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Joni Ernst: “I made an incorrect assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that yes, we are all going to perish from this…”

On the recordJune 3, 2025
I made an incorrect assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that yes, we are all going to perish from this Earth.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa
Source
slate.com

Editor's note · Context

Ernst's sarcastic apology regarding her previous statement on mortality.

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