Joni Ernst tries to walk back Obama 'dictator' comments

[Eugene]

Source: USA Today

Joni Ernst tries to walk back Obama 'dictator' comments

By: Catalina Camia 1 hour ago

Iowa GOP Senate nominee Joni Ernst sought to clarify comments in a video in which she said President Obama “has become a dictator” and suggested he could face impeachment.

Video of Ernst’s remarks, made during a political forum in January, were reported by The Huffington Post on Tuesday. Ernst issued a statement explaining her response to a “hypothetical” question about Obama’s use of executive authority. She said at that time that there have been instances in which he “oversteps his bounds,” citing Obama’s recess appointments and executive orders.

“To be clear, I have not seen any evidence that the president should be impeached. I obviously do not believe the president is a dictator, but his repeated use of unilateral action sure makes him look like one,” Ernst said in a statement to The Des Moines Register about the video.

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Read more: http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2014/07/09/joni-ernst-obama-impeachment-dictator/

[muntrv]

1. Unilateral action? Like Bush's "GO IT ALONE IN IRAQ?"

[Dawson Leery]

2. She is less than honorable

as is Ron Barber's (AZ-08) GOP opponent.

[Arkana]

3. Oh, Joni.

You're a Republican--you should know better than to walk back ANY inflammatory crap that dribbles out of your mouth. Your voters will hate you for it.

[ChazInAz]

4. I pray...do continue.

Any dictator worth his salt would have slammed her in a dungeon before she even finished her idiotic statement.

[davidpdx]

5. Sadly the Iowa Senate race is close

There are some real fucking right wing nitwits that live there (I should know, I put a few of them on ignore on Facebook). I hope she doesn't win.

[Abouttime]

6. Paint her with the same brush we used on palin

and bachmann. She's equally as dangerous.
Bruce Braley is in a tight race and his unfortunate missteps have given the crazies his own words to use against him such as the "I'm a farmer too" quote from the July fourth parade.
C'mon Bruce, don't blow this!!

[jmowreader]

7. When your only qualification for office is castrating pigs...

Hey Joni, you want to balance the budget? QUIT FUCKING CUTTING TAXES!