Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said Thursday she does not believe systemic racism exists in Iowa when pressed to give a direct answer during the final U.S. Senate debate before Election Day. "To be clear, do you believe that systemic racism exists here?" a debate moderator...
Joni Ernst: Systemic Racism Does Not Exist In Iowa
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said Thursday she does not believe systemic racism exists in Iowa when pressed to give a direct answer during the final U.S. Senate debate before Election Day. "To be clear, do you believe that systemic racism exists here?" a debate moderator...
Court Orders FEC To Act On Ernst-Aligned Dark Money Group
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the Federal Election Commission to take action against Iowa Values, a dark money group the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center argues is illegally tied to Sen. Joni Ernst and her reelection campaign. Adav Noti with the Campaign Legal...
SCOTUS: Ernst Relays GOP Talking Points As Dems Defend ACA
Sen. Joni Ernst, in her first Judiciary Committee hearing with a Supreme Court nominee, used her opening statement to praise Judge Amy Coney Barrett's faith, family and professional accomplishments as a lawyer and professor. But Ernst also falsely accused Senate...
SCOTUS: Ernst Relays GOP Talking Points As Dems Defend ACA
Sen. Joni Ernst, in her first Judiciary Committee hearing with a Supreme Court nominee, used her opening statement to praise Judge Amy Coney Barrett's faith, family and professional accomplishments as a lawyer and professor. But Ernst also falsely accused Senate...
Ernst: ‘No Reason’ Not To Hold Trump Iowa Rally If He’s COVID Negative
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst said Sunday there is "no reason" President Donald Trump "shouldn't be out and about" campaigning if he has tested negative for COVID-19, the highly infectious respiratory disease he was diagnosed with on Oct. 2. "He should be negative, and if...
Ernst Testimonials Feature Not-So-Ordinary Iowans
During the course of her reelection campaign, Sen. Joni Ernst has featured testimonials on social media from Iowans speaking to her support for farmers and tax relief. What the videos fail to mention, however, are the links between the Republican Party of Iowa and the...
Ernst Testimonials Feature Not-So-Ordinary Iowans
During the course of her reelection campaign, Sen. Joni Ernst has featured testimonials on social media from Iowans speaking to her support for farmers and tax relief. What the videos fail to mention, however, are the links between the Republican Party of Iowa and the...
Greenfield Shatters Fundraising Records With $28.7M Haul
Theresa Greenfield raised more money in the last three months than any Iowan running for U.S. Senate had raised in an entire election cycle. In the third fundraising quarter of 2020, spanning July through September, Greenfield's campaign says it raised $28.7 million,...
Ernst, Young, Feenstra Take Smithfield Money Amid Outbreaks
Three Iowa Republicans running for federal offices have taken campaign contributions from Smithfield Foods Political Action Committee in 2020 — a PAC that represents the meat processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, which was home to the largest coronavirus...