Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) was so upset by one question about his white supremacist rhetoric that he asked security to remove the questioner during a Thursday candidate forum in his home state. The unidentified man compared King’s past comments with those made on the internet by accused Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers, an anti-Semite who railed against nonwhite refugees by labeling them “hostile invaders.”“You, Steve King, have been quoted as saying, ‘We can’t restore our civilization with other people’s babies,’” the man said, referencing a March 2017 tweet. “You and the shooter both share an ideology that is anti-immigration ―”“No,” King interjected. “Do not associate me with that shooter.”The exchange was caught on camera by Iowa Starting Line, a website for political news in the state. Complaining about “Leftist Media Lies,” King also shared the video with his Twitter followers.

Source: Huffington Post November 01, 2018 20:52 UTC