Congressman Is a White Nationalist

A powerful Republican U.S. Congressman known for his extremist views is raising eyebrows again. Rep. Steve King of Iowa took to Twitter Friday afternoon, saying, “Diversity is not our strength.” His tweet links to an article profilingÂ Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, in which he reportedly says: â€œMixing cultures will not lead to a higher quality of life but a lower one.â€

Diversity is not our strength. Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, â€œMixing cultures will not lead to a higher quality of life but a lower one.â€ https://t.co/ZlMXzcc87w â€” Steve King (@SteveKingIA) December 8, 2017

King, a white nationalist who’s also been accused of being a “white supremacist icon,”Â is perhaps best known for his 2013 remarks in which he falselyÂ claimed thatÂ practically every undocumented immigrant is a drug smuggler withÂ “calves the size of cantaloupes.” One month before that offensive claim he screamed on Twitter,Â â€œllegal aliens have just invaded my DC office.â€ Those “invading illegals”?Â A group of about a dozen high school and college students.

One year later King said “all FergusonÂ protestors “appear to be of a single continental origin.”

More recently, earlier this year Congressman King predicted a race war between “Hispanics and the Blacks.”

CongressmanÂ King hasÂ insistedÂ that throughout history no other “subgroup of people” have contributed “more to civilization” than whites. And he has co-sponsored aÂ bill “banning existing federal civil rights laws from protecting transgender people.”

Also this year on Twitter King said:Â “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.”

And inÂ July, King offensively compared transgender service members to eunuchs.

Some responses via Twitter:

There’s been some confusion about just what Steve King means by this tweet so if you’re having trouble understanding it, allow me to clarify: “I am a racist.” – Steve King https://t.co/yq3ikwSXJ1 â€” Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) December 8, 2017

Quick reminder that Steve King is still an open white supremacist, still in congress, and still totally embraced by the Republican party. pic.twitter.com/n4mtcS1sti â€” Jason Karsh (@jkarsh) December 8, 2017

Racist jackass Steve King claims ‘diversity is not our strength,’ but immigration has kept Iowa towns alive. https://t.co/zeotEjeqOu â€” #DreamActNow (@TUSK81) December 8, 2017

.@SteveKingIA used to be on the fringe. But these views are exactly what the GOP stands for in 2017. https://t.co/lTAirNmNIe â€” Ruben Gallego (@RepRubenGallego) December 8, 2017

Straight up xenophobia. Do you still consider Steve King a friend, @GovChristie? https://t.co/5t9yO5uJ1N â€” Matt Friedman (@MattFriedmanNJ) December 8, 2017

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