Steve King

Steven Arnold "Pennywise" King was a Republican member of Congress, a white nationalist, and a fascist who represented Iowa's fourth district whose views inspire so much horror in the hearts of others that you'd think he was a character created by King has a long track record of racist comments.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/31/steve-king-antisemitism-paul-ryan-anti-defamation-leaguehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/12/rep-steve-king-warns-that-our-civilization-cant-be-restored-with-somebody-elses-babies To his (slight) credit, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy stripped King of all committee posts after this debacle.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/14/steve-king-republicans-house-committees-white-nationalist?CMP=edit_2221 He could be considered the only member of
Congress at the time to endorse white supremacists, but multiple others, such as Louie Gohmert and Matt Gaetz, could also claim the title of white supremacist ally.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/01/state-of-the-union-matt-gaetz-charles-johnson
==History of racism and white nationalism==
===Support for racial profiling===
In 2010, King endorsed the practice of racial profiling:https://archive.is/20120711122529/http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2010/06/15/king-racial-profiling-is-important-for-law-enforcement/
===White genocide conspiracy theory===
King has openly subscribed to the white genocide conspiracy theory, and has stated "We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies."https://archive.is/20210225192258/https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/840980755236999169 In a later interview with Breitbart host Alex Marlow, King stated "We're watching as Western civilization is shrinking in the face of the massive, epic migration that's pouring into Europe."Steve King's Breitbart interview In a CNN interview with Chris Cuomo, King clarified "I meant exactly what I said, and also said "I'd like to see an America that's just so homogeneous that we look a lot the same, from that perspective."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3sV6NN5gqshttps://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/03/13/steve-king-babies-tweet-intv-newday.cnnhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/steve-king-republican-geert-wilders-tweet-wants-everyone-to-look-the-same-a7627216.html
===MSNBC appearance===
During MSNBC's coverage of the 2016 Republican National Convention, King told Chris Hayes, "I'd ask you to go back in history and figure out where are these contributions that have been made by these other categories of people that you're talking about? Where did any other subgroup of people contribute more to civilization?"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu-LBS_kpDQ It seems the doesn't count. Nor, it would seem, would (which are actually Indian). Whiteys did make the codpiece though, which is far more useful than the crap the stinky Chinese trotted out like paper, , , the , or the . As for culinary and musical contributions by minorities? Please don't enjoy potatoes, corn, bananas, chocolate, tomatoes, or a cup of coffee again, and don't listen to a big deal of music.
===Xenophobia===
In 2018, The Weekly Standard released a recording in which King said the following about immigrants:https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/12/steve-king-dared-conservative-outlet-release-audio-him-calling-immigrants-dirt-it-did/?utm_term=.5b36638087dd
Earlier in the recording, King quipped that he would have to get some "dirt from Mexico" to grow his new peppers. Funny that a representative from a farming state would have a problem with dirt. Does he think his constituents grow corn in hydroponics?
==Abortion, rape, incest==
In defending the idea of a total abortion ban, King seemingly defended the idea of rape and incest because he thinks it happened in everyone's ancestry.U.S. Rep. Steve King: If not for rape and incest, 'would there be any population left?' by Robin Opsahl (Published 11:39 a.m. CT Aug. 14, 2019 | Updated 5:35 p.m. CT Aug. 14, 2019) Des Moines Register.
Presumably murder, robbery, and other crimes aren't so bad either, since all that could be found in one's family background if you went far enough back.
==Endorsements of far-right politicians and candidates==
In 2017, King received widespread backlash after he endorsed far-right populist politician Geert Wilders and his Party for Freedom in the 2017 Dutch general election,https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39250251 as well as Front National leader Marine Le Pen in the 2017 French presidential election.hhttps://archive.is/20170508044618/https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/861126549399101440 Most recently, he endorsed neo-Nazi Faith Goldy in her campaign for mayor of Toronto in 2017.https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/31/gop-fund-wont-help-steve-king-in-tight-race-due-to-white-supremacist-support.html
==The end==
In 2018, Steve King barely won re-election in what was an ordinarily solid Republican district, winning by only 3.3%.https://ballotpedia.org/Iowa%27s_4th_Congressional_District_election,_2018 On January 14, 2019, Steve King further lost his seat on commitee assignments,Steve King removed from committee assignments following racist comments, CNN, January 15, 2019 meaning Iowa now had no people on the Committee of Agriculture.King's removal from ag committee comes at worst possible time for struggling Iowa farmers, leaders say, Des Moines Insider, January 15, 2019 Even Republicans began to become upset with him. As a result, in the 2020 Iowa Republican primary, King lost renomination to state politician Randy Feenstra.Zachary Basu, Iowa Rep. Steve King defeated in GOP primary, Axios, June 2, 2020. Considering Feenstra is a garden variety GOP crackpot, the fact that he looked much more reasonable by comparison should tell you a lot about the man he replaced.
==Getting dunked on by Stephen King==
Due to their very similar names, many people have understandably confused Stephen King (the author) and Steve King (the politician); this was to the dismay of the former King (the author). He posted his disdain of the racist congressman, and when he was defeated in the primaries, he took to Twitter celebrating and proclaiming that he “was the 1 Steve King”.https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/05/stephen-king-tweet-vote-steve-king-out-confused-iowa-4th-distsrict-congressman-jd-scholten/1889533002/https://rollcall.com/2020/06/03/i-am-the-last-steve-king-standing-author-tweets/ What a chad.
==See also==
*Marjorie Taylor Greene: While not quite as overtly white nationalist, her conspiracy theorizing and nativist dogwhistles make her King's de facto successor
*Paul Gosar: Also a nativist and a fascist, and has openly associated with white nationalists.
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