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Omaha Steve

(99,502 posts)
Tue Nov 13, 2018, 11:17 AM Nov 2018

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

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Rep. Steve King Denied Comparing Immigrants To 'Dirt' -- Audio Says Otherwise (Original Post) Omaha Steve Nov 2018 OP
Pretty obvious who is he referring to ... aggiesal Nov 2018 #1
He's taking the Blowhard O'Really tack... 47of74 Nov 2018 #3
The Weekly Standard was the brainchild of Murdoch BumRushDaShow Nov 2018 #2
King is a disgusting human being...nt SWBTATTReg Nov 2018 #4
The only silver lining... cannabis_flower Nov 2018 #5

aggiesal

(8,907 posts)
1. Pretty obvious who is he referring to ...
Tue Nov 13, 2018, 11:30 AM
Nov 2018

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)
3. He's taking the Blowhard O'Really tack...
Tue Nov 13, 2018, 11:49 AM
Nov 2018

...and call people who play back audio/video of him liars.

BumRushDaShow

(128,503 posts)
2. The Weekly Standard was the brainchild of Murdoch
Tue Nov 13, 2018, 11:38 AM
Nov 2018

although he eventually sold it. It is one of the bastions of the cons.

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
5. The only silver lining...
Tue Nov 13, 2018, 12:40 PM
Nov 2018

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.

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