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Miles Archer

(19,922 posts)
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:10 AM May 30

COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE Joni Ernst on Medicaid & SNAP cuts: "Well, we all are going to die"

April Glick Pulito
‪@aprilglick.bsky.social‬

Joni Ernst, at her town hall last night.

When the crowd said people will die due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts, she said: "well we all are going to die." 🫠🫠🫠🫠

Joni Ernst, at her town hall last night.

When the crowd said people will die due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts, she said: "well we all are going to die." 🫠🫠🫠🫠

April Glick Pulito (@aprilglick.bsky.social) 2025-05-30T13:44:51.658Z
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COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE Joni Ernst on Medicaid & SNAP cuts: "Well, we all are going to die" (Original Post) Miles Archer May 30 OP
Just another future inmate talking shit because that is all she has and agreed to it? Brainfodder May 30 #1
So why do the billionaires need more money if they're going to die anyway? Ocelot II May 30 #2
They don't have the forethought for any of their actions. Omnipresent May 30 #7
They mean everyone else is a worthless eater. Irish_Dem May 30 #26
All very good questions. ShazzieB May 30 #51
Actually, that is an excellent point PatSeg May 30 #52
Her first. Channeling her inner Michelle Bachman. marble falls May 30 #3
So why feed babies and the poor? BOSSHOG May 30 #4
They are all acting as if Bettie May 30 #5
Don't they though! Rebl2 May 30 #12
Does seem so . . . Lokee11 May 30 #13
Yes they don't seem to care what voters think at this point. Irish_Dem May 30 #28
Trump said they would not have to vote again. Blue Full Moon May 30 #31
Maybe she should exit first UpInArms May 30 #6
Remember her crying about: "I used to wear bread wrappers to school" chouchou May 30 #8
So why Traildogbob May 30 #9
And being innocent of all sin, should enter Heaven instantly. Ligyron May 30 #21
😂😂 Traildogbob May 30 #42
Great slogan for the Republican Party thought crime May 30 #10
They have been saying it for decades Blue Full Moon May 30 #32
How to Rebl2 May 30 #11
Message auto-removed Name removed May 30 #14
Good morning Sunshine!!! Still trying I see. GP6971 May 30 #18
Republicans have a sadistic desire to speed along the process for others dlk May 30 #15
I thought she was saving that up for her compassionate conservative Christmas message Uncle Joe May 30 #16
Yeah - there MUST be a card for that. dchill May 30 #27
The cruelty is the point MaineBlueBear May 30 #17
My answer to her would be, "Well, you first." n/t elocs May 30 #19
+1 dalton99a May 30 #45
You first, Joni peggysue2 May 30 #20
Excellent response! bronxiteforever May 30 #22
Thanks, bronxite peggysue2 May 31 #61
It appears that Joni's brain has already died. patphil May 30 #23
What did the crowd say in response? Baitball Blogger May 30 #24
Honest to God. dchill May 30 #25
WHAT SHE REALLY MEANS IS. . . Jimvanhise May 30 #29
I only believe that she's evil JustAnotherGen May 30 #30
"Is this the best you can come up with?" CTyankee May 30 #33
In a sane world that would either disqualify her, or people would rebel. OrlandoDem2 May 30 #34
There's no such thing as a "compassionate conservative". Initech May 30 #35
And they wonder why so many have chosen not to give birth MLWR May 30 #36
Yeah, we've reached the "Let them eat cake" Joe Nation May 30 #37
Social Darwinism Seinan Sensei May 30 #38
To the crowd! It's like they all think everyone else is like them! Scrivener7 May 30 #39
Let me count the ways I hate thee. Beacool May 30 #40
This comment reminds me of the conservative hysteria over "death panels." MAGA has become an actual Death Panel. Martin68 May 30 #41
I hope that when it is Mrs Ernst's time to leave this world HappyH May 30 #43
Makes a more accurate slogan than Make America Great Again! 70sEraVet May 30 #44
Party of Death dalton99a May 30 #46
After you, stitch orangecrush May 30 #47
...at which point, Joni pulls out her Glock and opens fire on the crowd.... Sogo May 30 #48
Then why did they get so upset when the United Health Care exec was murdered? not a texan May 30 #49
Just wow. 1WorldHope May 30 #50
so? poozwah May 30 #53
Im sorry. Didnt read every post on the thread. johnnyfins May 30 #54
That entire event is on C-SPAN ... xocetaceans May 30 #55
This asshole will always have good healthcare mdbl May 30 #56
Says a rich woman who has a generous pension for life Mysterian May 30 #57
I wonder what the rest of her sentence was. Chuuku Davis May 30 #58
Genocide Joni moondust May 30 #59
Stuff your feelings in a bread bag Blue Owl May 30 #60

