Democrat Announces Run Against Joni Ernst After ‘We’re All Going To Die’ Comments

[0311]

State Rep. J.D. Scholten, who once challenged former Iowa Rep. Steve King, plans to launch his campaign on Monday.

After Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) told a town hall audience, “We’re all going to die,” when responding to constituents’ concerns about Medicaid cuts, Democratic state Rep. J.D. Scholten — who has been publicly flirting with a run against the GOP incumbent — decided to launch his campaign.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/02/democrat-announces-run-against-joni-ernst-after-were-all-going-to-die-comments-00380630

“I just felt, you know, I have to do this,” Scholten told POLITICO in an interview ahead of his announcement, which will be made official later Monday. “Now’s the time, and rather than being perfect with everything, I just feel like you got to do it.”

Ernst’s remarks, he said, “disrespected” Iowans.

When Ernst addressed her own constituents in such a manner as she, it was beneath contempt. She demonstrated that she is unfit for her office. She clearly does not care for the people who for her.

 

[1srelluc]

What pissed me off is that she apologized. If they don't get sarcasm it's their problem.

Never apologize, it's a sign of weakness.

And it just feeds the dem beast.

 

[rightwinger]

What pissed me off is that she apologized. If they don't get sarcasm it's their problem.

Never apologize, it's a sign of weakness.

And it just feeds the dem beast.

She didn’t apologize
She doubled down on stupid.

But she speaks for all Republicans, they do not care if their actions kill people.

 

[TimFitz]

What pissed me off is that she apologized. If they don't get sarcasm it's their problem.

Never apologize, it's a sign of weakness.

And it just feeds the dem beast.

Insulting your constituents usually is not a good thing for elected officials to do,

Insulting them, and then pretending to apologize while calling them stupid doesn’t help.

 

[Doc7505]

State Rep. J.D. Scholten, who once challenged former Iowa Rep. Steve King, plans to launch his campaign on Monday.

After Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) told a town hall audience, “We’re all going to die,” when responding to constituents’ concerns about Medicaid cuts, Democratic state Rep. J.D. Scholten — who has been publicly flirting with a run against the GOP incumbent — decided to launch his campaign.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/02/democrat-announces-run-against-joni-ernst-after-were-all-going-to-die-comments-00380630

“I just felt, you know, I have to do this,” Scholten told POLITICO in an interview ahead of his announcement, which will be made official later Monday. “Now’s the time, and rather than being perfect with everything, I just feel like you got to do it.”

Ernst’s remarks, he said, “disrespected” Iowans.

When Ernst addressed her own constituents in such a manner as she, it was beneath contempt. She demonstrated that she is unfit for her office. She clearly does not care for the people who for her.

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She's correct. No one lives forever. We all die, it depends on when.

 

[1srelluc]

Insulting your constituents usually is not a good thing for elected officials to do,

Insulting them, and then pretending to apologize while calling them stupid doesn’t help.

Falling for dem fear mongering is stupid....Stupid is as stupid does.

 

[0311]

She didn’t apologize
She doubled down on stupid.

But she speaks for all Republicans, they do not care if their actions kill people.

They plain out and out hold their own voters in contempt and no respect for them at all.

 

[kyzr]

Joni isn't worried. She's running in IOWA!!

 

[TemplarKormac]

After how many leftists claimed we were all going to die if Trump was elected?

Idiot.

 

[gtopa1]

State Rep. J.D. Scholten, who once challenged former Iowa Rep. Steve King, plans to launch his campaign on Monday.

After Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) told a town hall audience, “We’re all going to die,” when responding to constituents’ concerns about Medicaid cuts, Democratic state Rep. J.D. Scholten — who has been publicly flirting with a run against the GOP incumbent — decided to launch his campaign.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/02/democrat-announces-run-against-joni-ernst-after-were-all-going-to-die-comments-00380630

“I just felt, you know, I have to do this,” Scholten told POLITICO in an interview ahead of his announcement, which will be made official later Monday. “Now’s the time, and rather than being perfect with everything, I just feel like you got to do it.”

Ernst’s remarks, he said, “disrespected” Iowans.

When Ernst addressed her own constituents in such a manner as she, it was beneath contempt. She demonstrated that she is unfit for her office. She clearly does not care for the people who for her.

What a load of horse hockey!!!

Greg

 

[initforme]

What pissed me off is that she apologized. If they don't get sarcasm it's their problem.

Never apologize, it's a sign of weakness.

And it just feeds the dem beast.

That and she's kind of a nut case.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

After how many leftists claimed we were all going to die if Trump was elected?

Idiot.

Jimmy Carter is all

 

[rightwinger]

Ernst just doesn’t care if her constituents lose their healthcare.

That is why she mocked them

 

[0311]

Ernst just doesn’t care if her constituents lose their healthcare.

That is why she mocked them

She is a cold hearted ReNaziKlan bitch!

 

[0311]

They plain out and out hold their own voters in contempt and no respect for them at all.

Should read as: They plain out and out hold their own voters in contempt and have no respect for them at all.

They plain out and out hold their own voters in contempt and no respect for them at all.

Should read as: They plain out and out hold their own voters in contempt and have no respect for them at all.

 

[rightwinger]

Should read as: They plain out and out hold their own voters in contempt and have no respect for them at all.


Should read as: They plain out and out hold their own voters in contempt and have no respect for them at all.

Republicans have always opposed Medicaid anyway.
The idea that poor people should be able to receive medical treatment enrages them.

Can’t afford it, you might as well die.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

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She's correct. No one lives forever. We all die, it depends on when.

... which is not the point here. She is stupid, and you are stupider to support her.

 

[Silent Warrior]

He ran against King in 2018 and lost, then when King was beaten in the primaries by Feenstra, he lost to Feenstra. His best wins were when he ran unopposed for the state house.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

You want to win? Run unopposed.

 

[kyzr]

Ernst just doesn’t care if her constituents lose their healthcare.
That is why she mocked them

She knows her constituents won't lose their healthcare, only the ineligible will.