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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIowa Rep. Steve King's many outrageous comments may finally catch up with him
Rep. Steve King is facing the fight of his political life against his fellow Republicans and thanks to the consequences of his own words.
The Iowa congressman with a long history of racist and outrageous remarks isfacing a serious challenge from state Sen. Randy Feenstra, one of four GOP candidates that King is facing off against in the GOP primary on Tuesday.
King is being massively outspent: Feenstra has poured over $230,000 into TV ads, and outside groups have run up hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads on his behalf. Feenstra's campaign reported having over $120,000 in cash on hand in the latest reporting period, while King had $32,000.
King's opponents haven't focused on his past rhetoric as much as they have on what's happened because of it: his loss of power.
The longtime congressman, who's been in office since 2003, was stripped of his assignments on the Agriculture, Judiciary and Small Business committees last year and essentially ostracized from the Republican Party after The New York Times published his comments about white nationalism. "White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization how did that language become offensive?" he asked a reporter then.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/iowa-rep-steve-kings-many-100901503.html
Demovictory9
(32,324 posts)SharonClark
(10,005 posts)Let's hope Democrat J.D. Scholten can pull off an upset in the general.
stopdiggin
(11,095 posts)When Kings words and agenda become a problem for the GOP ... Then we have something to talk about.
But the real problem here is that he's incredibly stupid .. and that translates into uncomfortable and embarrassing.
It's really uncouth to piss in the planters at the country club (and then get filmed while doing it).
iemitsu
(3,888 posts)Mr King.
tableturner
(1,676 posts)I don't know much about the district. However, I would assume that it must be a very conservative one given the elections King has won. Even with my lack of knowledge, it seems logical to assume that the Republican without all of King's horrible baggage would win easily.
I'd like to hear some thoughts from those with more knowledge of the area. Do we hope for King to win the primary, much like many Democrats are hoping for Kobach to win his primary in Kansas, thereby giving the Democrat the best possible chance?
Polybius
(15,239 posts)The racists are riled up right now.