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Jasmine Crockett paraphrases Sen. Joni Ernst perfectly: You elected me to help you dig your grave. [1]
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Date: 2025-06-01
Jasmine Crockett paraphrased Sen. Joni Ernst as saying she helped dig the graves of her constituents. Red States have already killed many by not accepting the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act.
Jasmine Crockett paraphrases Sen. Joni Ernst.
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In a tense Iowa town hall, Sen. Joni Ernst dismissed a constituent’s fear that Medicaid cuts would cost lives with the retort, “We all are going to die.” Rep. Jasmine Crockett later distilled the moment on MSNBC, charging that Republicans have effectively told voters, “You elected me to help you dig your grave,” a phrase that now encapsulates the GOP’s accelerating assault on public health and social safety nets.
Flippant fatalism: Ernst’s “we all are going to die” remark came as she defended a House-passed budget that slashes Medicaid and SNAP, provoking groans from constituents and national backlash.
Ernst’s “we all are going to die” remark came as she defended a House-passed budget that slashes Medicaid and SNAP, provoking groans from constituents and national backlash. Crockett’s sharp rejoinder: Rep. Crockett framed Ernst’s attitude as an elected official helping constituents “dig [their] grave,” spotlighting the human stakes of the GOP budget.
Rep. Crockett framed Ernst’s attitude as an elected official helping constituents “dig [their] grave,” spotlighting the human stakes of the GOP budget. Broader GOP indifference: At other town halls, Reps. Mike Flood and Ashley Hinson admitted ignorance of the bill’s details yet still supported it, underscoring a pattern of reckless governance.
At other town halls, Reps. Mike Flood and Ashley Hinson admitted ignorance of the bill’s details yet still supported it, underscoring a pattern of reckless governance. Media myopia: Mainstream outlets fixated on Ernst’s gaffe but largely sidestepped deeper coverage of state-level refusals to expand Medicaid that have already cost thousands of lives.
Mainstream outlets fixated on Ernst’s gaffe but largely sidestepped deeper coverage of state-level refusals to expand Medicaid that have already cost thousands of lives. Evidence of harm: Peer-reviewed research shows Medicaid expansion reduces all-cause mortality by roughly 20 deaths per 100,000 adults, while comprehensive reviews find a 3-4 % drop in fatalities overall; rolling those gains back will be deadly.
Rep. Crockett’s blunt paraphrase crystallizes a truth progressives have warned about for years: conservative austerity is not an abstract fiscal tweak—it is a deliberate policy choice that shortens working-class lives while padding corporate profits.
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