump around their necks
Vote blue, and for GreenfieldIowa
DumpTrump2020 RepublicansForBiden
It'll be the women of his own party who will turn face first. Then it'll be the women of this nation who will be the actual healers of America because despite our political differences, we still seek an amicable solution to any problem.
Ernst is the new Collins.
SenJoniErnst is part of the problem. The only good republican is MittRomney who seen through realDonaldTrump ‘s lies and bullshit. TrumpLiesAmericansDie TrumpIsUnwell TrumpRecession TrumpStroke vote GreenfieldIowa for senate 2020
Can’t support Trump’s cultic extremism for 3.5 yrs and then bail out when it looks like you will go down with him. Tell Iowans you are proud that the gop allowed 130 Americans to die, wants to take health insurance away, caused a recession and is unable to lead on the race issue.
If the Democrat governors and mayors want to let rioters loot and burn their cities down, that is their decisions. Let the citizens learn to live with it, VOTING DEMOCRAT, HAS CONSEQUENCES!
A sign the spineless collaborators are getting nervous that their draft dodging leader will drag them down with him
Too late
Let's see if I remember correctly, she found Benedict Donald not guilty on both counts. Bye bye.
Funny what the real possibility of losing does to some people. I hope she, along with the rest of her GOP complicit colleagues are shown the door in November 3. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out
Bye bye Joni!
Every time you hear the term “we all need to come together” or “reach across the isle” it means we have to capitulate to the demands of the left. The left (Dems), have NEVER given an inch on ANYTHING. We’ve sucked it up for decades, but no more!
JONI SAYS TRUMP HAS GOT TO GET HIS HEAD OUT OF PUTIN';S BUTT AND AS A FORMER MILITARY OFFICER ERNST SAYS PUTIN MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR PAYING BOUNTIES TO THE TALIBAN TO KILL USA AND NATO TROOPS
Too little too late
She's a hypocrite who will say anything to stay in power. Vote her out.
She is a Trump apologist. End of story.
VOTE THIS RINO OUT OF OFFICE.
Ok. Thanks Karen.
Wishy, washy won’t get you to first base let alone a home run.
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst *FAILED* to distance herself from the president's fiery rhetoric regarding nationwide protests and the removal of symbols associated with America’s racist past
Too late Joni.
Too little too late
Dear Political brain trust, Africans, Indians and Confederates all had slaves and were defeated in war. If descendants of slaveholders don't deserve statues or honors ... then neither do Africans and Indians.
Too late joniernst. Better revise your household budget. See you at the self checkout at Walmart. Be sure to wear a mask. Lord knows where you've been.
The lamestream media doing their usual false tweeks. Misconstruing information to suit their selfish perception.
She’s a Trump kiss ass. Don’t be fooled. Immoralgo very attractive to her.
No SenJoniErnst you siad what you said on national television. There are no 'take backs.' You are done.
I don’t care what she has to do to win. And neither does any other Republican. Do whatever it takes
She didn't distance herself one little bit.
Fake news.
Oh honey...
Hey what about Russia and the bounties it paid on the backs of our Soldiers. What is the outcry from trump will it be sanctions for Russia you guys are too quiet. What does putin have on trump answer that question? Now cancel that!
distancing denotes nothing
Wow Quint that’s not what I heard!!!! She’s still a trumper.
I watched this interview and I don't remember it quite being like this reporting suggests.
joniernst Sen Ernst, you have a rogue Elephant in the Oval Office.
Distanced, but...But, what is she coming toward?
too little, far too late...
Um, what? She also is refusing to hold him accountable for this pandemic ravaging our country. This is the same lady that said Obama did a terrible job handling the Ebola pandemic that killed 50,000x less Americans
Fk her.
She's trying hard to unchain herself from that dead hooker
I would too unitl Trump has his diaper changed.
Hey SenJoniErnst you’ve ernst it all now
This sycophant needs to be retired. Her idea of coming together is to claim failed leadership by Obama resulting in 2 Ebola deaths but praising Trump's leadership with only 130,000+. My recommendation to her is when retired take up remedial math and what numbers represent.
The President did not and has not used 'fiery rhetoric', you and rest of media along with Democrats and Rhinos however do so 24/7
I'd vote for her, if I needed to. But she's not to be trusted.
Death anxiety can be perfectly normal.But when it starts interfering with how you live your life, it becomes problematic. for people who don’t find the right coping methods, it’s possible for all that anxiety to cause mental pain and stress.
I don’t hear distancing here. Distancing involves words like “he is wrong”, “he is lying to us”, or “the traitor no longer has my support” Too late breadbags
Too little, too late. Vote her out.
She’s pathetic
Joni, you republicans are coming together, in an unemployment line, coke November. Enjoy!
hard to believe you have over 4 million followers and get such a few replies to your tweets. Maybe if you had somebody who wasn't biased for one side you would have a much better response rate. What happened to Politico? Used to be such a great site before became biased
Joni can stuff her sorries in a sack.
Wow, you must be so proud of yrself.
That's not true. In fact, it was just today that she was quick to defend Trump's criminally incompetent response to the CV-19 pandemic. Cut the crap, Politico. This is not a GD game.
This is why she will lose. Another fake Republican
She just defended Trump's COVID-19 response. Joni Ernst can go to hell with all the other GOP deplorables.
Got_It 👊🏻
Lol, Not going to happen, She's part of the problem....
Don’t let the enablers get away
you won't tell the truth. I hope you will lose.
I’m sorry, but bullshit. She was just on TV defending Trump’s response on coronavirus after she was called out for hypocrisy about attacking Obama’s ebola response.
She's one of the last ones who have any power to bring people together, the way she has conducted herself in the Senate. Vote her out!
If only she was in some sort of position where she could do something about it
Too little pandering way to late, honey.
I watched her today she didn’t distance herself she shoved her nose further up trumps ass
Switch parties.
Too late, Joni.
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