Politics Aug 14 Rep. King justifies banning abortion by suggesting that world was populated by ‘rape or incest’ Speaking before a conservative group in the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale, the Iowa congressman reviewed legislation he has sought that would outlaw abortions without exceptions for rape and incest. By Scott McFetridge, Associated Press
Politics Jan 16 White House: Rep. Steve King’s white supremacy remarks ‘abhorrent’ Presidential press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is praising the move by House Republicans to strip the nine-term Iowa lawmaker of his committee assignments. By Associated Press
Politics Jan 15 Watch 8:59 Why Republicans are rebuking Rep. Steve King now After a long history of controversial statements by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, House Republicans stripped the 16-year congressman of his committee membership on Monday night. He recently wondered in The New York Times how terms like "white nationalist" and "white…
Politics Jan 15 Iowa’s Steve King off House committees after white supremacy remark Veteran Republican Rep. Steve King will be blocked from committee assignments for the next two years after lamenting that white supremacy and white nationalism have become offensive terms. By Matthew Daly, Laurie Kellman, Associated Press
Jan 14 Mitch McConnell denounces Rep. Steve King over white supremacy remark By Laurie Kellman, Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Senate majority leader is the highest-ranking Republican to criticize King, R-Iowa, who lamented last week that white supremacy and white nationalism have become offensive terms. Meanwhile, House Democrats said they'll seek formal punishment for King. Continue reading
Nov 07 GOP Rep. Steve King wins 9th term in Iowa By Associated Press Voters re-elected King despite a string of controversies about comments and meetings he has held involving other candidates and groups characterized as white nationalists. King has argued that all those he met or made comments about were simply conservatives. Continue reading
Mar 13 Rep. Steve King: U.S. doesn’t need ‘somebody else’s babies’ By Associated Press WASHINGTON — A veteran Iowa Republican congressman says America can’t restore “our civilization with somebody else’s babies” and warns of a liberal effort to break down Western civilization. Rep. Steve King, in a tweet Sunday, paid tribute to a Dutch… Continue reading