Joni Ernst Joins Watchdog Group to End U.S. Funding of ‘Cruel and Dangerous Animal Experiments’ in Wuhan Lab (19 June 2021)
Joni Ernst: They're not, they are not eligible. So they will be coming off. So—
Audience member: People will die!
Joni Ernst: People are not — Well, we all are going to die. For heaven's sakes.
• Town hall meeting, Butler County, Iowa, reported in (2025-05-30), "Sen. Joni Ernst booed after defending proposed Medicaid cuts: ‘We all are going to die", NBC4 Los Angeles
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We are working on is blocking funding from ever going to the Wuhan Institute of Virology ever again, but then, also holding those accountable for not following federal guidelines, federal laws, and being transparent in how those grant dollars were spent.

— Joni Ernst

What It Means

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Joni Ernst: They're not, they are not eligible. So they will be coming off. So—
Audience member: People will die!
Joni Ernst: People are not — Well, we all are going to die. For heaven's sakes.
• Town hall meeting, Butler County, Iowa, reported in (2025-05-30), "Sen. Joni Ernst booed after defending proposed Medicaid cuts: ‘We all are going to die", NBC4 Los Angeles" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Joni Ernst

About Joni Ernst

Joni Kay Ernst (July 1, 1970–) is an American politician and former military officer serving as the junior United States Senator for Iowa since 2015. A Republican, she served in the Iowa State Senate from 2011 to 2014. Ernst served in the Iowa Army National Guard from 1993 to 2015, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.