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Joni Ernst: “Well, we all are going to die.”

On the recordMay 30, 2025
Well, we all are going to die.
Said by
Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa
Source
slate.com

Editor's note · Context

Ernst dismissed concerns about proposed cuts by stating the inevitability of death.

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