“What if we went back through all the family trees and just pulled out anyone who was a product of rape or incest?” - Republican congressman’s comments cause a stir in the US
Several Democratic and Republican legislators have called on US Representative Steve King to resign after the Iowa lawmaker made an offensive comment about rape and incest.
“Considering all the wars and all the rapes and pillages that happened throughout all these different nations, I know that I can’t say that I was not a part of a product of that.”King has been elected to Congress nine times, despite his long history of making offensive comments and pushing legislation many deem bigoted.
Republican Liz Cheney, a US representative from Wyoming, decried King’s comments as “appalling and bizarre”. Sanders, a progressive Senator from Vermont, wrote on Twitter: “Steve King is a racist, a misogynist and a disgrace to the country. He should not be a member of the United States Congress.” “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilisation—how did that language become offensive?” King said in the New York Times interview.
“I don’t want people doing my pork that won’t eat it, let alone hope I go to hell for eating pork chops,” he said in the interview.Although Goldy lost that election by a wide margin, King described her as “Pro Western Civilization and a fighter for our values [sic]”.
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