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DonViejo

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Thu Jan 2, 2014, 03:50 PM Jan 2014

Steve King Compares Himself To 'Duck Dynasty' Star

CAITLIN MACNEAL – JANUARY 2, 2014, 1:42 PM EST

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) compared himself to controversial "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson in a campaign email this week, the Des Moines Register reported.

"The leftists who disagree with him made it clear with their attacks that conservatives are to be driven from public life if they express their opinions, however objectively true they might be," King wrote to supporters about Robertson. "I have been in similar situations to the one Phil Robertson finds himself in now. I have learned to navigate their intolerance while holding firm to our values."

Robertson was suspended from his A&E reality television show for making anti-gay comments during an interview with GQ magazine, but he will return to the show for the fifth season.

King got himself into hot water in July when he said young undocumented immigrants have "calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert."

Full article
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/texas-mayor-flower-mound-year-of-bible-2014

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Steve King Compares Himself To 'Duck Dynasty' Star (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2014 OP
he finally got something right nt arely staircase Jan 2014 #1
Please proceed, Rep. King. nt longship Jan 2014 #2
So...Steve King is a pedophile, then? nt Jamaal510 Jan 2014 #3
so he's a university educated yuppie acting a part to sell a product to country rubes? DJ13 Jan 2014 #4
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