Anti-Immigration Rally Blows Up in Tea party's Face

[doxydad]

A racist anti-immigration rally, headlined by Kooky Kongressman Steve King - what could go wrong?

Iowa's Steve King is well known for his hatred of brown people. Last July, King smeared 99% of immigrate children as drug mules, stating:

"kids that were brought into this country by their parents unknowing that they were breaking the law. And [immigration reform supporters] will say to me and others that we have to do something about the 11 million, and some of them were valedictorians. [...] It's true in some cases, but they aren't all valedictorians, they weren't all brought in by their parents. For every one that's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there that they weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert."

Julius Streicher couldn't have produced more hateful garbage.

Well, with immigration bashing going around the clock on Hate Radio and Fixxed News, King decided to hold his own Klan hate rally in his home district of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

I mean, Saturday was a beautiful summer day across America, and how better to enjoy it than getting together with friends while eating hot dogs and attacking children of color. Who could argue with that!?

And with the financial backing of wingnut welfare, as well as the right wing propaganda apparatus to promote and market the rally, surely the crowd in Steve King's red district would be massive, wouldn't..... well, wouldn't?

Yeah, not so much.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/21/1315661/-Anti-Immigration-Rally-Blows-Up-in-Teaparty-s-Face#

[Politicalboi]

1. He even had a God Bless America sign

All that work for nothing.

[Brigid]

3. "God bless America . . ."

"And noplace else." -- Chris Rock's opponent in "Head of State."

[Peacetrain]

2. I live in this guys district..

and not one word in our local paper or news outlets.. (it is soooooo red here).. It just amazes me.. that I would not have known about this if you had not posted it..because our right wing press on the western side of the state is not saying a word about it.. I bet you a buck, if there had been a big turnout, it would have been all over the local news..thank you thank you thank you.. I am bookmarking this for my husband when he gets home from work.. UNBELIEVABLE!


Edit to add.. we are just swamped swamped in Koch money and Karl Roves group.. maybe if they could not rally their base down there.. maybe just maybe there is hope for us yet..

[DirkGently]

4. This is the guy who lauded a terrorist attack on the IRS.

I do not know how Steve King is permitted to walk the streets without an attendant; nevermind represent people as a "leader" of anything.

[Brother Buzz]

5. But Martha, we got fifty yard line seats, we're not leaving!

[Major Hogwash]

6. Same thing happened here this last weekend, they held a rally and only about 20 people showed up.

They had huge signs and banners at their hot dog and hamburger tea party barbecue, but they overestimated the number of people who would actually show up.
They walked across the interstate overpass waving their signs that said crap like "honk if you're against amnesty" and garbage like that.
One of the local news channels did a report on it on Monday night, and they noted that the gathering was small . . very small.

Racism is soooo 1880s.
So much so, that it is already out of fashion here.

People would rather go fishing.

[freshwest]

7. The images were excellent! (Dial-up Warning - Pic Heavy)

Didn't know Wile E Coyote was GOP, but on second thought...



KKKing doing his job, 'Keeping the light on' for bigots...



Puzzled people on a picnic...



Double

[conservaphobe]

8. Aw, shucks. Not literally?

Maybe next time.