Joni Ernst carries a 'beautiful little Smith & Wesson' to defend against the government

[rurallib]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/23/1338587/-Joni-Ernst-carries-a-beautiful-little-Smith-Wesson-to-defend-against-the-government

Speaking at an NRA event in 2012, Joni Ernst sounded less like someone who'd be a Republican nominee for U.S. Senate two years later than like someone about to move to a militia compound in the hills:

“I have a beautiful little Smith & Wesson, 9 millimeter, and it goes with me virtually everywhere,” Ernst said at the NRA and Iowa Firearms Coalition Second Amendment Rally in Searsboro, Iowa. “But I do believe in the right to carry, and I believe in the right to defend myself and my family -- whether it’s from an intruder, or whether it’s from the government, should they decide that my rights are no longer important.”

she wants a job with a government she is ready to go to battle against?

more at link

[Feral Child]

1. Playing to the crowd.

Like most politicians, and all Republicans, sounds like she'll say anything to please her target audience.

[progressoid]

2. Heh - "target audience"

That takes on multiple uses.

[Feral Child]

4. The joke wasn't intended,

but I'll just go ahead and take credit for being clever!

Thanks for noticing, progressoid.

[Blue Owl]

3. Joni Ernst Unholstered

[IADEMO2004]

5. A true guard for the "Guardians of Privilege"

Are 46% of Iowa voters billionaires?

[HuskiesHowls]

6. And don't forget she carries that "...little Smith & Wesson" in the statehouse

even though firearms in the capitol building are illegal. And she's openly admitted it. Just what we all need in the Senate, someone who openly admits to disregarding the law, making the laws. Standard Republican fare, though....

[4dsc]

7. Traitorous statement perhaps?

Joni should be decommissioned from the military for making these kind of statements. She has swore an oath to defend this country.

Where's the liberal press when you need it.