Ernst’s political action committee, the Jobs, Opportunity and New Ideas or JONI PAC, has sent out a save-the-date for what is certain to become one of the premiere political events in Iowa this summer: “Joni’s 1st Annual Roast and Ride.” Given Ernst’s popularity, it’s hard to imagine any of the prospective GOP presidential candidates turning down an invitation to speak.
The June event is a nod to her famed barnyard ad from last March highlighting her experience castrating hogs as young girl on an Iowa farm — skills, she said, that had prepared her to cut wasteful spending in Washington.
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