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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRep. Steve King says media, GOP leaders owe him an apology after his comments on rape and incest
Source: Washington Post
By Felicia Sonmez August 19 at 9:07 AM
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is demanding an apology from the media and Republican leaders after he remarked last week that humanity might not exist if not for rape and incest.
At a town hall in Buena Vista County, Iowa, on Saturday, King blamed the controversy on a misquote. He took aim at the Des Moines Register, which broke the news of Kings remarks, as well as the Associated Press, which also reported on them.
Iowans are significantly more positive than they are negative, and they know its a misquote, and they know that the AP has, Ill say, retracted the quote that they initially used because they relied on the Des Moines Register, who did the same, King said, according to Des Moines-based station WHO-TV.
And so, when we have a national, viral attack that comes out on a misquote, and its absolutely proven, all the folks that did that attack, I think they owe me an apology, including my own leadership, King added.
The Des Moines Register did correct another quote it ran on Kings remarks. But the part about rape and incest was reported accurately. The newspaper also published video of Kings remarks, which he made last week at an event at the Westside Conservative Club in Urbandale, Iowa.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-steve-king-says-media-gop-leaders-owe-him-an-apology-after-his-comments-on-rape-and-incest/2019/08/19/48cb0522-c27b-11e9-9986-1fb3e4397be4_story.html
Bettie
(15,998 posts)He said it and context doesn't make it any better. I read the entire statement, context doesn't help him here.
But, he's a typical right wing whiner.
Caliman73
(11,694 posts)He was trying to justify restricting a woman's right to choose what happens within her own body, even in the extreme instances of rape and incest, by saying that rape and incest, on the whole, helped to propagate the human species. With no proof and not the sense that a maggot has, he said what he said for a stated purpose that is as vile as the statement he made.
He is definitely using the Trump/GOP playbook on this one. He is all in, asking for an apology because he knows that it might appeal to some part of the GOP base who sees acting like a human being as "weakness".
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)magicarpet
(13,941 posts).... and then tell him to go get fucked.