Rep. Steve King Denied Comparing Immigrants To 'Dirt' -- Audio Says Otherwise
Source: NPR
By EMILY SULLIVAN
Rep. Steve King, the Iowa Republican known for hard-line stances on immigration and racist remarks, challenged a conservative magazine to release audio to prove that he had compared immigrants to "dirt."
So The Weekly Standard did.
The magazine reported last week that King, who won reelection earlier this month despite being called out for his white nationalists views, made the incendiary comment.
On Friday, King tweeted in response that the magazine had joined the Huffington Post "at the bottom of the lying journalistic gutter." He claimed the article's reporter was lying: "Just release the full tape. Leftists lies exist without original sources because they are false and manufactured accusations," he tweeted.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/13/667269088/rep-steve-king-denied-comparing-immigrants-to-dirt-audio-says-otherwise
aggiesal
(8,907 posts)Is this guy delusional or what?
Does he not remember what he says?
Does he have blackout episodes?
Is he off his meds?
47of74
(18,470 posts)...and call people who play back audio/video of him liars.
BumRushDaShow
(128,503 posts)although he eventually sold it. It is one of the bastions of the cons.
SWBTATTReg
(22,077 posts)cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)about him being reelected is that it was to the House and he has to run again in 2 years and not 6 like they get in the Senate.