Letters: Questions for Joni Ernst, Iowans whose votes have yet to be counted and can we find common ground in 2021?
Letters to the Editor, Iowa City Press-Citizen
The America that Sen. Ernst helped create
Sen. Ernst says the mob that ransacked the U.S. Capitol was “incited by false hope.” Wrong! They were incited by people. And these people have names. They are the senator’s friends and colleagues, including several she endorsed.
It was Rudi Giuliani who warmed up the crowd with his call for a “trial by combat.” It was Donald Trump who instructed them to “walk down to the Capitol” and “fight like hell,” because if you don’t, “you’re not going to have a country anymore.” And let’s not forget that none of this evil nonsense would have gained any traction if it weren’t for the rogues’ gallery of Republican opportunists and fellow travelers who spent weeks giving their stamp of approval to Trump’s fiction that the election was stolen. Yes, I’m talking about Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz, Ron Johnson and others too numerous to name within the length limits of a letter to the editor.