After Pittsburgh, Steve King's supporters brush aside accusations of racism, anti-Semitism

[Omaha Steve]

REMSEN, Iowa — As the polka band played and the volunteers started serving the bratwurst, word slowly rippled through the annual Oktoberfest in this Iowa farm town: Eleven Jews had been massacred in Pittsburgh, gunned down at their synagogue.

“Hatred,” Iowans gathered for the celebration said. “Sad.” “Awful.” “Makes me sick.”

No one seemed to wonder whether their well-liked representative, Steve King — the U.S. congressman most openly affiliated with white nationalism — might be contributing to anti-Semitism or racism through his unapologetic embrace of white nationalist rhetoric.

If King’s goal is defending the status of native-born Americans as immigrants move in, then Joe Schuttpelz approves.

FULL story: https://www.omaha.com/news/iowa/after-pittsburgh-steve-king-s-supporters-brush-aside-accusations-of/article_d34ab51a-a48a-5afa-b70d-c8e056869dda.html

[beachbum bob]

1. racist rarely see each other as racist...and people in Iowa are no exception, aour hope depends

on those americans who sit out the elections have finally had enough.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. strange views

There are some strange views given by voters in that article. Apparently, they are convinced that whites are downtrodden people.

Here's a real kicker, though:

“Gov. Ricketts disagrees with some statements Congressman King has made in the past,” Trail said.” However, he believes northwestern Iowans deserve a conservative voice in Congress who will continue fighting for tax relief, a vibrant economy, and strong family values.”

Tax relief for billionaires? A vibrant economy for boom-and-bust Wall Streeters? Strong family values, as long as it's Nazi family values?