Ernst: Trump lawyer claim that candidates pay to rig elections 'absolutely outrageous'
By Jordain Carney - 11/19/20 06:27 PM EST
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said Thursday that baseless allegations from Sidney Powell, an attorney working with the Trump campaign, claiming that down-ballot candidates paid to rig elections are "offensive."
"To insinuate that Republican and Democratic candidates paid to throw off this election I think is absolutely outrageous, and I do take offense to that," Ernst said during an interview with Fox News Radio's Guy Benson.
Ernst was asked about comments Powell made earlier during a press conference where she alleged, without evidence, that "we have no idea how many Republican or Democratic candidates … paid to have the system rigged to work for them.â€
Ernst, a member of GOP leadership who won reelection earlier this month, added that she believed the accusation was an "offensive comment."
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