Indivisibles,

Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) was recently pressed on how she felt about
Iowans dying due to SNAP and Medicaid cuts in the Republican
reconciliation bill. You probably already heard [ [link removed] ]what happened next, but
if you haven’t, buckle up…

[ [link removed] ]Bluesky post by April Glick Pulito: Joni Ernst, at her town hall last night.
When the crowd said people will die due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts, she said:
well we all are going to die. -- Click to play video of Ernst's gaffe

We’re betting that callous attitude doesn’t fly in Ernst’s home state of
Iowa, where roughly 1-in-5 people are covered by Medicaid and thousands
more rely on SNAP to keep groceries affordable. So we’re taking action to
make sure her constituents hold her accountable.

Tomorrow, Indivisibles nationwide are calling Iowans to let them know what
Ernst said and connect them directly to her office! [ [link removed] ]Sign up for our
virtual phonebank to hold Joni Ernst accountable tomorrow, June 5,
starting at 11am ET.

[ [link removed] ]Volunteer now

Anyone, in any state, can join a phonebank. You just need a phone and computer.
Training and support are available.

Ernst may be cruel and deeply out-of-touch, but the political firestorm
her comments are starting will make voting for this bill a dangerous
political gamble.

She represents a purplish state that relies heavily on Medicaid funding.
If we show her thousands of Iowans are fired up and ready to hold her
accountable, she may still decide these cuts are too politically toxic to
vote for.

But if we let rhetoric like Ernst’s go unanswered, she -- and other
battleground Republicans like Susan Collins and Thom Tillis -- may feel
free to keep slashing and burning the lifesaving programs we need.

As the reconciliation bill gets reworked in the Senate, every community --
red and blue, big cities and quiet farm towns -- needs to speak in one
unified voice against the cuts to SNAP and Medicaid.

That’s the only way we’ll create the political pressure we need to disrupt
Republicans' bill and stop the cuts. And it’s going to take all of us
stepping up and having important conversations.

[ [link removed] ]Please sign up for our virtual phonebank at 11am ET on Thursday, June
5, and let’s turn the temperature up on Joni Ernst and Senate Republicans.

[ [link removed] ]Call into Iowa

Anyone, in any state, can join a phonebank. You just need a phone and computer.
Training and support are available.

Thank you,
Indivisible Team

P.S. Tomorrow’s phonebank is one in a series targeting vulnerable
Republican Senators across the country! You can [ [link removed] ]sign up for future
shifts -- targeting additional states and senators -- on the same Mobilize
page. We don’t announce target states/senators for all phonebanks in
advance because they change as news puts certain senators (like Ernst this
week) on the hot seat.

P.P.S. Our phonebanks need to take place during weekday business hours
when Senate phone lines are staffed, but if you can’t make a weekday
shift, there are other ways to take action. [ [link removed] ]Email your own Republican
Senator about stopping the SNAP/Medicaid cuts, or [ [link removed] ]chip in to fund
billboards and other programs calling out Republican Senators!

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