Senator Joni Ernst says the fourth indictment against former President Trump has had little impact on the 2024 presidential race.

The first televised debate for the Republican Party’s presidential candidates is next week in Milwaukee. Enrst says the candidates would be wise to focus on the economy.

Ernst does not intend to endorse a candidate before the Iowa Caucuses. She says the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination is far from over and Iowa Republicans will be narrowing the field of candidates when they vote on January 15th.

Ernst has guided about half a dozen candidates through this year’s Iowa State Fair and Ernst says she heard only a couple of them directly asking Iowans to support them in the Caucuses. Ernst spoke with reporters on the fairgrounds early this (Friday) afternoon after flipping pork burgers at the Iowa Pork Tent.