Steve King

Steve King Alleges Paid Protesters Are Disrupting Town Halls

... in Sioux City in August 2010. SIOUX CITY | U. S. Rep. Steve King isn't certain when his next town hall in Iowa's 4 th District will be held, but the Republican said he's concerned about paid protesters turning up to disrupt other public meetings hosted by GOP members of Congress. "People come in and, you know, they are angry and shouting and on the borderline violent," King said in a Journal interview this week. "That just discourages the kind of dialogue that can make our country better. The people on the left, that may be the only card they think they've got to play. But they are actually hurting the system and to a degree they are undermining the election process.". The town hall meetings have gotten raucous in Iowa and nationally. People dismayed with the opening weeks of complete federal government control by Republicans and President Donald Trump have vented about health care and other issues. King said some people at the events are paid by liberal groups backed by Democratic billionaire George Soros. The fact-checking organization Politi Fact notes ...

Is This What Steve King Meant About ‘somebody Else’s Babies

... On Sunday, the fervently anti-immigration congressman tweeted out the statement, “We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies.”. In an appearance on CNN Monday morning, King said he “meant exactly what I said.”. “You cannot rebuild your civilization with somebody else's babies. You've got to keep your birth rate up, and that you need to teach your children your values,” King said. “In doing so, you can grow your population, you can strengthen your culture, and you can strengthen your way of life.”. Further remarks by King ignited yet another storm of protest, though they appear to have been taken out of context. On social media, King was blasted over reports that he longs for a future America that is “that is just so homogenous that we look a lot the same.”. Related: Is Trump’s Travel Ban Already Hurting US Tourism. He was immediately accused of advocating some sort of ethnic cleansing of the United States. However, properly contextualized, King seems to have been arguing for more assimilation, not less. ...

Why Is The American Far-right So Obsessed With Europe

... for reasons that are fundamentally racist. They want white people to have more babies and fewer minorities to come here. But the facts on the ground in the United States are not useful for arguing that case without explicit appeals to racism. So they obsess over Europe, where immigration has created more problems and birthrates are dire. Pro-immigration politicians in the United States would do well to think about what it is about immigration to the United States that makes it work better than in Europe — and how we can adjust our immigration policies to improve those advantages. In the case of our Muslim communities, it is important to note that Muslim immigrants to the United States tend to be disproportionately educated. Instead of a disaffected Muslim underclass suffering from high unemployment, we have prosperous and well-integrated Muslim communities. This success is in significant part a matter of how immigrants have been selected to come to the ...

Steve King Has Been A Jackass For Years

... officially been trying to make America white again for only a few weeks now, King has been attacking Dreamers and comparing immigrants to dogs since the days when Trump’s main gig was still peddling Trump Steaks and firing Dennis Rodman from Celebrity Apprentice. Here’s a recap of some choice selections from King’s Hall of Shame. Like that time in 2012 when King compared immigrants to selecting a dog —and then claimed he totally meant it as a compliment. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, compared immigrants to dogs at a town hall meeting yesterday, telling constituents that the U. S. should pick only the best immigrants the way one chooses the “pick of the litter.”. King told the crowd in Pocahontas, Iowa, that he’s owned lots of bird dogs over the years and advised, “You want a good bird dog? You want one that’s going to be aggressive? Pick the one that’s the friskiest … not the one that’s over there sleeping in the corner.”. ...

Why Are Steve King And The President Of Turkey So Interested In The Dutch Election

... that “We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies.”. What King was applauding started on Saturday, when a plane carrying the Turkish foreign minister was barred from landing in the Netherlands, to prevent him from addressing a rally in Rotterdam. The minister, a member of Erdogan’s Islamist AKP party, had been hoping to gain support from Turkish expatriates for a controversial referendum that would amend the Turkish constitution to grant the president sweeping new powers. The Dutch authorities cited concerns about public order to bar the plane, but the move prompted protests in Rotterdam and in several cities in Turkey. (These protests were what prompted the story King was reacting to.) Erdogan denounced Dutch leaders as “Nazi remnants.” He had made similar comments about the Germans after planned pro-referendum rallies were blocked there last ...

Chris Cuomo Grills Rep. Steve King R-ia , Who Refuses To Say If American Muslims Are Equal To Other Americans

... Day. Loading the player reg. CHRIS CUOMO (CO-HOST): Alright you're entitled to your opinion about all these things, obviously. I just want to just go back at this one more time, just because it's that important. A Muslim-American, an Italian-American, a Christian-American, a Jewish-American, you do realize that they are all equal, right? They are all the same thing. We don't need babies from one of those groups more than we need them from other groups. Do you agree with that. REP. STEVE KING (R-IA): Well, I would say that it depends on the attitude within those families. CUOMO: Why do you pause on a question like that, Congressman? What do you mean? It doesn't depend on any definition. You're either an American or you're not. KING: Because I want to give you an objective answer, Chris. It's not that simple. It's not that simple because -. CUOMO: Yeah, but you're either a Muslim-American, an Italian-American, an Irish, Scotch, German-American, which is what your roots are. Either those are all equal things or they are not. What is your answer. KING: They contribute differently to our culture and civilization. There are moderate Muslims that are equal ...

