GOP Sen. Joni Ernst on Friday faced concerns from town hall attendees over potential cuts to Medicaid and SNAP programs as a result of President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill, saying at one point,

One of the reasons politicians don’t often engage in massive overhauls of the American economy is that it’s very difficult to defend a massive overhaul of the American economy. However good any given plan is,

Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst has delivered a backhanded apology for acknowledging everyone dies during a town hall that included frustration over Trump Medicaid reforms. Ernst sparked controversy when she fielded a question about the Medicaid provisions in the proposed One Big Beautiful Bill Act and a heckler jeered that “people will die!

Medicaid has been a hot topic in recent weeks as the GOP budget bill progresses through the legislative ranks.