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Could this be why Joni Ernst is afraid of the Iowa press? (Daily Kos)
Joni Ernst: Scarier than she wants you to know about.
Why, oh why, has Joni Ernst been hiding from the Iowa press, refusing to do endorsement meetings with editorial boards and in-depth interviews with local television news? What topics that might come up in such interviews could the Republican Senate candidate possibly be avoiding?
Hmmm …
* In 2013, Ernst was calling for "very painful" cuts to government assistance. Meanwhile, she supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. Apparently that's not the kind of dependence on government she opposes.
* Ernst opposes a federal minimum wage and thinks that since Iowa's cost of living is very low, $7.25 an hour is plenty. Just 18 percent of Iowa voters think they could live on the current minimum wage.
* Ernst supported legislation that would allow states to arrest federal agents for implementing Obamacare. She's also dabbled in conspiracy theories about the federal government partnering with the United Nations with the aim of "moving people off of their agricultural land and consolidating them into city centers, and then telling them that you don't have property rights anymore."
* According to Ernst, …
