Steve King lumps all Latinos as "violent"

[Archae]

During a sparsely attended, Tea Party-sponsored, “Stop Amnesty” rally against immigration reform on Monday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) launched into a vicious tirade against individuals from Latin America, claiming that the population gets more violent as one moves further south in Latin America. He made the anti-immigration case that individuals from a “violent civilization” would create a more violent environment for individuals living in a “less-violent civilization.” His argument comes at a time when some House Republicans are softening their stance to providing a pathway to legal status for the millions of undocumented immigrants. About 73 percent of undocumented individuals in the United States are from Latin America.

At the rally, King said:

"If you bring people from a violent civilization into a less-violent civilization, you’re going to have more violence right? It’s like pouring hot water into cold water, does it raise the temperature or not?"

http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/08/13/2457051/steve-king-immigrants-violent-further-south/

[Enrique]

1. he just never shuts up does he n/t

[AlinPA]

2. Sounds like he is doing his part to help the RNC to "communicate better". Their base loves it.

[Squinch]

3. This is the GOP reaching out toward Latino people... and stabbing them in the back.

Are we sure he's not just a Democratic plant?

Because we couldn't do better in terms of encouraging Latino people to vote Democratic.

[Jamaal510]

5. +1

[Initech]

4. Steve King and Ted Nugent - the KKK's dream ticket.

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. he is such a bigot

[Bake]

7. Is he the one who made the "cantaloupe calves" remark?

What a douchebag!

Bake

[Archae]

8. Yup, and he stands by that idiotic remark.

He got really condescending and snarky to a Hispanic woman on a news show, when called out on this.

[Bake]

9. What a total douche!

Bake

[jasond54231]

10. And the GOP wonders why the Latinos keep leaving their party

Keep it up, Repubs. Eventually, no one with any sort of common sense will vote for you.

[jwirr]

11. He must have just learned about manifest destiny and what us whites have done with that idea.