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demmiblue

(36,742 posts)
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 01:08 PM Aug 2019

U.S. Rep. Steve King: If not for rape and incest, 'would there be any population left?'

U.S. Rep. Steve King told the Westside Conservative Club Wednesday that humanity might not exist if not for rape and incest throughout human history.

"What if we went back through all the family trees and just pulled out anyone who was a product of rape or incest? Would there be any population of the world left if we did that?" he said in Urbandale, Iowa. "Considering all the wars and all the rapes and pillages that happened throughout all these different nations, I know that I can't say that I was not a part of a product of that."

The Kiron Republican was discussing his defense of not allowing exceptions for rape and incest in the anti-abortion legislation he tried to pass in Congress. Republican leadership had prevented bills he sponsored on banning abortions from advancing through the House, despite GOP support for the measures, King said.

Just because a conception happened in bad circumstances doesn't mean the result isn't a person, King, who is Catholic, argued.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/14/steve-king-abortion-rape-incest-westside-conservative-iowa-representative-birth-iowa-civilization/2007230001/


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U.S. Rep. Steve King: If not for rape and incest, 'would there be any population left?' (Original Post) demmiblue Aug 2019 OP
Pardon me for a moment Sherman A1 Aug 2019 #1
What has this racist ass vomited up now? Not interested. brush Aug 2019 #2
Looks like we have Another stable genius!! Thekaspervote Aug 2019 #3
Throw him in the stable with the other genius jackasses. lagomorph777 Aug 2019 #37
I blame his constituents superpatriotman Aug 2019 #4
What the fuck? jcgoldie Aug 2019 #5
Well, I suppose he'd be the one to know wouldn't he. So tell us about all this rape brewens Aug 2019 #6
I imagine it's pretty common in HIS family tree. lagomorph777 Aug 2019 #38
Great points, Corn Hitler. maxsolomon Aug 2019 #7
You useless piece of shit, fuck off and die !!! SamKnause Aug 2019 #8
I suspect that Steve King is the product of The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2019 #9
Well somebody out there will eat that up Beringia Aug 2019 #10
Is he auditioning to be King of the Incels? TheRealNorth Aug 2019 #11
This idiot just keeps coming out with idiot excuses that seem to allow incest, rape, etc. How... SWBTATTReg Aug 2019 #12
Interesting. Perhaps he needs to soften the ground for his defense. lagomorph777 Aug 2019 #39
"Let me add how very lucky I am that we don't execute people for stupidity!" struggle4progress Aug 2019 #13
Speak For Yourself, Steve King! TheBlackAdder Aug 2019 #14
Now we know how his own bloodline was propagated DBoon Aug 2019 #35
That sob! Catherine Vincent Aug 2019 #15
Santorum said it in a different way to Piers Morgan: IcyPeas Aug 2019 #16
GAWD as rapist. About right for Santorum. yellowcanine Aug 2019 #40
Shorter King gratuitous Aug 2019 #17
Unless it's female nt KatyMan Aug 2019 #22
Yes, he's really that fucking stupid. spanone Aug 2019 #18
WTF Iliyah Aug 2019 #19
From later in the article: Leghorn21 Aug 2019 #20
+1 dalton99a Aug 2019 #31
Ever click on a thread out of sheer hope that the story was wrong? Yavin4 Aug 2019 #21
Virtually every day it seems. That, or hoping the link inside will be The Onion having a bad day. Pacifist Patriot Aug 2019 #33
Someone should ask him- what if the rapist is black or brown and the woman is white and/or his wife? chowder66 Aug 2019 #23
So who makes these "Go be an even more horrible person than trump for a news cycle" calls? NightWatcher Aug 2019 #24
I sure hope this creep doesn't have daughters or nieces - dawg day Aug 2019 #25
Your second paragraph speaks volumes. Ilsa Aug 2019 #28
And let's not forget what happens when we get to Social Security age. ariadne0614 Aug 2019 #43
The Republikan party - the party of rape and incest. Liberal In Texas Aug 2019 #26
Sounds about right to me bdamomma Aug 2019 #27
Not to mention really lousy lovers. n/t ariadne0614 Aug 2019 #34
Rape's a weapon of war, and I "can't say" he wouldn't be all in. Hortensis Aug 2019 #29
Now is the time ariadne0614 Aug 2019 #30
Because women are just gene carriers. Can we have a matriarchy now? nolabear Aug 2019 #32
I'm all for that! Delmette2.0 Aug 2019 #41
True. n/t demmiblue Aug 2019 #44
You can't make up this shit. yellowcanine Aug 2019 #36
Well, after the Sodom and Gomorrah massacre, MineralMan Aug 2019 #42

brewens

(13,392 posts)
6. Well, I suppose he'd be the one to know wouldn't he. So tell us about all this rape
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 01:12 PM
Aug 2019

and incest you have first hand knowledge of. It has to be a hell of a lot more than is in the public record.

