GOP campaign chief: Steve King's comments, actions and retweets 'completely inappropriate'
Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), the head of the GOP campaign arm in the House, condemned Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) for his remarks that supported white nationalist politicians.
"Congressman Steve King’s recent comments, actions, and retweets are completely inappropriate. We must stand up against white supremacy and hate in all forms, and I strongly condemn this behavior," Stivers tweeted
New poll shows anti-immigration firebrand Steve King up by just one point
A new poll released Tuesday shows anti-immigration firebrand Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) with just a 1-point lead over his Democratic challenger J.D. Scholten in the hotly-contested race for Iowa's 4th Congressional District.
Forty-five percent of respondents in the online poll said they would either vote for the Iowa Republican if the election were today, or have already voted for him early, according to the poll conducted by Change Research from Oct. 27-29 with a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
Forty-four percent of respondents said the same for Scholten.
The Cook Political Report also moved the race for Iowa’s 4th district from "Likely Republican" to Leaning Republican," indicating the non-partisan handicapper believes the race is tightening.
Land O’Lakes will no longer support Steve King, citing 'company's values'
Dairy company Land O'Lakes will no longer make financial contributions to Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), the company said Tuesday.
"The Land O’Lakes, Inc. PAC has traditionally contributed to lawmakers of both parties that represent the communities where our members and employees live and work and are also on committees that oversee policies that directly impact our farmer owners," Land O'Lakes said in a statement.
"We take our civic responsibility seriously, want our contributions to be a positive force for good and also seek to ensure that recipients of our contributions uphold our company’s values. On that basis, we have determined that our PAC will no longer support Rep. Steve King moving forward," the company added.
Intel no longer donating to Steve King's reelection campaign
Technology giant Intel Corp. said it will no longer donate to the reelection campaign of Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa).
Dawn Jones, Intel’s director of policy and external partnerships, told employees about the decision in an internal email last week. In the email, Jones said the company reviewed the lawmaker's public remarks and determined they are at odds with Intel's principles.
Iowa newspaper breaks its tradition, endorses Steve King's Dem opponent
The editorial board of an Iowa newspaper broke with tradition on Friday and endorsed the Democratic opponent to incumbent Rep. Steve King (R).
“Those were not easy words for us to write,” the editorial board of the Sioux City Journal wrote.
The Journal said it previously endorsed King, an eight-term congressman, because the board thought he was an “honest, principled family man,” who would reflect his constituents in Iowa’s 4th district.
maybe saying ex-Nazis would be GOP was too much.
but how about this for a cad:
Steve King met with far-right Austrian group after Europe trip funded by Holocaust memorial group: report
he went to visit Nazi’s after someone else paid for him to Holocaust memorial trip
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) reportedly met with members of a far-right Austrian party after concluding a five-day trip to Europe that was funded by a Holocaust memorial group.
The Washington Post reported on Thursday that King traveled to Poland to tour Jewish and Holocaust historical sites in August as part of a trip financed by From the Depths, a group that tries to educate lawmakers about the Holocaust.
Just one day after his five-day journey concluded, King spoke in Vienna, Austria, with Unzensuriert (which translates as "Uncensored"), a website associated with Austria's Freedom Party, according to the Post.
The newspaper notes that the party was founded by a former Nazi SS officer is led by Heinz-Christian Strache, who was active in neo-Nazi groups in his youth. The party has since distanced itself from its historical connection to Nazis, The Post added, but it recently took a hard-line stance against immigration while seeking ties with other global far-right parties.
In an interview with Unzensuriert, King said “western civilization is on the decline" and discussed how immigrants are replacing white Europeans, the Post reported.
King's airfare to and from Europe was paid by From the Depths.
“We didn’t know about any other travel,” Jonny Daniels, president of From the Depths, told The Post. “We didn’t pay for any other travel or anything of the kind.” Daniels said the group knowingly paid for King's travel to and from Europe, but said it had no knowledge of King's travels after leaving the group on Aug. 23.