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Despite Campaigning on Pork-Cutting Family Living ‘Within Our Means,’ Sen. Ernst’s Kin Took Over $460,000 in Farm Subsidies

(The District Sentinel) – Amid a fledgling primary campaign, rural Iowa state lawmaker Joni Ernst crafted a quirky hardscrabble persona that propelled her to both the forefront of the race and, eventually, the United States Senate. In a 30-second spot that gained attention for its employment of hog castration imagery, Sen. Ernst (R-Iowa) claimed that her farmer […]

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