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GOP senator offers sarcastic apology for 'well, we all are going to die' comment
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9:11Now PlayingAppearing at a town hall on Friday, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) was pressed on cuts to Medicaid – the health care program for low-income Americans – in House Republicans’ budget plan. One audience member shouted that “people will die.” “Well, we all are going to die,” said Ernst, who’s facing reelection in 2026. When hostile portions of the crowd balked at the response, she said: “For heaven’s sakes, folks.” The senator and her office argued Friday that Republicans are in fact trying to “strengthen” Medicaid. Ernst on Saturday issued a sarcastic apology in which she invoked the Tooth Fairy and encouraged people to convert to Christianity so they could have eternal life.
CNN's Victor Blackwell discusses the apology's tone with his "CNN This Morning" panel, and CNN's Manu Raju talks with the "Inside Politics" panel. #CNN #News
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