Joni Ernst is the only female Republican senator who has not called for Donald Trump to step aside.
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Bannon`s War RoomOct 7, 2026
The sources show Sens. Deb Fischer and John Thune and Shelley Moore Capito called for Trump to step aside or step down, and that five of six GOP women senators said they would not vote for him.
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… These Republicans who are bailing have been critical of Trump all along, but a lot of them haven't, like Bill Bennett, who had been out there, essentially speaking, talking up Trump, like Deb Fisher in the Senate. There's really only one female GOP senator who hasn't called for him to step aside, which is Joni Ernst. So I'm hard-pressed, and as are all of the political commentators, to come up with any kind of a historical precedent for what we've seen over the past 48 hours, not only just in terms of the lewd comments that are also, frankly, predatory in nature, but …
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Contradicts. Sen. Deb Fischer (Nebraska) called on Trump to step aside, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (West Virginia) called for him to step down from the ticket, so the 'only female senator who hasn't' framing is not fully accurate as a list of women senators, though neither source names Ernst.[1][2][3]
Supports. Britannica's Ernst profile says she supported Trump in 2016 while being critical of his remarks about women, which is consistent with her not calling for him to step aside.[4]
Context. CBS News tracked where all six Republican women senators stood, and Gazette-Net reports five of the six said they would not vote for Trump, but neither source gives Ernst's specific position on a step-aside call.[2][5]
Context. The passage is the claimant's own words and cannot corroborate the claim. The sources cover the 2016 controversy, not the 2026 posting date.
Sources
5 sources: 2 tier 2, 3 not rated
- 1Here Are The 30+ Republicans Calling For Trump To Step ...npr.org · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
- 2McCain, Ayotte and many other elected Republicans abandon ...gazettenet.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 3Republican Senators Who Urged Donald Trump to Step Aside Support Him Againabcnews.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Joni Ernst | Biography, Congress, Veteran, & Factsbritannica.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Where do all 28 GOP women in Congress stand on Donald Trump?cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
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