Steve King has fiery exchange at Iowa town hall

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) had a fiery exchange Thursday at an Iowa town hall with an attendee who asked whether he was a white nationalist.

King also took umbrage at the questioner for drawing a link between King's rhetoric and the man accused of killing 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday.

“The terrorist who committed this crime, he was quoted as saying, ‘they bring invaders in that kill our people, I can’t sit back and watch our people get slaughtered.’ You, Steve King, have been quoted as saying, ‘we can’t restore our civilization with other people’s babies.’ You and the shooter both share an ideology that is fundamentally anti-immigration,” the attendee, a young man wearing a plaid shirt, said before King cut him off.

“Do not associate me with that shooter," a visibly angry King said, pointing his finger at the questioner.

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[cyberswede]

1. Bad headline. A "firey exchange" sounds like BOTH parties were riled up.

The questioner remained calm throughout.

[The Liberal Lion]

2. Americans have been becoming a lot more confrotational with these nazi pricks since Tree of Life

No more giving these assholes deference. Americans are beginning to point their fingers and name names. Good! We need an exponential increase in such behaviors.

[Yavin4]

3. What does it say about a party that gerrymanders districts, suppresses voters, and not only refuse

to engage with voters but demands that they be "thrown out" when asking a question?

[magicarpet]

4. Turn up the volume,.. do not coddle the Fascist.

Their end ambition is to eliminate liberals so they no longer have to but up with or forced to contend with them. They are eliminationists they can not stand or tolerate us,.. that is why they are cranking up the hate. They have fevered dreams that the hate will explode.

[pennylane100]

5. How sad it is that there may be enough gullable voters to keep him in office.

They may support him but he certainly is no friend of theirs. He is toobusy selling his agenda of hate to care about them. It is hard to imagine what goes on in the mind of a Trump supporter mind. I think it must be a dark scary place.

[rurallib]

6. The downside is that King will use this footage to show that the "leftist fake media"

tried to set him up and is trying to spread lies. It will also show how tough he is and how he is the man to stand up to the media etc.

My spidey sense tells me we may have been better off had this not happened.

[Racerdog1]

7. Cockroaches like King hate the light

Bring these reich wing cockroaches out of their safe place and into the light where everyone can see and hear who and what they are. Get their supporters out as well, let us see who exactly votes for these worthless fucks.

[Progressive Jones]

8. It's who they are. Cockroaches.

[BlueIdaho]

9. Fucking Fascist Steve King has no right

To demand a constituent leave the room. What a piece of shit.

[paleotn]

10. You and that shooter are one in the same, Steve.

You might as well have pulled the trigger yourself, you racist piece of shit!

[LakeSuperiorView]

11. Stevie, Stevie, Stevie. Lets be honest. YOU associated yourself with that killer.