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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander

Joni Ernst doubles down on bleak ‘We are all going to die’ comments in sarcastic non-apology

Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst doubled down on her bleak comments in response to potential Republican Medicaid cuts by posting a sarcastic apology video on social media.

The senator went viral after she said, “We all are going to die,” when responding to a question about the proposed cuts in President Donald Trump’s tax legislation during a town hall in Parkersburg on Friday.

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