WASHINGTON, November 6 (RIA Novosti) — The winner of Tuesday’s Iowa Senate Race, Republican Joni Ernst will be featured regularly in political comedy shows because of her extreme beliefs, a political strategist told RIA Novosti on Wednesday.
“Joni Ernst has said some things that are on the fringe of American politics — which the press hasn’t covered very well. She referred to [US President Barack] Obama as a dictator. Not to mention she’s into all kinds of weird conspiracy theories. She’ll definitely make good fodder for Jon Stewart for the next six years,” Iowa-based political consultant Pete D'Alessandro said.
D'Alessandro, who has also worked on a number of election campaigns, also pointed to some alarming statements Ernst made regarding gun ownership, including the one in which she stated that she would need a gun to defend herself against the government.
“I would say she’s a less intelligent Sarah Palin [Former Alaska Governor]. Sarah Palin is actually smarter, politically,” the strategist claimed.
Ernst took 52 percent of the vote in the Iowa Senate race to defeat incumbent Democrat Bruce Braley, who garnered less than 44 percent of votes cast, according to official results posted by Iowa’s Secretary of State on Wednesday. D'Alessandro explained that Ernst won the race by tapping into anti-Washington sentiment and mobilizing the conservative vote in Iowa’s rural areas.
