State Sen. Joni Ernst (R), who won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Iowa on Tuesday, posted and then quickly deleted a tweet saying U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Baghdahl and his family were in her “thoughts & prayers” in response to news that he had been freed.
Ernst published the tweet at 3:31 p.m. on May 31.
According to The Sunlight Foundation’s Politwoops the tweet was taken down after about 25 minutes.
Ernst is one of a number of Republicans who have seemed to shift their tone on Bergdahl since his release. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for instance said in a recent interview with CNN that he would be inclined to support a prisoner swap if it resulted in Bergdahl’s release. He later seemed to shift on that position and said the “decision to bring Sgt. Bergdahl home — and we applaud that he is home — is ill-founded. It is a mistake.”
TPM has reached out to Ernst’s campaign and will update if we hear back.
(H/t Mashable)
Romneyism is contagious.
Now she advocating Bergdahl get the kind of intense probing Dubya gave Jeff Gannon…
Wow. I never heard that story. Thanks for posting. Incredible.
Question for Ernst: When did you stop praying for Sgt. Bergdahl and his family, and why?
This is the very definition of craven. She posted the tweet on May 31st, five days ago and it was down within 25 mins of posting…And they call this woman “tough” because she castrates pigs…Hah.