IA-SEN: Ernst Privately Apologized For COVID Comments, Declines Public Apology

[RandySF]

Sen. Joni Ernst privately apologized to an Iowa medical organization for her comments two weeks ago where she implied health care workers were inflating COVID-19 totals and gave credence to pandemic conspiracy theories. However, she declined to issue a public apology to further walk back the statements that doctors have worried would lead Iowans to not take the coronavirus seriously.

“The Senator apologized on the call for what she described as misstatements on her behalf but stopped short of committing to a public apology,” the Iowa Medical Society said in an email to their members this week. “She did commit to further clarification to begin rebuilding patient trust in the provider community.”

According to emails obtained by Starting Line, Ernst had a meeting last Friday with the executive board of the Iowa Medical Society, which represents 6,000 Iowa physicians, residents and medical students, to discuss her comments at an Aug. 31 event in Waterloo. The IMS had put out a statement after Ernst’s remarks drew significant media coverage, calling them “incredibly disappointing” and saying, “Now is not the time to spread mistruths and distrust.”

The purpose of the meeting was “to convey the concerns of Iowa’s medical community” and to emphasize to Ernst the “danger of furthering mistruths” about Iowa health care workers.


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[Roy Rolling]

1. "Apologizing for misstatements"

That is not an apology. It wasn’t a misstatement, it’s a misthinkment—her thinking is wrong and she said the quiet part out loud.

Apologizing for “letting the cat out of the bag” ignores the fact she kidnapped a cat and keeps it in a bag! LOL

[Buckeyeblue]

2. You're giving her too much credit. She lied because she thought it would help her

If she really believed what she said, she doesn't have the proper judgement to be a US Senator.

[Snoopy 7]

3. Birds

I guess that old adage sums it all up "Birds of a feather flock together" right Susan Collins:
https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-susan-collins-plight-gets-180001113.html

[callous taoboy]

4. She is in a cult. She should seek help.