Eddie Mauro Doubles Down On Attacking Joni Ernst’s Military Service

Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Eddie Mauro is not backing away from his remarks regarding Sen. Joni Ernst’s military service. Mauro previously stated that Ernst was less effective as a senator because her military service taught her to “fall in line,” and simply reply “yes sir, no sir, yes ma’am, no ma’am.”

Today, the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier reported that Mauro stated that Ernst “lacks the same kind of courage she might’ve showed in the military” and that public service “requires a different kind of courage, a different kind of commitment, a different kind of drive” than military service.

Rather than taking ownership of his views, Mauro has chosen to blame others for making people aware of his attack on Sen. Ernst.