The Political Castration of Joni Ernst

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-08 16:05:35 | Updated at 2024-12-24 00:18:19 2 weeks ago

The Political Castration of Joni Ernst
PJMedia ^ | 12/7/24 | Scott Pinsker

Posted on 12/08/2024 7:55:15 AM PST by CFW

Eventually, everything in politics goes full circle. If you wait long enough, it all turns Ecclesiastes 3.

Take Joni Ernst, the junior senator from Iowa, for example. She burst onto the national scene, pledging to “cut pork” in a very memorable way:

When your opening line is, “I’m Joni Ernst, I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm,” not only do you have our attention — you’ve got us squirming in our seats. (Ouch.)

Before the castration spot aired, Ernst was struggling to raise money, trailing Republican frontrunner Mark Jacobs by several points for the GOP nomination. Conservative women — including Sarah Palin — found the ad humorous, endorsed her candidacy, and helped Ernst build her war chest. Within months, she was the undisputed frontrunner.

And in 2020, she was elected to her second term in the Senate.

Unfortunately, there’s a disease endemic to D.C. called “turning native.” For whatever reason, it seems to infect conservatives more than liberals. There’s no known cure. (Symptoms include the sudden abandonment of traditional beliefs; invitations to “trendy” house parties; and oodles of donations from cabals of liberal bigwigs. Consult your doctor for more information.)

Over the past few days, Joni Ernst has emerged as the face of the Republican opposition to President-elect Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth. She stood in judgment of his candidacy and (according to media reports) found him lacking. As her hometown paper noted, she strongly suggested that Hegseth is unworthy of being secretary of defense.

This is the same Joni Ernst who voted in favor of Lloyd Austin, President Biden’s selection for secretary of defense.

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No matter what Joni Ernst does now, she has probably earned herself a credible challenger for the 2026 Iowa primary. I don't think she expected such a swift and harsh push-back.

In the past, after the election interest in politics and the after-election process waned and Cabinet nominees received very little attention except for by us die-hard political watchers.

This year, it seems more people are watching what the Senators are saying and how they are reacting to Trump's nominees. They weren't expecting that and aren't sure how to respond.

1 posted on 12/08/2024 7:55:15 AM PST by CFW

To: CFW

Unfortunately, there’s a disease endemic to D.C. called “turning native.”

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Republicans, lacking any consistent principles, are particularly susceptible to this disease.

2 posted on 12/08/2024 8:02:59 AM PST by Starboard

To: CFW

I don't think she expected such a swift and harsh push-back.

She needs a swift and harsh kick in the back-side.

And then she needs to be fired.

4 posted on 12/08/2024 8:03:46 AM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)

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