Doomed Joni Hearse: From castrating pigs to lipstick tips

 

Interesting that Gruber-Miller neglects to mention the main reason for Joni Ernst's demise:  Her tone-deaf comment at a Butler County town hall.

"Well, we are all going to die."

Headline:  Des Moines Register, 9/2/2025

Stephen Gruber-Miller reports:

Ernst is a longtime advocate of trimming government spending, famously pledging to "make 'em squeal" in a 2014 campaign ad where she bragged that "I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm, so when I get to Washington, I'll know how to cut pork." Last fall, she formed the Senate DOGE Caucus, which she chairs and which advocates for spending cuts.

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July-September 2025

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January-June 2025

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2024

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2020

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2018

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