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A small Confederate flag on Rep. Steve King's desk at the U.S. Capitol is sparking criticism.The flag is one of four on the corner of his desk along with an American flag. It can be seen in recent photos posted on the Congressman's Facebook page.Betty Andrews, state president of the Iowa-Nebraska NAACP, called Steve King's actions "anti-Iowa!"“Iowa fought on the Union side,” Andrews said. “Not only is the Confederate flag a symbol of division and slavery. It's also an anti-Iowa symbol.”Angry comments have flooded King's Facebook page. Many are calling King's actions insensitive in a time of racial division in our country.“Our leaders have to be held accountable, and all of our leaders should be pushing for unity and not doing anything that should cause separation,” state Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad, a Democrat, said.Owen Golay, of Pleasantville, spurred controversy in 2015 after displaying a Confederate flag on a Marion County Republican Party float in the 4th of July parade.The Iowa Republican Party quickly condemned it and said they feel the same today in regards to King. This is what Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Jeff Kaufmann said about the confederate flag during an interview with KCCI last year.“I'm embarrassed,” said Kaufmann in 2015. “I'm disgusted. I shake my head and I am absolutely more resolved than I have ever been that I will not tolerate this.”He told KCCI that he still feels the same about confederate flag today.Congressman King was traveling and unable to comment Monday. His staff says a video from July 2015 of King on the House Floor talking about whether or not to display the confederate flag on Capitol grounds sums up how he feels.“I regret deeply that we are watching this country be divided over a symbol,” King said in the video. “A free country! When I go to Germany and they have outlawed the swastika – I look at them and think, ‘we have a First Amendment!’ That can't happen here in the United States because we are open enough. We have to tolerate the desecration of Old Glory, the American flag, yet we have people here on the floor who say they are offended by a symbol.”The Iowa Democratic Party released a statement Monday, saying in part, "The only place a Confederate flag belongs is in a museum, and Steve King has no business displaying a blatant symbol of hate in a government office."Do you think it's appropriate for the congressman to have the flag on his desk? Add your comment in the box below or on the KCCI Facebook page.