Steve King

thumb|White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization - how did that language become offensive? Steven Arnold King (May 28, 1949 –) is an American politician and businessman who served as a U.S. representative from Iowa from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he represented the 5th congressional district| until redistricting meant he began representing the 4th district. Quotes Some of them are valedictorians — and their parents brought them in. It wasn't their fault. It's true in some cases, but they aren't all valedictorians. They weren't all brought in by their parents. For everyone who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there who weigh 130 pounds — and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert. July 18, 2013 (Rep. Steve King: Numbers Show More Drug 'Mules' Than Valedictorians Newsmax Greg Richter July 24, 2013 https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/steve-king-drug-mules/2013/07/24/id/516905/; Steve King Wants to Protect the Border from Cantaloupe-Sized Calves Elspeth Reeve July 23, 2013 The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/07/steve-king-wants-protect-border-cantaloupe-sized-calves/312984/; GOP leaders denounce Rep. Steve King for calling most illegal immigrants ‘drug mules’ The Washington Post David Nakamura July 24, 2013 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-leaders-denounce-rep-steve-king-for-calling-most-illegal-immigrants-drug-mules/2013/07/24/87441590-f479-11e2-a2f1-a7acf9bd5d3a_story.html?utm_term=.ac07ae4c417f; What, Congressman Steve King Asks, Have Nonwhites Done for Civilization? Daniel Victor July 18, 2016 The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/politics/steve-king-nonwhite-subgroups.html; Rep. Steve King wonders what ‘sub-groups’ besides whites made contributions to civilization Philip Bump July 18, 2016 The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/18/rep-steve-king-wonders-what-sub-groups-besides-whites-made-contributions-to-civilization/; Ebony A Short List of Rep. Steve King’s Most Volatile Remarks March 15, 2017 https://www.ebony.com/news/steve-king-racial-remarks/; Steve King's Improbable Ascendance David A. Graham The Atlantic March 13, 2017 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/steve-king-nearer-the-throne/519336/; 'He's so openly racist': why does Iowa keep electing Steve King to Congress? Tom McCarthy October 27, 2018 The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/26/hes-so-openly-racist-why-does-iowa-keep-electing-steve-king-to-congress; Rep. Steve King warns that ‘our civilization’ can’t be restored with ‘somebody else’s babies’ Philip Bump March 12, 2017 The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/12/rep-steve-king-warns-that-our-civilization-cant-be-restored-with-somebody-elses-babies/; Steve King tweet backing Geert Wilders sparks social media backlash BBC March 13, 2017 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39250251) [Global warming] is not proven, it's not science. It's more of a religion than a science...Everything that might result from a warmer planet is always bad in [environmentalists'] analysis...There will be more photosynthesis going on if the Earth gets warmer...And if sea levels go up 4 or 6 inches, I don't know if we'd know that...We don't know where sea level is even, let alone be able to say that it's going to come up an inch globally because some polar ice caps might melt because there's CO2 suspended in the atmosphere. At an event sponsored by Americans for Prosperity (Salon Steve King: Global warming "more of a religion than a science" Jillian Rayfield August 7, 2013 https://www.salon.com/2013/08/07/steve_king_global_warming_more_of_a_religion_than_a_science/; Rep. King: Global warming ‘more of a religion than a science’ The HIll Ben Geman August 7, 2013 https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/316047-rep-king-global-warming-more-of-a-religion-than-a-science) I had a strong, Christian lawyer tell me yesterday that, under this decision that he has read, what it brings about is: It only requires one human being in this relationship -- that you could marry your lawnmower with this decision. I think he's right. July 1, 2015 (King, Ernst address same-sex marriage during local stops July 7, 2015 Russ Mitchell Dickinson County News https://www.dickinsoncountynews.com/story/2211322.html; Steve King tweet backing Geert Wilders sparks social media backlash BBC March 13, 2017 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39250251; Stephen Colbert prepares for Steve King’s new age of man-lawnmower marriage Team Fix September 26, 2015 The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/09/26/stephen-colbert-prepares-for-steve-kings-new-age-of-man-lawnmower-marriage-video/; Why Steve King Keeps Winning Dave Price March 16, 2017 Politico https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/why-steve-king-keeps-winning-214913; August 8, 2015 Uh Oh! Republican Warns That People May Soon Be Marrying Their Lawnmowers Cavan Sieczkowski HuffPost https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republican-lawnmowers-gay-marriage_us_55c2114ae4b0f7f0bebafe73) If