'Jackass': Luke Russert writes off combat vet Joni Ernst as 'unknown pig farmer'

Sarah D. | 3:34 PM on January 15, 2015

Joni Ernst has been tapped to deliver the GOP response to the upcoming State of the Union Address:

Freshman Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst will deliver GOP response to State of the Union address. pic.twitter.com/sq8rSG5yYy

— Kara Rowland (@kararowland) January 15, 2015

MSNBC’s Luke Russert had his Smart Take™ at the ready:

Joni Ernst's meteoric rise continues. This time last year she was an unknown pig farmer, on Tues she will deliver GOP SOTU response.

— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) January 15, 2015

What the condescending, sneering little twerp failed to note is that Ernst is much more than an “unknown pig farmer”:

https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/555820449737625601

Indeed. Luke left out a teensy little detail about Ernst’s life:

@LukeRussert um she was also a soldier

— EMM (@mm77atl) January 15, 2015

Ernst is the first woman elected to federal office from Iowa, and first female combat veteran to serve in the US Senate.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 15, 2015

Ernst serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard.