Sen Joni Ernst read a pro-Hegseth letter from Mark Lucas into the record. She identified Lucas as a fellow Iowan with whom she served the National Guard. What she didn't say: Lucas works full-time for a group pressuring senators to back Trump's nominees. www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/01/19/w... - ThreadSky

laurarbelin.bsky.social • 34 days ago

Sen Joni Ernst read a pro-Hegseth letter from Mark Lucas into the record. She identified Lucas as a fellow Iowan with whom she served the National Guard.
What she didn't say: Lucas works full-time for a group pressuring senators to back Trump's nominees.
https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/01/19/who-had-joni-ernsts-ear-and-who-didnt-on-hegseth-nomination/

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blupotluv.bsky.social•34 days ago

I wish for Joni Ernst sleepless nights for the rest of her life.

boelman.bsky.social•34 days ago

Joni Ernst is more interested in keeping her job than doing the best for Iowans and our nation.

forrepdemruleoflaw.bsky.social•34 days ago

Spineless sycophant. A member of the herd of them. The Party Before Country Party. The former leader of the Senate branch is Mitch McConnell. No one has done more damage, but soon to be surpassed by their Maximum Leader, who must be obeyed.

aprilp.bsky.social•34 days ago

Joni wants to be his backup when he is found passed out in the Pentagon.

johnlogsdon.bsky.social•34 days ago

She’s a coward #PhonyJoni

joelhanes.bsky.social•34 days ago

This gives Ernst implicit credit for knowing that voting for Hegseth is wrong and bad, but not being brave enough to vote against him.

Nothing I've seen from her since she went into politics has shown the slightest indication that she has any ethical sense at all.

laurarbelin.bsky.social•34 days ago

As I described in the first section of the post, she voted against confirming a Trump appointee who had been accused of sexual misconduct.
So I think she knows Hegseth is unfit for the job.

kellyjo29.bsky.social•34 days ago

She’s my senator and she is deplorable

krisve.bsky.social•34 days ago

So what she should have said was, “I want to read this lobbyist’s letter into the record.”

camvogt.bsky.social•34 days ago

If she wasn’t so scared of being primary then maybe she’d have shown some spine

halyard77.bsky.social•31 days ago

Ms Ernst is a cowardly joke- the very type of elected official that represents the worst of American culture-her concerns are only for her position- her constituents, state and country be damned- if she’s not ashamed she sure should be

halyard77.bsky.social•32 days ago

This is absolutely underhanded if not outright dishonest of Ernst- she’s a toad!!

megabeth18.bsky.social•34 days ago

Did come with a large “campaign” donation ?

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