we continue down this path, I assure you it will not take long for our country to crumble. Illegal immigrants utterly disregard our Rule of Law and way of life here in America. They already break our laws by coming illegally so what will stop them from continuing to do so? Steve King: Remembering Iowa’s Sarah Root, 21-Year-Old Killed By Illegal Alien (May 24, 2016) It's not about Harriet Tubman, it's about keeping the picture on the $20. Y'know? Why would you want to change that? I am a conservative, I like to keep what we have. Here's what's really happening: This is liberal activism on the part of the president that's trying to identify people by categories, and he's divided us on the lines of groups. ... This is a divisive proposal on the part of the president, and mine's unifying. It says just don't change anything. June 21, 2016, defending his proposed amendment to a bill funding the United States Department of the Treasury prohibiting the department from redesigning any currency to showcase Harriet Tubman (House GOP dodges vote to block Harriet Tubman from $20 bill Matthew Nussbaum June 21, 2016 Politico https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/house-could-vote-to-block-harriet-tubman-from-20-bill-224637; Rep. Steve King wonders what ‘sub-groups’ besides whites made contributions to civilization Philip Bump July 18, 2016 The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/18/rep-steve-king-wonders-what-sub-groups-besides-whites-made-contributions-to-civilization/; What Steve King Doesn't Understand About Harriet Tubman David A. Graham June 22, 2016 The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/steve-king-harriet-tubman/488219/; Rep. King's Move to Block Harriet Tubman From $20 Comes Up Short June 22, 2016 Halimah Abdullah NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rep-king-s-move-block-harriet-tubman-20-comes-short-n596946) King: This ‘old, white people’ business does get a little tired, Charlie [Pierce]. I’d ask you to go back through history and figure out where are these contributions that have been made by these other categories of people that you’re talking about. Where did any other subgroup of people contribute more to civilization?Chris Hayes: Than white people?King: Than Western civilization itself. It’s rooted in western Europe, eastern Europe and the United States of America and every place where the footprint of Christianity settled the world. That’s all of Western civilization. July 18, 2016 (Steve King raises eyebrows with racially charged comments July 19, 2016 Steve Benen NBC News http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/steve-king-raises-eyebrows-racially-charged-comments; July 18, 2016 A GOP Congressman Just Made An Argument For White Supremacy On Live TV Nick Visser HuffPost https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/steve-king-white-people-western-civilization_us_578d5f34e4b0a0ae97c320ed; What, Congressman Steve King Asks, Have Nonwhites Done for Civilization? Daniel Victor July 18, 2016 The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/19/us/politics/steve-king-nonwhite-subgroups.html; Rep. Steve King wonders what ‘sub-groups’ besides whites made contributions to civilization Philip Bump July 18, 2016 The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/18/rep-steve-king-wonders-what-sub-groups-besides-whites-made-contributions-to-civilization/; Time Rep. Steve King Asks What 'Subgroup' Contributed More to Civilization Than Whites July 19, 2016 Sarah Begley http://time.com/4411953/steve-king-subgroup-whites/; What Steve King’s ‘sub groups’ musing says about the party of Donald Trump Amber Phillips July 19, 2016 The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/22/what-steve-kings-fight-against-the-harriet-tubman-20-bill-says-about-the-gop-in-2016/; Ebony A Short List of Rep. Steve King’s Most Volatile Remarks March 15, 2017 https://www.ebony.com/news/steve-king-racial-remarks/; Steve King's Improbable Ascendance David A. Graham The Atlantic March 13, 2017 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/steve-king-nearer-the-throne/519336/; 'He's so openly racist': why does Iowa keep electing Steve King to Congress? Tom McCarthy October 27, 2018 The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/26/hes-so-openly-racist-why-does-iowa-keep-electing-steve-king-to-congress; Rep. Steve King warns that ‘our civilization’ can’t be restored with ‘somebody else’s babies’ Philip Bump March 12, 2017 The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/12/rep-steve-king-warns-that-our-civilization-cant-be-restored-with-somebody-elses-babies/; Steve King tweet backing Geert Wilders sparks social media backlash BBC March 13, 2017 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39250251) But you know, you know that statistically the greatest danger to a black man in America is another black man. July 21, 2016 to BuzzFeed News, when asked about relations between African Americans and police (BuzzFeed Steve King Says The "Greatest Danger To A Black Man In America Is Another Black Man" Meg Cramer Ema O'Connor July 21, 2016 