- Apparently thinks Biden Harris won legitimately and will vote to affirm their election
- Abandons “those who brung her”
- Substantial indications of fraud need not actually be heard prior to affirming an election
- Embarrasses herself in referencing the Constitution
- Implies she knows more about the Constitution than Senators such as Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley graduates of prestigious law schools
- Establishes herself as a candidate for the John Kerry award for trying to shield herself from criticism by referencing military service with regard to a wholly unrelated matter
If you think we have extrapolated too much from the response by Senator Ernst to a constituent who begged her to support efforts such as Senator Cruz’s to audit the presidential vote in states under scrutiny for extensive election fraud and other illegal acts depriving Iowans of the efficacy of their vote under our presidential election process . . . well read for yourself and decide. Our comments follow.
Dear Ms. Kelly,
Thank you for taking the time to contact me about your perspective on the formal transition to the Biden Administration. It is important for me to hear from folks in Iowa on issues such as this.
On December 14, 2020, the Electoral College voted to officially confirm Joe Biden to be the 46th President of the United States. Under Article II, Section 1, these results are set to be certified by a joint session of Congress in January 2021. President-elect Biden’s inauguration is scheduled for January 20, 2021.
I recognize that for many Iowans, the results of the November 3, 2020 election were disappointing, while for others the results may have been welcome. The beauty of America is that we have the freedoms and rights to express ourselves at the ballot box and within our communities. We can disagree and agree openly with our friends and neighbors and can use our voice to influence what happens in Washington. No matter who sits in the White House, I will continue, as I always have, to work in the Senate for the issues most important to Iowans.
I also recognize that there is an ongoing conversation about transparency, fairness and security within our election system – issues I take very seriously as someone who proudly wore our nation’s uniform in the Iowa Army National Guard and the Army Reserves. I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. I will keep fighting to defend the Constitution.
I am committed to making Washington work for you and please know that I will continue to keep your views in mind going forward. Please feel free to contact my office in the future with any further information, as I always enjoy hearing from Iowans.
Sincerely,
Joni K. Ernst
Senator I am appalled at your response. You have diminished the vote of the great majority of Iowans in the 2020 presidential election by essentially indicating attempts to defraud that vote centered in other states, violating 14th Amendment principles regarding state action and voting rights do not matter. Your reference to the Constitution “Article II section 1” without mentioning the Twelfth Amendment which largely supplants it (and your obliviousness to what precipitated that Amendment) which provides (arguably) that fraudulent elector counts need not be recognized is a dismissal of most of those who voted for you. You owe them and the Constitution more than that.
The court’s response has been preposterous “no standing”. More on that in another letter, but for now OK. So the ONLY and last defense is the Congress’s coequal ability to interpret the Constitution and act accordingly as regards the veracity of what has been presented them. So do your job, hear the evidence. The benefit of any doubt ought to go at least to new elections in contested districts. Precedent exists, but even if it did not it is entirely plausible as a peaceful solution.
Your reference to Iowans who are pleased with what you refer to as Biden’s election implying ~~ gee wiz I am damned if I do damned if I don’t ~~ is quite pathetic. Your wrapping yourself in the Iowa flag is actually something more than a little thread bare. How do you serve Iowa’s best interests letting Democrats cheat to win the presidency? The majority of Iowans voted for Trump and may have had their vote abrogated under our system of presidential elections. How does your position assuredly serve them?
By the way, how do you get legislation signed into law to benefit all Iowans in matters you say are important for all Iowans, with a Democrat executive? How do you even protect your funders interests? Oh I know, you tell them but for you things would be much worse.
One would think the last full measure, the holding of the line, a commitment to the constitution against, as night follows day, Democrat assaults would at least mean that the presidential vote ought to be seriously verified prior to turning the keys to so much over to them?
What are you and Democrats afraid of from an audit? Let me repeat, What are you and Democrats afraid of from an audit?
Politically I believe you may have sealed your retirement at the end of your newly elected term. Certainly a primary challenge by a plausible conservative will receive a lot of support and a general election opponent would have to be egregious before many Trump voters would cross the street to vote for you again. Democrats can assume you will be vulnerable.
We doubt there will be much enthusiasm for you at campaign events, town halls, or other appearances from rank and file Republicans as your abandonment of so many Iowa voters will likely be seen as betrayal not principle, especially given your dismissal of attempts at constitutional remedies. Or do you think Democrats will come out to show their support? Your next motorcycle entourage won’t stretch a city block unless your staff get some mopeds. Your demeanor in this matter is not a profile in courage -it is a pathetic profile in weakness as to what can be done.
We have not heard from Senator Grassley in response to our constituent letter on this matter and while he certainly has a reserve of bona fides you do not have, we suspect he will join with you or we would have heard to the contrary. What we said to him and all Iowa Republican officials in an open letter stands:
The situation is the stuff that can destroy party and national unity. Your patriotic and constitutional laurels are not at issue but be aware that they pale in the face of inaction in such historic moments as this.
There are unprecedented contemporaneous evidenced allegations of voter fraud and official disregard of state statutory and constitutional law in many states sufficient to call into question the parroted but as yet not finalized results.
Your choice to sit back and do nothing is not mitigated by your laurels in such an encompassing matter. It matters not that, we are told, the votes are not there, what matters is where is your vote.
Roger Mall
Let us not forget. She is also a battered wife!
What’s the problem? She just got 6 more years.
Oh, and Ms. Ernst…your election wasn’t fraudulent…but maybe your candidacy was…that’s the ‘beauty’ of America!
Finally, let’s remember that “Trump wanted Joni as his running mate”, but she was otherwise occupied (according to her)