“Well, We’re All Going to Die,” Says GOP Senator in Defense of Medicaid Cuts Joni Ernst’s casual cruelty is an accidental bedrock of GOP politics: Death does not matter, for certain people.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Wednesday renamed President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" the "We're All Going to Die Act," slamming the package over cuts to Medicaid. The Senate Minority ...

The massive 1,220-page bill cuts other social spending besides Medicaid, including food stamps, Pell grants for low-income college students, housing aid for low-income families, and the WIC (Women ...

Donald Trump's 'big beautiful bill; faces opposition over Medicaid cuts. Iowa's Sen. Joni Ernst went viral when she said "we are all going to die." ...

Ernst posts snarky reply after telling town hall ‘we all are going to die’ The outrage over the senator’s glib response to concerns about Medicaid cuts was immediate.

India May, a 33-year-old Democrat from Charles City, is running for the Iowa House after sparking a viral moment at U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst's town hall.

Iowa’s Republican senator says gutting Medicaid is no worry because “we all are going to die.” Voters seem to disagree. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) arrives for a Senate Armed Services ...

One dismissive comment drew particularly intense ire: In response to constituents' concerns over Medicaid cuts, Ernst said, "We all are going to die." The next day, ...

This is one way democracy can die, by 20 million cuts. A polling station in San Antonio in 2022. Saturday’s mayor’s race is being viewed as a litmus test. (Nick Wagner / Xinhua / Getty Images) ...