https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/megcramer/steve-king-says; Ebony A Short List of Rep. Steve King’s Most Volatile Remarks March 15, 2017 https://www.ebony.com/news/steve-king-racial-remarks/; Steve King tweet backing Geert Wilders sparks social media backlash BBC March 13, 2017 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39250251; Essence GOP Congressman Steve King Continues To Uphold White Supremacy, Defends Racist Tweet: ‘I Mean Exactly What I Said’ Mariya Moseley March 13, 2017 https://www.essence.com/news/steve-king-defends-racist-tweet/) We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies. March 12, 2017 on Twitter, tweeting in support of Dutch politician Geert Wilders (Rep. Steve King Stands By Controversial Tweet About 'Somebody Else's Babies' March 13, 2017 Brian Naylor NPR https://www.npr.org/2017/03/13/519975423/rep-steve-king-stands-by-controversial-tweet-about-somebody-elses-babies; King doubles down on controversial 'babies' tweet Theodore Schleifer CNN New Day March 14, 2017 https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/13/politics/steve-king-babies-tweet-cnntv/index.html; Essence GOP Congressman Steve King Continues To Uphold White Supremacy, Defends Racist Tweet: ‘I Mean Exactly What I Said’ Mariya Moseley March 13, 2017 https://www.essence.com/news/steve-king-defends-racist-tweet/; GOP lawmaker: 'We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies' Paulina Firozi March 12, 2017 The Hill https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/323606-gop-lawmaker-invokes-far-right-dutch-politician-in-retweet; Rep. Steve King warns that ‘our civilization’ can’t be restored with ‘somebody else’s babies’ Philip Bump March 12, 2017 The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/12/rep-steve-king-warns-that-our-civilization-cant-be-restored-with-somebody-elses-babies/; Steve King tweet backing Geert Wilders sparks social media backlash BBC March 13, 2017 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39250251) I'd like to see an America that is just so homogeneous that we look a lot the same. March 13, 2017, to host Chris Cuomo on CNN's New Day (King doubles down on controversial 'babies' tweet Theodore Schleifer CNN New Day March 14, 2017 https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/13/politics/steve-king-babies-tweet-cnntv/index.html; Steve King: Republican congressman under fire for anti-Islam endorsement says he wants 'an America so homogeneous that we look the same' Andrew Buncombe March 13, 2017 The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/steve-king-republican-geert-wilders-tweet-wants-everyone-to-look-the-same-a7627216.html; Steve King's Improbable Ascendance David A. Graham The Atlantic March 13, 2017 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/steve-king-nearer-the-throne/519336/; Rep. Steve King Stands By Controversial Tweet About 'Somebody Else's Babies' March 13, 2017 Brian Naylor NPR https://www.npr.org/2017/03/13/519975423/rep-steve-king-stands-by-controversial-tweet-about-somebody-elses-babies; 'He's so openly racist': why does Iowa keep electing Steve King to Congress? Tom McCarthy October 27, 2018 The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/26/hes-so-openly-racist-why-does-iowa-keep-electing-steve-king-to-congress; Steve King tweet backing Geert Wilders sparks social media backlash BBC March 13, 2017 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39250251) Every American should take note of those candidates who stand with the economic interests of America’s citizens, and who stand with the Rule of Law, by rejecting Amnesty in all its forms. It is wrong when Democrats seek to demean the intrinsic value of American citizenship by importing the Third World to replace the millions of voters their redistributionist policies and racial grievance politics have driven away. It is also wrong when Republican leadership conveniently chooses to waive the application of the law to guarantee a supply of unskilled and low-cost workers for their corporate benefactors. Rep. Steve King: ‘DACA’ – ‘Delivering Amnesty to Central Americans’ (September 26, 2017) Without the right to life, how would an individual’s rights become vested? How could any other rights be realized if one’s very life could be taken away by another who is exercising their right to liberty or pursuit of happiness? Jefferson articulated a prioritized set of rights; first the right to life, then the right to liberty, then the pursuit of happiness. Each right was carefully prioritized in sequential order because the right to life trumps all other rights. No one can take a human life in exercising their liberties and no one can take a life or take away the liberty of another in their pursuit of happiness. If the right to life can be taken by another, then no right of anyone is protected. Rep. Steve King: Protecting the Unborn Reaffirms Jefferson’s Truths (November 1, 2017) White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization – how did that language become offensive? Iowa Republican Steve King faces party action over 'white supremacist' remark, January 13, 2018 The rationale is that if infidels are eating this pork, they aren't eating it, so