Republican Senator Faces Backlash at Home Over Gay Marriage Vote

 https://www.newsweek.com/republican-senator-faces-backlash-home-over-gay-marriage-vote-1766874

A GOP senator is experiencing significant backlash in her home state after she voted in favor of a bill to protect gay marriage.

Joni Ernst, a two-term Republican from Iowa, was among 12 GOP senators to vote for the Respect for Marriage Act, whose primary function is to codify protections for same-sex and interracial marriages into federal law. In response to her vote, several county-level Republican organizations in Iowa are considering resolutions that would condemn or censure her, according to the Des Moines Register.