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Miles Archer

(19,450 posts)
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:10 AM Friday

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

Brainfodder

(7,339 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
Friday

I see no reason to sugarcoat?

Ocelot II

(124,962 posts)
2. So why do the billionaires need more money if they're going to die anyway?
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:14 AM
Friday

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

(6,909 posts)
7. They don't have the forethought for any of their actions.
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:32 AM
Friday

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

(70,218 posts)
26. They mean everyone else is a worthless eater.
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:39 AM
Friday

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

ShazzieB

(20,771 posts)
51. All very good questions.
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:39 PM
Friday

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

(50,256 posts)
52. Actually, that is an excellent point
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:42 PM
Friday

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

(42,552 posts)
4. So why feed babies and the poor?
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:18 AM
Friday

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

(70,218 posts)
28. Yes they don't seem to care what voters think at this point.
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:40 AM
Friday

They know the elections will be rigged for them.

chouchou

(1,913 posts)
8. Remember her crying about: "I used to wear bread wrappers to school"
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:32 AM
Friday

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

Traildogbob

(11,251 posts)
9. So why
Fri May 30, 2025, 10:34 AM
Friday

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

(7,944 posts)
21. And being innocent of all sin, should enter Heaven instantly.
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:12 AM
Friday

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

(11,251 posts)
42. 😂😂
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:17 PM
Friday

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

(12,644 posts)
15. Republicans have a sadistic desire to speed along the process for others
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:00 AM
Friday

What a cruel and violent country we have devolved into.

Uncle Joe

(61,813 posts)
16. I thought she was saving that up for her compassionate conservative Christmas message
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:00 AM
Friday

Thanks for the thread Miles Archer

peggysue2

(11,884 posts)
20. You first, Joni
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:10 AM
Friday

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

(35,202 posts)
30. I only believe that she's evil
Fri May 30, 2025, 11:43 AM
Friday

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

OrlandoDem2

(2,818 posts)
34. In a sane world that would either disqualify her, or people would rebel.
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:04 PM
Friday

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

Initech

(104,994 posts)
35. There's no such thing as a "compassionate conservative".
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:05 PM
Friday

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

Beacool

(30,390 posts)
40. Let me count the ways I hate thee.
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:10 PM
Friday

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

(25,854 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
Friday

70sEraVet

(4,544 posts)
44. Makes a more accurate slogan than Make America Great Again!
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:22 PM
Friday

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

Sogo

(6,272 posts)
48. ...at which point, Joni pulls out her Glock and opens fire on the crowd....
Fri May 30, 2025, 12:30 PM
Friday

(just filling in her fantasy).

not a texan

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

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

poozwah

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

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

johnnyfins

(2,126 posts)
54. Im sorry. Didnt read every post on the thread.
Fri May 30, 2025, 01:01 PM
Friday

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

(4,180 posts)
55. That entire event is on C-SPAN ...
Fri May 30, 2025, 01:45 PM
Friday

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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