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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,986 posts) Tue Sep 11, 2018, 05:05 PM Sep 2018

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) accuses black students of supporting 'George Wallace's segregation'

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) accused black students of supporting "segregation" in a tweet reacting to an article from 2016 detailing requests for "safe spaces" at universities and colleges.

King accused black students of supporting "Governor George Wallace’s segregation" instead of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message of racial harmony and equality.

"Black Students Demand Segregation: Black students are trading Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s integration in for Governor George Wallace’s segregation...a societal degradation," the lawmaker wrote on Monday.

Link to tweet

King highlighted an article on the right-leaning college website The College Fix from January 2016 titled "Black students demand segregated spaces from white students."

The report noted demands from minority student groups from various colleges and universities around the country that were compiled by a now-defunct web site, TheDemands.org.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/406104-gop-lawmaker-accuses-black-students-of-supporting-george-wallaces-segregation

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Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) accuses black students of supporting 'George Wallace's segregation' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2018 OP

Stupid racist punk, keep it up, asshole. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2018 #1

All safe spaces are intended for a particular sub-group. guillaumeb Sep 2018 #2

This is his Dem challenger! SkyDancer Sep 2018 #3

Says the white supremacist repuke from Iowa. muntrv Sep 2018 #4

Then the Republican Party is a segregated "safe space" for white supremacists. nt procon Sep 2018 #5

A pus on the herpes sore qazplm135 Sep 2018 #6

Steve King, a real authority on African American culture and history. VOX Sep 2018 #7

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

1. Stupid racist punk, keep it up, asshole.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Sep 11, 2018, 05:07 PM

Sep 2018

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

2. All safe spaces are intended for a particular sub-group.

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Tue Sep 11, 2018, 05:07 PM

Sep 2018

But if King does not understand the difference between a safe space for a group and state sponsored segregation, he is even more of an idiot than I thought.