as long as they're preparing this pork for infidels, it helps send 'em to hell and it'll make Allah happy. I don't want people doing my pork that won't eat it. Let alone hope I'll go to hell for eating pork chops. June 22, 2018 on Breitbart Radio (Steve King doesn't want Somali Muslims to package pork in his district Jamie Ehrlich CNN June 22, 2018 https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/22/politics/steve-king-muslims-pork/index.html; Republican Steve King Says He Doesn't Want Muslims Handling Pork Because They’re Helping ‘Infidels’ Go to Hell Greg Price June 22, 2018 Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/republican-muslims-pork-infidels-congressman-992394; GOP lawmaker said he doesn't want Muslims working at pork plants in his district Justin Wise June 25, 2018 The Hill https://thehill.com/homenews/house/393919-steve-king-said-he-doesnt-want-muslims-to-work-in-pork-plants-in-his-iowa) What if we went back through all the family trees and just pulled out anyone who was a product of rape or incest? Would there be any population of the world left if we did that? 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....Just because a conception happened in bad circumstances doesn't mean the result isn't a person. It's not the baby's fault for the sin of the father, or of the mother. August 14 2019, speaking to the Westside Conservative Club in Urbandale (U.S. Rep. Steve King: If not for rape and incest, 'would there be any population left?' Robin Opsahl Des Moines Register August 14, 2019 https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/14/steve-king-abortion-rape-incest-westside-conservative-iowa-representative-birth-iowa-civilization/2007230001/; Republican Steve King: if not for incest and rape 'would there be any population left?' The Guardian Tom McCarthy August 14, 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/14/steve-king-iowa-republican-rape-incest-abortion; NBC News Steve King questions if humanity would exist without 'rape or incest' Allan Smith August 14, 2019 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/steve-king-questions-if-humanity-would-exist-without-rape-or-n1042326; Stevens Matt https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/14/us/politics/steve-king-rape-incest.html Steve King Asks if There Would Be 'Any Population' Left Without Rape and Incest The New York Times August 14, 2019) Quotes about Steve King What an asshole. John Boehner, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, speaking to Representative Joaquin Castro (w:Joaquin Castro Joaquin Castro Mr. Castro Goes to Washington February 2014 Texas Monthly https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/mr-castro-goes-to-washington/; Steve King's Improbable Ascendance David A. Graham The Atlantic March 13, 2017 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/steve-king-nearer-the-throne/519336/; John Boehner's best swears Russell Berman March 28, 2014 The Hill https://thehill.com/homenews/house/202000-john-boehners-best-swears; Steve King: Speaker Never Apologized for 'Indelicate' Insult January 31, 2014 Daniel Newhauser Roll Call https://www.rollcall.com/news/steve-king-speaker-never-apologized-for-indelicate-insult) GOD BLESS STEVE KING!!! David Duke, on Twitter March 12, 2017 (Rep. Steve King warns that ‘our civilization’ can’t be restored with ‘somebody else’s babies’ Philip Bump March 12, 2017 The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/12/rep-steve-king-warns-that-our-civilization-cant-be-restored-with-somebody-elses-babies/; 'He's so openly racist': why does Iowa keep electing Steve King to Congress? Tom McCarthy October 27, 2018 The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/26/hes-so-openly-racist-why-does-iowa-keep-electing-steve-king-to-congress; House overwhelmingly passes resolution condemning Iowa GOP Rep. King's racist comments January 15, 2019 Benjy Sarlin NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-overwhelmingly-passes-resolution-condemning-iowa-gop-rep-king-s-n958986; Rep. Steve King Stands By Controversial Tweet About 'Somebody Else's Babies' March 13, 2017 Brian Naylor NPR https://www.npr.org/2017/03/13/519975423/rep-steve-king-stands-by-controversial-tweet-about-somebody-elses-babies; Steve King tweet backing Geert Wilders sparks social media backlash BBC March 13, 2017 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39250251) External links Congressman Steve King The New York Times A Timeline of Steve King’s Racist Remarks and Divisive Actions Trip Gabriel January 15, 2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/us/politics/steve-king-offensive-quotes.html Steve King Quote of the Day: 100 Days of Quotes from (and about) Iowa's 4th District Congressman http://stevekingquoteoftheday.com/ Category:Republican Party (United States) politicians‎ Category:1949 births Category:Living people Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives Category:Businesspeople from the United States Category:Activists from the United States Category:Catholics from the United States Category:Conspiracy theorists Category:Critics of Islam Category:White supremacists Category:People from Iowa