She wanted to be 100% away from media scrutiny.
This also was a case of "fix" = "gut."
Ernst Admits “All” Republicans See Social Security, Medicare as “Out-of-Control” Spending After Backing Massive Corporate Tax Giveaway
February 13, 2020
https://www.dscc.org/news/ernst-admits-all-republicans-see-social-security-medicare-as-out-of-control-spending-after-backing-massive-corporate-tax-giveaway/
A new report from Iowa Starting Line reveals that after voting for a corporate tax giveaway that added $2 trillion to the national debt, Senator Joni Ernst is blaming earned benefits like Social Security and Medicare for “out of control” spending, and went on to admit “all” Republicans agree.
Last year, Senator Ernst was caught advocating that lawmakers discuss their plans to cut Social Security “behind closed doors so we’re not being scrutinized.” Now, it appears she did exactly that — using a closed-door fundraiser to confirm her commitment to cutting the benefits Iowans rely on.
ICYMI: Ernst Would Rather Continue Her Efforts to Gut Social Security “Behind Closed Doors So We’re Not Being Scrutinized”
https://www.dscc.org/news/icymi-ernst-would-rather-continue-her-efforts-to-gut-social-security-behind-closed-doors-so-were-not-being-scrutinized/
September 6, 2019
Vulnerable Senator Joni Ernst was recently caught on tape telling constituents in Iowa she’d like to keep her attempts to gut Social Security “behind closed doors so we’re not being scrutinized” (which is not something you say if you can defend the plan you’re pushing) — and widespread news coverage of her comments has followed.
Senator Ernst has not only “talked about privatizing Social Security” since at least 2014, she’s also introduced her own toxic proposal that “smashes open” the Social Security lockbox and “could take a sizable cut out of older Americans’ retirement payments” by asking workers to borrow against their own retirement in order to take paid family leave. The DSCC has consistently held Ernst accountable for her toxic record of threatening Social Security and siding with corporate special interests over hardworking Iowans.
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