Rep. Steve King Might Be a Racist, and This Tweet Proves It

On Thursday I wrote about Roy Moore waxing nostalgic about the days of slavery. And every day, The Root covers something crazy that the current sitting president has said. This current regime is not attempting to hide its racist overtones, and this latest incident is no exception: A Republican congressman from Iowa tweeted from his…

On Thursday I wrote about Roy Moore waxing nostalgic about the days of slavery. And every day, The Root covers something crazy that the current sitting president has said. This current regime is not attempting to hide its racist overtones, and this latest incident is no exception: A Republican congressman from Iowa tweeted from his verified account Friday that โ€œdiversity is not our strength.โ€ Iโ€™m not making this up.

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Let me give you some background on Iowa Rep. Steve King. He is the person who sponsored the Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017, an amendment to the federal criminal code that makes it a crime for any physician โ€œto knowingly perform an abortion: (1) without determining whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat, (2) without informing the woman of the results, or (3) after determining that a fetus has a detectable heartbeat.โ€

Clearly, King doesnโ€™t believe in women being in charge of their own vaginas, and if his tweet is any indication, he doesnโ€™t want them sharing their vaginas outside of their race, either.

โ€œDiversity is not our strength. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn, โ€˜Mixing cultures will not lead to a higher quality of life but a lower one,โ€™โ€ King wrote, linking to an article referencing the Orban quote.

https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/939117527375990790?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

If you are unfamiliar with Orbรกn, Politico describes him as a โ€œconservative subversive.โ€ He is anti-immigrant and has installed razor wire fencing and water cannons at his borders.

If King thinks that Orbรกn is an example to follow, that tells us everything we need to know about him, even if his latest tweets didnโ€™t already.

King followed up the diversity tweet by writing, โ€œAssimilation has become a dirty word to the multiculturalist left. Assimilation, not diversity, is our American strength.โ€

https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/939117983334649856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Of course, the people of Twitter had strong reactions to Kingโ€™s statements, as well they should.

https://twitter.com/kamcpherson1/status/939128746027732992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/themercenary/status/939190715946602501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/TaritaC/status/939195353756258305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/Mikel_Jollett/status/939206193578328064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

We should be very afraid that this is what we have in our so-called representative government, which is purportedly built โ€œof the people, by the people.โ€

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