GOP Rep. Steve King wants to know when, exactly, did being a white supremacist became a bad thing?

[tulc]

GOP Rep. Steve King wants to know when, exactly, did being a white supremacist became a bad thing?

When did being a “white supremacist” or "white nationalist" become a bad thing? That’s what Rep. Steve King, the sitting GOP congressman from Iowa, wants to know.

King has won re-election every year since 2003 in Iowa’s red-leaning 4th District but has long fended off accusations that he harbors white supremacist or white nationalist beliefs. And his recent interview with the New York Timeshasn’t helped his defense.


“White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” King asked the Times. “Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?”

tulc(seriously?)

 

[Hank77]

GOP Rep. Steve King wants to know when, exactly, did being a white supremacist became a bad thing?

tulc(seriously?)

“White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” King asked the Times. “Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?”

I appears he didn't understand much in his classes about American history. The people of his district, are they white supremacists too?

 

[Hank77]

GOP Rep. Steve King wants to know when, exactly, did being a white supremacist became a bad thing?

tulc(seriously?)

Some Republicans didn't like it either....King is being challenged in the 2020 Republican primaries.

The comment drew a denunciation from members of House Republican leadership.


Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 Republican, said King's remarks were "abhorrent and racist and should have no place in our national discourse."


Another Republican, Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, tweeted, "This is an embrace of racism, and it has no place in Congress or anywhere."
https://abcnews.go.com/beta-story-c...s-slam-colleague-call-racist-remarks-60292943

 

[The Barbarian]

For some reason, the republicans in northwestern Iowa seem to be really, really off the rails on this. But there's signs that even they are getting tired of his behavior. He barely won last time around. It's good to know that some republican officials are now fed up.

 

[LamorakDesGalis]

Steve King's views have already been out in public for a while. It should have been dealt with much earlier. I think the bigger press attention is what is causing Republicans to react to it now.

 

[The Barbarian]

Yes, I think that's the real point. It's possible that he figured Trump meant his time had come, and became more open about it, but mostly, I think the publicity forced republicans to do something about him.

 

[JackRT]

It's possible that he figured Trump meant his time had come, and became more open about it,

I think that Trump has enabled a lot of people who in the past were much more circumspect.

 

[The Barbarian]

In the long run, it might be good for the country, luring them out of the sewers so that we can see whats lurking in the darkness there. Sunlight is a great disinfectant.