QUICK CLIP: Ernst Misleads on Pre-Existing Conditions Protections — Has Voted Repeatedly to Eliminate Them

Facing a tough re-election campaign, Ernst is frantically trying to mislead voters and rewrite her toxic record on health care

Senator Joni Ernst has spent her time in Washington voting in lockstep with Mitch McConnell to drive up Iowans’ health care costs and strip coverage protections for her constituents with pre-existing conditions. Now, facing a tough re-election campaign, Senator Ernst is frantically trying to rewrite her record on health care, saying in an interview over the weekend: “First and foremost, we must make sure we are protecting those that have preexisting conditions.”

Here’s Ernst’s real record on coverage protections for Iowans with pre-existing conditions:

• Senator Ernst has voted repeatedly for toxic GOP proposals to tear down coverage protections for Iowans with pre-existing conditions.
  
  
• Senator Ernst voted for the reckless tax giveaway that laid the foundation for the lawsuit that threatens to end current pre-existing conditions protections.
  
  
• Just two months ago, Senator Ernst refused to take a stand against this dangerous lawsuit that threatens to strip coverage from her constituents. Asked about the lawsuit, Ernst ducked the question, saying: “Um, I am not going to make a determination on that, I am not an attorney.”

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