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.
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/555817338982109184
Oh Dear. She's also a Lieutenant Colonel.
Jackass > @LukeRussert https://t.co/BUtG8ZTJ1D— Chelle (@FL_Chelle) January 15, 2015
How ridiculously dismissive & sexist. Also, a Lt.Col., 21 years in the Army and a Co. Commander in Kuwait. https://t.co/Wr6gY4L7nn
— Lourae? (@Flaaaaalala) January 15, 2015
So, Luke, what’ve you done lately, other than act like a colossal douchebag?
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