Jan 22, 2015
Check out this piece from Matt Hildreth published today at the Des Moines Register. We’ve spent years on this blog pointing out how toxic Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is to national Republicans, calling DREAMers “deportable” and describing them as having “calves the size of cantaloupes,” and in general being the poster Congressman...
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This Saturday, leading Republican presidential contenders will travel to Iowa to attend anti-immigrant Rep. Steve King’s “Freedom Summit.” As the Des Moines Register previews, the event is “already pegged by the campaign-industrial complex as the kickoff to Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses.” As an earlier Register piece characterized, King is...
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Monica is a DACAmented Dreamer who grew up in rural Iowa and now attends the University Of Northern Iowa. She comes from a mixed status family with a sister who is also a Dreamer as well as two other U.S. citizen siblings. Monica’s member of Congress, Rep. Steve King,...
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Last year, Steve King famously held an anti-immigrant rally in Richmond, Virginia where nobody came. This year, King — along with the outgoing Michele Bachmann and Ted Cruz — didn’t even try to keep up the pretense, announcing a rally against executive action but then downgrading it to a press conference. As...
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As we wait for President Obama to announce his plans for executive action, the anti-immigrant rhetoric has been ratcheting up. Of particular note is the ugly tone adopted by Speaker John Boehner: The first, favored by the GOP leadership, would have Republicans denounce what House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio)...
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Not content to do absolutely nothing with Congress, Republicans are once again threatening to shut the government down. Both Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) this week floated the idea of another government shutdown — the second one this session — either as a way to force Congress to pass...
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Steve King held another town hall event in New Hampton, Iowa today, where he took a question from a DREAMer constituent — and then promptly shut her down. Monica Reyes, a resident of New Hampton, Iowa — part of King’s district — organized and turned out 20 people to King’s...
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Rand Paul is now going around insulting DREAMers — and Steve King is trying to fundraise off last week’s viral encounter with them. But many, including the Des Moines Register’s Editorial Board, are applauding Erika Andiola and Cesar Vargas for bravely confronting King and Paul in Iowa. The editorial...
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Rep. Steve King and Sen. Rand Paul, the two Congressional players in this week’s viral video confrontation with DREAMers Erika Andiola and Cesar Vargas — are now lashing out in response to how badly they came off in the video. Rand Paul, who became a national punchline after he ran away...
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Aug 5, 2014
Why Do Rand Paul and House Republicans Let this Guy Define the GOP? The video of yesterday’s confrontation between prominent Dreamer Erika Andiola and prominent nativist Rep. Steve King (R-IA) – featuring a cameo, and hilarious escape, by Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) – is generating plenty of attention and reaction. The...
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