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She had been consistent in her message throughout the contentious forum at a high school in Parkersburg, Iowa, as she defended the tax and immigration package that has passed the House and is now under consideration in the Senate. Facing several constituents concerned about cuts to Medicaid, she defended the $700 billion in reduced spending, saying it would keep immigrants in the U.S. illegally and those who have access to insurance through their employers off the rolls.

Then someone in the crowd yelled that people will die without coverage.

“People are not ... well, we all are going to die,” Ernst said, drawing groans. “So, for heaven’s sakes. For heaven’s sakes, folks.”

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 77 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Democrats pounced on Ernst's "going to die" line, with Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin saying she "said the quiet part out loud."

Martin said the remark shows Republicans don't care about "whether their own constituents live or die as long as the richest few get richer, and that’s precisely why they’re ramming through a budget bill that would rip away health care and food from millions of Americans, including kids and seniors."

That’s pretty much it in a nutshell. These are the people we need to be deporting to El Salvadoran prisons.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We shouldn't be deporting anyone to Salvadorean prisons, except Salvadoreans duly convicted of crime.

[–] GuyFawkes@midwest.social 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Normally I’d agree with you, however it’s been shown time and time again that MAGAts simply don’t get it until it affects them personally, so time to start affecting them personally.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

100% Agree. They aren't going to play by the rules. Not ever. So they just need to be eliminated. Even if WE have to break the rules to do it. Once that is done, we can get back to everyone playing by the rules, and we can set up some actual rule-based enforcement mechanisms that in the future cannot simply be ignored by people because of their title.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, that’s one way to look at it.

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ken Martin went on to say "I will personally guarantee that this bill will pass with Democratic votes."

Fuck the DNC.

[–] uuldika@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wtf why would the DNC vote for this shit?

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Why would every Democrat vote for Marco Rubio?

Why would Schumer whip votes to pass the CR in February?

Why would the DNC repeatedly sabotage Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, Cori Bush, etc?

Got me, but that's what they do: they push things right and they fold.

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For heaven's sakes, we gotta save money for those poor, abused, billionaires.

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Right?? Wtaf??

[–] Sciaphobia@lemm.ee 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's wild how comfortable the capital class has gotten with discounting the lives of the workers whose necks they stand on to live their lives of luxury. They used to at least pretend to care. They didn't, but they knew they had to pay lip service to it.

In most online spaces if you advocated for the changes to their lives they openly work for every day to implement on us in order to squeeze an extra penny out of our lives, you'd risk a ban.

I genuinely don't understand the complacency, or why the social contract is so manipulable by euphemism. They might as well be stabbing us, but it is apparently okay to do so as long as they don't call it that.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

but it is apparently okay to do so as long as they don't call it that

For a HUGE chunk of the population even that's okay, as long as someone they don't like is getting stabbed harder.

[–] Prox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

They keep getting elected, primarily because the voting populace believes any member of the other team is worse (and refuses to seriously consider any third party).

Also, money buys outcomes.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can almost taste the stupidity in the air these days.

[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There’s a reason Canada discontinued the penny.

[–] CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

So has the US, but I don’t think that’s gonna save us.

[–] b3an@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That’s brimstone

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago

It’s not stupidity.. it’s evil

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When is the mob with pitchforks meeting, and where?

[–] twice_hatch@midwest.social 9 points 1 year ago

We're not fully at pitchforks yet but if you want to practice protesting, 50501 might be doing a "D-Day for Democracy" near you on June 7th, next Saturday

[–] Kristoph15@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No kings day June 14th

[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

Her argument is that they are just cutting waste. Healthcare for people who are unemployed is apparently waste. You only get healthcare if you are working a shitty low paying job for someone who got a tax cut.

[–] Reality_Suit@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Rich vs. poor. Those with and those without. Always has been, always will be. Eat the rich.

[–] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

“You first.”

[–] digital_man@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Well, off with her head then. 🤷

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

She should get sent a slew of assisted suicide pamphlets and other advocacy material. I mean, if dying is no big deal then why wait? The Lord will be there to embrace you on the other side!

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The GQP's shrieks about Democrat death panels were always projection.

I think to show how much she believes in these ideals she should refuse to step foot in any hospital or doctors office.

Healthcare is obviously not important since we're all gonna die. So lead by example!

Flu? No medicine. Pneumonia no doctor. Cancer? No treatment. She should be fine with this if we're all just gonna die anyway right?

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

She double down the next day with a cringeful tweet insulting people as if mortality isn’t already widely understood. What an absolute trash human being.

[–] AngrySquirrel@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

‘We all are going to die’

Ok lady, you first.

[–] EndOfLine@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Zero sympathy for the TACO supporters who voted for this shit.

[–] Owlboi@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

If this was a Parody it would be made fun of for how comically and unrealistically evil it'd be.