The Damage Report
@thedamagereport·1.3M subscribers·34.1K videos
Republican Senator IMPLODES Over Medicaid Cuts After Town Hall Blows Up In Her Face
Posted
June 2, 2025
Views
8,954
Likes
492
Comments
127
Engagement
6.91%
June 2, 2025
8,954
492
127
6.91%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
5:22Now PlayingRepublican Senator Joni Ernst makes everything worse as she sparks more public outrage after posting a mocking apology video walking through a cemetery for the comments she made during her town hall when facing backlash for supporting the crushing Medicaid cuts in Trump's bill. Yasmin Kahn and Jayar Jackson break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
Read more here:
Republican senator criticized for mock apology after saying ‘we all are going to die’
"Senator Joni Ernst triggered fierce criticism after making light of voters’ fears that Republican Medicaid cuts could prove fatal, telling a town hall audience “we all are going to die” and then filming a mocking response video over the weekend.
The Iowa Republican, who is facing a possibly challenging re-election battle in 2026, was explaining at a Friday town hall how the Republican immigration and tax package would affect Medicaid eligibility when an audience member shouted that people could die if they lost coverage through the proposed cuts.
“Well, we all are going to die,” Ernst responded as the crowd groaned. “So, for heaven’s sakes. For heaven’s sakes, folks.”
Rather than clarify or apologize, Ernst channeled Trump-era defiance in her response on Saturday with an Instagram video that appeared to be filmed in a graveyard."
**
Be part of the Dragon Squad as a YouTube channel member
Follow The Damage Report on Facebook
Help build the Home of the Progressives
Subscribe to The Damage Report YouTube channel
Follow The Damage Report on TikTok
Follow The Damage Report on Instagram
Follow The Damage Report on Twitter
#TheDamageReport #JohnIadarola #TheYoungTurks
250602__DR03Ernst
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
