Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Tuesday said she wishes President Donald Trump “would spend more time in Washington, D.C.” and host state leaders there rather than at his private Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.
An audience member at a town hall in Wall Lake, Iowa, asked Ernst about Trump’s “weekends in Florida, costing us $3 million-plus in 100 days.”
“When you talked earlier about not a lot of money, deficits and everything, we’ve got to keep accountability,” he said.
“I agree with you,” Ernst said. “I do wish that he would spend more time in Washington, D.C.”
Ernst said she has “had the same concerns.”
“That is something I think that has been bothering not just me but some other members of our caucus,” she said.
Donald Trump’s son, Eric Trump, claimed in an interview published Monday that his father’s frequent visits to Mar-a-Lago, where he often plays a few courses, are “a very effective tool” when it comes to “bonding” with foreign heads of state.
However, Ernst told the audience that she would prefer to see Trump host state visits in the nation’s capital.
“We would love to see more of those State Department visits in Washington, D.C. I think it’s smart that he does business in Washington, D.C.,” she said. “That’s what we have the White House for.”
And we wish you would go back to your barn, Joni.
And as to the comment "An audience member at a town hall in Wall Lake, Iowa, asked Ernst about Trump’s “weekends in Florida, costing us $3 million-plus in 100 days.”
Isn’t it $3 million EACH time he goes to Mar-A-Ptomaine?
The thing is, Senator, it’s easier for him to PROFIT from state visits at Mar-a-Lago. I know this is a difficult thing for all in the GOP to admit is happening, but you know…
Happening. Daily. Corruption. Wake up.
Wish in one hand, Joni. S*it in the other…let us know which fills up fastest.
I’m totally sure sure sure she would give the same answer to Chunk Toad.
How DIFFERENT the ‘whining’ is now that Trump is in the WH…‘I do WISH that…’ as opposed to ‘that damned brown skin does NOTHING but play golf on my dime!!!’