Iowa's King slams Republicans backing 'citizenship for illegals'

From the Twitter feed of Iowa Rep. Steve King, one of his party's staunchest conservatives:

@SteveKingIA

Obama voters chose dependency over Liberty. Now establishment R's want citizenship for illegals. You can't beat Santa Claus with amnesty.

We reported earlier that Sen. Marco Rubio, who had pushed for a GOP-sponsored version of the DREAM Act earlier this year, is headed to Iowa later this month. The King tweet is a reminder that, for all the movement from conservative talkers like Sean Hannity, there are others who won't be easily swayed on the issue of immigration reform.

Maggie Haberman is senior political reporter for Politico.