Brainfodder

(7,554 posts)
1. Just another future inmate talking shit because that is all she has and agreed to it?
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:14 AM
May 30

I see no reason to sugarcoat?

Ocelot II

(126,298 posts)
2. So why do the billionaires need more money if they're going to die anyway?
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:14 AM
May 30

Why does Joni Ernst need to be a senator if she's going to die anyway? Why does anybody need anything? Or does GOP nihilism apply only to the poors?

Omnipresent

(7,045 posts)
7. They don't have the forethought for any of their actions.
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:32 AM
May 30

They think out of their reptilian brains, usually exploding in anger about things they don’t understand. Everything is an affront to them.

Irish_Dem

(72,738 posts)
26. They mean everyone else is a worthless eater.
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:39 AM
May 30

They of course are special and important.
And entitled to all that life has to offer.

ShazzieB

(21,206 posts)
51. All very good questions.
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:39 PM
May 30

And the third is the only one with an obvious answer:

Or does GOP nihilism apply only to the poors?
Yes. And not just yes, but ⁿHELL, YES!

PatSeg

(50,668 posts)
52. Actually, that is an excellent point
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:42 PM
May 30

One that occurs to me quite often. How much money do these fools need when they're only here for such a short time? With enough money, one may be able to prolong life a few years with expensive, cutting-edge medicine, but in the end, they're going to die like everyone else.

BOSSHOG

(43,440 posts)
4. So why feed babies and the poor?
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:18 AM
May 30

Because Jesus thinks it’s a cool idea. Republicans know nothing of Jesus.

Because the food is grown by US Farmers? Whom republicans don’t give a fuck about.

If republicans have no spines and worship a convicted felon?

Irish_Dem

(72,738 posts)
28. Yes they don't seem to care what voters think at this point.
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:40 AM
May 30

They know the elections will be rigged for them.

chouchou

(2,192 posts)
8. Remember her crying about: "I used to wear bread wrappers to school"
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:32 AM
May 30

I put her in the same jar as Skeletor......Rick Scott.

Traildogbob

(11,568 posts)
9. So why
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:34 AM
May 30

Is abortion not legal. They all gonna die anyway, you prolife ass zit.
Eliminated elected people tax paid health care immediately. They gonna die anyway, why waste tax dollars?

Ligyron

(7,956 posts)
21. And being innocent of all sin, should enter Heaven instantly.
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:12 AM
May 30

Oh wait, the Original Sin all people are guilty of thanks to Adam and Eve’s evil behavior in the Garden of Edamame.

I think there was shellfish in their sushi although it was decades and eons before it was forbidden.

Still, they should have known not to ask the snake where the soy sauce was as he pointed to the tree of knowledge

Traildogbob

(11,568 posts)
42. 😂😂
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:17 PM
May 30

Stupid and hate are rampant.
I just read a newspaper story, cut and pasted it to send my brother and daughter. I would offer the writer and paper here but it flipped to another story before I went back to it.
So here ya go: In Arkansas, a mass brawl broke out with fists flying among parents at a Kindergarten Graduation! Kids and teachers are seen in the background crying and screaming for the ADULTS to stop. Unbelievable, I needed to read it twice and pass it on. Really MurKKKa, this is Gawds Country? Being Blessed.
I initially found it hard to believe. But Arkansas.
Really? Any body there ever graduate Kindergarten????
.

