Leaked Chats Reveal White Nationalist Plot To Keep Steve King In Office

A white nationalist group named a designated hate organization by the Southern Poverty Law Center reportedly waged a frantic campaign to keep Rep. Steve King (R-IA) in office after he suffered a backlash from other lawmakers. Identity Evropa is said to have urged members to donate to King's campaign and to popularize the group's tweets enough to get a social media endorsement from the lawmaker. HuffPost reports that the group worried about the backlash against King's “white nationalist” comments in Discord chatroom messages. “Steve King is more useful in Congress than as a nobody,” user TMatthews reportedly wrote. “He needs to be more careful about who he talks to and to not make tactless statements to the media.” Identity Evropa’s leader, Patrick Casey, then reportedly ordered members in the chatroom to call House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after news broke that King would be stripped of his committee assignments. “Your task for today is to call Kevin McCarthy’s office and let them know that you stand with Steve King—that you take issue with McCarthy’s kowtowing to the left. Call both of these numbers,” Casey reportedly wrote. “Let’s get to work.”



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