With the GOP convention in Cleveland approaching, Ernst is being touted as a possibility, with mainstream media likely to focus on her rural background – which may balance the presumptive nominee’s Manhattan roots.
As reported yesterday by POLITICO, Ernst is still saying she’s just not that into a VP nomination. (“I made it very clear to him that I’m focused on Iowa.”) Yet that type of hard-to-get posturing is common at this stage in many campaigns.
Ernst first gained widespread recognition in 2014 when she starred in “Squeal,” a TV commercial in which she told voters “I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm.”
Over a hog-squealing soundtrack, Ernst closes the ad stating “Washington’s full of big spenders; let’s make ‘em squeal!”