'Gold’: Joni Ernst swiftly praised for 'epic troll of Harkin'

Republican Joni Ernst is running to fill the Iowa Senate seat vacated by the retiring liberal Tom Harkin, and over the weekend Harkin warned voters not to be fooled by the GOP candidate who is “really attractive” and “sounds nice.” Harkin added, “I don’t care if she’s as good looking as Taylor Swift or as nice as Mr. Rogers, but if she votes like Michele Bachmann, she’s wrong for the state of Iowa.”

Ernst has responded to Harkin, though not directly:

Excited to see @taylorswift13 in Des Moines on October 8th next year on her#1989Tour.

— Joni Ernst (@joniernst) November 3, 2014

Ha!

@joniernst @kyleraccio @taylorswift13 Epic troll of Harkin.

— Andrew (@andy85719) November 3, 2014

.@joniernst Gold. So classy in the face of unhinged attacks from the left- one day til victory!

— Kyle Raccio (@kyleraccio) November 3, 2014

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