- Joni Ernst can’t outrun her radicalism: State Sen. Joni Ernst, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Iowa, once said she would support legislation that would allow “local law enforcement to arrest federal officials attempting to implement” Obamacare. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/joni-ernst-cant-outrun-her-radicalism 36 comments politics