Now we know why Joni Ernst carries a gun everywhere.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2014/06/11/joni-ernst-husband-fail-facebook-comments-inappropriate-condemn-online-posts/10313459/


A joke about shooting an ex and a reference to a female federal official as a "traitorous skank" remained on a Facebook page belonging to the husband of U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst for months.


In a Facebook post in March 2013, a couple of months before his wife announced her candidacy, Gail Ernst wrote: "What do you do if you see your ex running around in your front yard screaming and bloody? Stay calm. Reload. And try again."

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He was at a Sen. Grassley town hall meeting years ago and wanted the senator to do something about a law Colorado Rep. Patricia Schroeder sponsored giving divorced spouses up to half of military retirement payments.