Response to Miles Archer (Original post)

dlk

(12,802 posts)
15. Republicans have a sadistic desire to speed along the process for others
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:00 AM
May 30

What a cruel and violent country we have devolved into.

Uncle Joe

(62,486 posts)
16. I thought she was saving that up for her compassionate conservative Christmas message
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:00 AM
May 30

Thanks for the thread Miles Archer

peggysue2

(12,059 posts)
20. You first, Joni
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:10 AM
May 30

This is a line that's been circulating in Republican circles. People are going to die? No biggie because we all die.

Absolutely epitomizes the bankrupt, amoral Republican stance towards their constituents:

Your life means NOTHING.

JustAnotherGen

(35,961 posts)
30. I only believe that she's evil
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:43 AM
May 30

This tracks with that and the maga Repub Culture of Cruelty. It was totally on brand.

OrlandoDem2

(3,047 posts)
34. In a sane world that would either disqualify her, or people would rebel.
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:04 PM
May 30

In our passive, ill-informed society today that’ll get her re-elected..

Initech

(105,763 posts)
35. There's no such thing as a "compassionate conservative".
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:05 PM
May 30

They're mean, evil slimebags. They should at least own that.

Beacool

(30,434 posts)
40. Let me count the ways I hate thee.
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:10 PM
May 30

I have disliked previous presidents and administrations. They were saints compared to this one. I despise with the fire of a thousand suns Trump and the despicable people who surround them. The deliberate cruelty is appalling. They're also incompetent, unqualified, greedy and corrupt. Not one Trump appointee is qualified to do the job they were appointed to do.

May Trump and his merry band of amoral lowlifes, rot in hell when they do humanity a favor and die.


Martin68

(26,227 posts)
41. This comment reminds me of the conservative hysteria over "death panels." MAGA has become an actual Death Panel.
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:13 PM
May 30

70sEraVet

(4,697 posts)
44. Makes a more accurate slogan than Make America Great Again!
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:22 PM
May 30

We're All Gonna Die Anyway -- WAGDA.
It'd make a great hat!

Sogo

(6,490 posts)
48. ...at which point, Joni pulls out her Glock and opens fire on the crowd....
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:30 PM
May 30

(just filling in her fantasy).

not a texan

(67 posts)
49. Then why did they get so upset when the United Health Care exec was murdered?
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:32 PM
May 30

He was going to die anyway, just like the people to whom he denied coverage

poozwah

(345 posts)
53. so?
Fri May 30, 2025, 01:00 PM
May 30

they will elect hear again if she runs. what she does or says matters little to the maga cult.

johnnyfins

(2,520 posts)
54. Im sorry. Didnt read every post on the thread.
Fri May 30, 2025, 01:01 PM
May 30

Do these people, including Joni Ernst, understand history? Do they know what eventually happens to authoritarians? Somebody, somewhere, is keeping track of all of this horseshit. That clip prolly went right onto the evidence hard drive.

She is a real scumbag. Now that her own sex scandal has quieted down
She comes out with some shit like this.
AND FUCKING SMILES WHILE SAYING IT.

The word I want to use to describe her: use your imagination.

xocetaceans

(4,232 posts)
55. That entire event is on C-SPAN ...
Fri May 30, 2025, 01:45 PM
May 30

There are many good questions asked, but one that was particularly good started at about 26:08 in the video. Spoiler: Joni fails to answer well, and she's all for destroying a lot of the US Federal Government because the US States should do it all for themselves (or, at least, all which was not considered in 1789) under the US Constitution.

The question that evoked the response cited in the OP starts at 38:56 in the video.

Semi-spoiler: This question and the ensuing exchange lasts at least five minutes. The specific remark noted in the OP occurs at about 45:33 in the video.




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