Rep. Steve King Blasted For 'our Civilization' Tweet

... of Islamists shouting 'Allahu Akbar' in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wilders is right for over 10 years.". King was on the receiving end of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum. Conservative columnist Bill Kristol tweeted, "Is it worth making the obvious point that what American history has been about is 'restoring' ourselves with 'somebody else's babies?'". Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean called King "a total ignoramus and no one takes him seriously. He does give off good quotes to outrage people though.". U. S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo , (R-Fla.), who serves Florida's 26 th District in the state's southeastern tip, near Miami, tweeted the hashtag  #concerned GOPcolleague, asking King: "What exactly do you mean? Do I qualify as 'somebody else's baby?'". . @Steve King IA What exactly do you mean? Do I qualify as "somebody else's baby?" #concerned GOPcolleague. — Carlos Curbelo (@carloslcurbelo) March 13, 2017. In a pair of tweets endorsing King's tweet, former Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard David Duke said that if Americans were considering moving, “ sanity reigns supreme  in Iowa's 4 th ...

Us Is ‘too Easy’ On Leakers

... on Monday slammed The Washington Post for labeling vandalism at. 131 Shares. Trump headed back to Mar-a-Lago. President Trump will return to Mar-a-Lago this weekend, the White House. 125 Shares. Transit agencies push for. The 2016 GOP platform calls for entirely eliminating federal funding for. 111 Shares. WH analysis of Obama Care. The White House's internal analysis of the GOP's Obama Care replacement. 109 Shares. Dems' secret weapon for killing. An obscure office within the Department of Health and Human Services could. 108 Shares. GOP healthcare bill hangs in the. House Republicans are taking fire from all sides as they seek to push. 104 Shares. Trump administration wants more. President Trump's administration has asked for more time to comply with a. 96 Shares. CBO health score stirs alarm in. Sen. Susan Collins said the CBO's findings should be a "cause for alarm.". 89 Shares. Meteorologists refute EPA head on. The nation’s main organization for ...

Fellow Republican Justin Amash Asks Steve King

... Republican lawmaker is butting heads with his fellow House GOP colleague, Rep. Steve King of Iowa, over a tweet posted Sunday that said the U. S. cannot restore its civilization with "someone else's babies.". Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan tweeted on Monday afternoon, "I'm an American no less than you are. I love our Constitution and traditions. Am I 'somebody else's' baby because my parents are immigrants?". King, sharing an article from the Voice of Europe, said the author, Dutch politician Geert Wilders, understood "that culture and demographics are our destiny" and getting back to the nation's Caucasian roots can only be done by bearing more children who are white. Amash is a second-generation American whose parents immigrated to the U. S. from Palestine and Syria. Former Florida Jeb Bush also criticized King's remarks on Monday. "America is a nation of immigrants," Bush tweeted. "The sentiment expressed by Steve King doesn't reflect our shared history or values.". King told CNN on Monday he stands by his comments. "Well, of course, I meant exactly what I said, as is always the case," King said. "You cannot rebuild ...

State Budget Woes, Steve King Controversy, March Madness

... with somebody else’s babies.” Read more: __link__/2 mi KY 7 x. GRAD STUDENTS HELPING CITY — A group of University of Iowa graduate students are getting a taste of what it’s like to work for a city government. About 25 Master of Accountancy students, who are in this spring’s advanced auditing class, have been assigned to work with Iowa City’s finance department — specifically, developing internal auditing processes for various city departments’ financial polices and procedures. Read more: __link__/2 m Cy JX 4. IOWA STATE BACK TO NCAA — When the only thing you know is ending your season in the NCAA tournament, it’s a little easier to take it for granted. The Cyclones (23-10) were picked as a No. 5 seed and will take on No. 12 seed Nevada in the first round Thursday in Milwaukee. The winner advances to face No. 4 Purdue or No. 13 Vermont in the Midwest region. Read more: __link__/2 nw 1 RNb. IOWA READY FOR ‘VALUABLE’ NIT — The Iowa ...

Representative Steve King Continues To Pine For Homogeneous America

... text banned in his country. He’s called for a cessation of immigration from Muslim-majority countries, argued that new mosques shouldn’t be constructed in the Netherlands and that stopping the “Islamation of the Netherlands” is crucial to the country’s continued existence and prosperity. Sunday, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) tweeted in support of Wilders, saying: “Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can’t restore our civilization with someone else’s babies.”. Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies. __link__/4 nx Lipaf WO. — Steve King (@Steve King IA) March 12, 2017. And today, Monday, Rep. King doubled down on the tweet during a segment on CNN by saying that Western civilizations need to get their birth rates up and repeating the “somebody else’s babies” line. When pressed about the idea being antithetical to American ideals, King ...