SWBTATTReg

(21,856 posts)
12. This idiot just keeps coming out with idiot excuses that seem to allow incest, rape, etc. How...
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 01:15 PM
Aug 2019

disgusting...no society of any decent standing would never ever allow anything such as this.

IcyPeas

(21,737 posts)
16. Santorum said it in a different way to Piers Morgan:
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 01:18 PM
Aug 2019
We're to believe that Santorum's desire to overturn Roe v Wade is "not a matter of religious values", yet, when discussing a hypothetical pregnancy by rape just moments later, he says: "I believe and I think that the right approach is to accept this horribly created, in the sense of rape, but nevertheless, in a very broken way, a gift of human life, and accept what God is giving to you."

Leghorn21

(13,520 posts)
20. From later in the article:
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 01:39 PM
Aug 2019

“King said there was a plan for President Donald Trump to criticize him as well, but he met with Trump and said there's "no signal from Donald Trump that he's anything other than supportive of me."

yep, sounds about right

jfc

Yavin4

(35,354 posts)
21. Ever click on a thread out of sheer hope that the story was wrong?
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 01:43 PM
Aug 2019

Just praying that a leader didn't really say a thing. Just for the sake of humanity itself. Hoping against hope that he was mis-quoted somehow.

chowder66

(9,010 posts)
23. Someone should ask him- what if the rapist is black or brown and the woman is white and/or his wife?
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 01:43 PM
Aug 2019

What then Steve?

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
24. So who makes these "Go be an even more horrible person than trump for a news cycle" calls?
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 01:46 PM
Aug 2019

Is that a gop function, or is Ivanka making them?

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
25. I sure hope this creep doesn't have daughters or nieces -
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 01:56 PM
Aug 2019

"Rape and incest might SEEM bad to you now, girls... But think of future generations!"

One thing the #MeToo twitter thread made me realize is how many women's lives were derailed by assault-- they had fears of going out after that, their relationships broke up, they dropped out of school-- everything got harder. And many men don't realize that-- it's not a single event, but for many women, it's a destructive experience that makes the rest of life that much more difficult.

(And when I'm really cynical, I think, "Well, that's convenient for the great majority of men who AREN'T abusers, maybe, but unwittingly benefit from lesser competition from women who won't take the physical and emotional risks they might have had they not been assaulted.&quot

So this turd-- and that's unfair to turds, I know-- is telling women (and girls) to suck it up because rape and incest are actually good for the nation?
Maybe he's going to recommend Epstein for a posthumous medal.

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
28. Your second paragraph speaks volumes.
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 02:12 PM
Aug 2019

It's not just the PTSD. It is how PTSD affects the rest of our lives, usually making the current part of our lives a heaping pile of shit. Difficulty trusting, poor sleep yielding poor decision making, leading to career problems. Time helps heal, but sometimes the damage done in lost time is irrevocable.

ariadne0614

(1,692 posts)
43. And let's not forget what happens when we get to Social Security age.
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 02:53 PM
Aug 2019

Because of unequal pay, and lost wages from years of caring for young children and aging parents, our SS benefits are lower. In other words, we bear the cost and burden of producing and raising the “human capital” needed to provide workers/consumers/taxpayers, and get practically zero compensation (“The Price of Motherhood” by Ann Crittenden).

Liberal In Texas

(13,452 posts)
26. The Republikan party - the party of rape and incest.
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 01:57 PM
Aug 2019

Got it.

Fits in with the other barbaric and rotten things they stand for.

bdamomma

(63,650 posts)
27. Sounds about right to me
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 02:09 PM
Aug 2019

they are a filthy bunch of thugs. always have been, and never have done anything for the American people. Forgetting about that oath they took.

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
32. Because women are just gene carriers. Can we have a matriarchy now?
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 02:27 PM
Aug 2019

We could not possibly fuck things up as badly as these assholes are.

MineralMan

(146,189 posts)
42. Well, after the Sodom and Gomorrah massacre,
Wed Aug 14, 2019, 02:51 PM
Aug 2019

Lot's daughters got Daddy drunk and got impregnated by him, so there's support for incest. As for rape, God told his people to slaughter all those who "pisseth against the wall," but to take the virgins for themselves. One assumes they wouldn't submit willingly, so there's the rape side of things.

Of course, there's Adam and Eve and their offspring - every last one of them incestuous by necessity. I mean, Eve was a female clone from Adam's rib, according to the story, and then Cain slew Abel and was sent away, so Adam and Eve must have gotten it on some more to make more replacements, all brothers and sisters, since those two started out as the only humans on the planet, if you are to believe Genesis. So, without incest, none of use would exist, or something like that.

So, according to the scriptures, Steve King is absolutely right. Now, does that give him the right to commit incest and rape? I'd like to ask him about that face-to-face. Maybe he thinks so...

Of course, according to reality, none of that is true, so...

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