Sept 13, 2014: Igor Volsky: Think Progress: Steve King’s Plan To Defeat ISIS: Spy On Muslim Americans In Mosques
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Aug 16, 2014: Daily Kos: Steve King uses 2008 conspiracy theory as fundraising tool
In an email sent on July 28th on behalf of Republican Secretary of State nominee Paul Pate’s campaign, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) accused Democrats of rigging Minnesota’s 2008 Senate election on behalf of Sen. Al Franken (D-MN), using their control of the Secretary of State office. [...] “This wasn’t a fair recount,” King wrote Pate’s supporters. “This was a democrat plan put into action two years in advance of Coleman’s re-election campaign.” Apr 28, 2014: Huffington Post: Steve King Takes Aim At Mark Zuckerberg: 'Go Back To San Francisco'
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is firing back at Mark Zuckerberg and his pro-immigration reform group, calling the Facebook CEO a "liberal billionaire" who should "go back to San Francisco." Mar 25, 2014: Americas Voice: Right Wing Watch: Steve King Criticizes Scholarships for Hispanic Students
Steve King agreed with Jason Richwine when the latter famously claimed that Hispanics have lower IQs than whites – and apparently, King doesn’t approve of them going to school, either. According to Right Wing Watch, King was on a call-in show with Phyllis Schafly when he started railing about “free ride[s]” for Hispanic students despite questions of their “legality”: Mar 7, 2014: Queerty: Iowa Rep. Steve King Thinks Your Gayness Is “Self-Professed Behavior”
Speaking to the Des Moines, IA NBC affiliate WHOTV about (what else) Jan Brewer’s veto of the “turn away the gays” bill (which fellow far right loon Michele Bachmann isn’t too fond of either), King makes some statements about gays that would be silly if they weren’t so ill informed and dangerous. |
Mar 3, 2014: New York Magazine: Representative Steve King Is Worried That Sneaky Gays Will Trap Business Owners into Discriminating Against Them
Over the weekend, Republican Iowa Representative Steve King (of the illegal immigrants "have calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert" fame) turned his attention to Arizona governor Jan Brewer's recent veto of the state's Senate Bill 1062, which would have allowed business owners to deny service to gays and lesbians on religious grounds.
Over the weekend, Republican Iowa Representative Steve King (of the illegal immigrants "have calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert" fame) turned his attention to Arizona governor Jan Brewer's recent veto of the state's Senate Bill 1062, which would have allowed business owners to deny service to gays and lesbians on religious grounds.
Feb 21, 2014: Real Clear Politics: Rep. Steve King: Calling Illegal Immigrants Drug Mules Is "Objectively True"
So I'm not here to apologize, what I've said is objectively true. And any time Republicans have criticized me, it's not because of what I said, it's because they disagree with my agenda. When they start calling names, they've lost the debate.
So I'm not here to apologize, what I've said is objectively true. And any time Republicans have criticized me, it's not because of what I said, it's because they disagree with my agenda. When they start calling names, they've lost the debate.
Sept 17, 2013: Bluestem Prairie: Sioux City Journal scolds MNCD1 GOP fav Steve King for totally ridiculous Egypt trip comments
An Iowa congressman who is a favorite of Southern Minnesota Republicans is taking heat in his district for a strange remarks during a junket to Egypt with Michele Bachmann and Texas representative Louis Gohmert.
An Iowa congressman who is a favorite of Southern Minnesota Republicans is taking heat in his district for a strange remarks during a junket to Egypt with Michele Bachmann and Texas representative Louis Gohmert.
June 15, 2012: Daily Caller: Rep. Steve King to sue Obama administration over new immigration policy
Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King said Friday that he plans to sue the Obama administration to halt implementation of its newly announced selective illegal immigration law enforcement policy.
Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King said Friday that he plans to sue the Obama administration to halt implementation of its newly announced selective illegal immigration law enforcement policy.
In 1996, he ran for Iowa's 6th Senate district and defeated Democrat Eileen Heiden 64%-35%. In 2000, he won re-election to a second term, defeating Democratic Party candidate Dennis Ryan 70%-30%. From 1996 to 2002, King served as an Iowa State Senator, representing the 6th district. He assisted in eliminating the inheritance tax, authored and passed into law workplace drug testing, worked for strengthening parental rights, passing tax cuts for working residents of Iowa, and passing a law that made English the official language in Iowa.