“Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) delivered the Republican Party’s official response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address in camouflage heels, to remind those watching that she’s the Senate’s only female combat veteran.
“I’d like to have a conversation about the new Republican Congress you just elected, and how we plan to make Washington focus on your concerns again,” she said. “We heard the message you sent in November — loud and clear. And now we’re getting to work to change the direction Washington has been taking our country.”
On Tuesday, she drew upon aspects of her personal story to make the case for the GOP’s economic sensitivity, saying that growing up in southwestern Iowa, she personally felt “the sting of the economy and the frustration with Washington’s dysfunction.”*
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