Hayes on Sen. Ernst's decision to not seek re-election
MSNBC·2025-08-30 01:48
Iowa's Republican Senator Joanie Ernst is retiring after two terms. Ernest had always pledged to serve just two terms, but I'm sure her interactions with her own party's base likely didn't provide much incentive to stick around either. She first earned their IR this term when she publicly wavered on supporting former Fox News weekend host Pete Hegth to be Trump's Secretary of Defense.Though she did ultimately vote to confirm him, and he's been doing a bang-up job, but not before her MAGA credentials were th ...