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Related: About this forumErnst name circulated for VA?
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210543375She's as incompetent and ill- prepared as anyone else.
Trumpco want to privatize the VA and surely Joni is in line with that.
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Ernst name circulated for VA? (Original Post)
rurallib
Apr 2018
OP
Vets deserve better. I'd be selfish hoping her career explode at their expense
IADEMO2004
Apr 2018
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snowybirdie
(5,752 posts)1. Good, it opens up
another Senate seat. Iowa is purple! And we get rid of another rw in Congress
rsdsharp
(10,358 posts)2. But the "governor" is blood red.
progressoid
(50,857 posts)3. I'd be surprised if she took it.
Especially not this close to the midterms. Maybe after November.
But she's got a pretty easy gig right now. Why waste it for a likely temp job at the VA.
IADEMO2004
(5,966 posts)8. She will do what she is told. No more no less. Stand here say this.
madaboutharry
(41,436 posts)4. She has no relevant experience to run the V.A.
Ernst would be another ridiculous nomination.
CurtEastPoint
(19,273 posts)6. but but... she was in the military! Doesn't that count?
Freethinker65
(11,165 posts)5. Great. She will try to solve cases of PTSD with breadbags
IADEMO2004
(5,966 posts)7. Vets deserve better. I'd be selfish hoping her career explode at their expense