A Republican state senator from Red Oak who’s running for U.S. Senate got some airtime on NBC’s “Tonight Show” last night and also received something of an endorsement from host Jimmy Fallon. “I saw this on YouTube today,” Fallon says. “It’s a commercial from a woman from Iowa named Joni Ernst who is running for the Senate, I think. Today, she released a campaign ad. Take a look at this.”
The ad plays, and Ernst is heard saying: “I’m Joni Ernst and I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm…” The ad is cut short as the audience howls and applauds, while Fallon — back on camera — cries: “Stop, stop, stop!” As the laughter continues, he adds, “I don’t know what she’s running for but just give her the job.” Later in the commercial, Ernst said she knows “how to cut pork” and promises to make big spenders in Washington “squeal.”