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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 01:07 PM Jun 2017

Steve King Partly Blames Obama For Divisive Politics That Led To Shooting

Source: Talking Points Memo


By ESME CRIBB Published JUNE 15, 2017 12:25 PM

Rep. Steve King (R-IA), a longtime proponent of the “birther” conspiracy theory aimed at undermining Barack Obama’s presidency, on Wednesday partly blamed the former President for political divisions King claimed led to a shooting at congressional Republicans’ baseball practice that left six people injured.

“I do want to put some of this at the feet of Barack Obama,” King said on Iowa radio station WHO, as flagged by CNN’s KFILE. “He contributed mightily to dividing us. He focused on our differences rather than our things that unify us. And this is some of the fruits of that labor.”

King, no stranger to divisive remarks himself, suggested in 2012 that Obama’s parents could have made false announcements in U.S. newspapers of Obama’s birth “by telegram from Kenya.”

He gave an infamous interview in 2013 in which he claimed that for every DREAMer who becomes a valedictorian “there’s another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert.” (John Boehner, then House speaker for King’s own conference, responded: “What an asshole.”)

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Steve King Partly Blames Obama For Divisive Politics That Led To Shooting (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2017 OP
King sure is a walking, talking compost heap isn't he? shraby Jun 2017 #1
Hey compost heaps are okay! NastyRiffraff Jun 2017 #4
I have two big 4x8 open compost bins. We put vegetable scraps, lawn clippings, leaves, what's left shraby Jun 2017 #11
Compost is useful. Need I go on? n/t sarge43 Jun 2017 #7
A Steve King compost heap is totally unhelpful. shraby Jun 2017 #12
Yes he is! atreides1 Jun 2017 #20
Steve King needs to put himself out to pasture. riversedge Jun 2017 #2
Yeah...Obama was black. Period. Very divisive. Atman Jun 2017 #3
I blame Eve. forgotmylogin Jun 2017 #28
Yes, Obama's choosing to be black was an intentional act of hostility aimed at deliberately.... Jack from Charlotte Jun 2017 #32
It's too bad projection isn't a crime. reflection Jun 2017 #5
Funny Thing Doug the Dem Jun 2017 #6
True Juliusseizure Jun 2017 #16
Good ol' Republican stand-by vlyons Jun 2017 #8
They use to blame Bill Clinton's penis Yavin4 Jun 2017 #34
First Time I can remember that I agree with ResistantAmerican17 Jun 2017 #9
The right has always been good at a "unified message" Docreed2003 Jun 2017 #10
What we have found out over recent years is, Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #29
Yeah! Let's blame Obama for being black and driving bigots crazy. WhiteTara Jun 2017 #13
How about your agenda Steve katmondoo Jun 2017 #14
He needs to look first at himself and his orange boy pal and their fav media, Faux. lark Jun 2017 #15
Really wish Weaver hadn't dropped out. I understand why she had to, but this guy is dangerous. rogue emissary Jun 2017 #17
Of course it was Obama. I have it on good authority he personally turned pictures of himself Vinca Jun 2017 #18
THAT............. MyOwnPeace Jun 2017 #24
I think he has Borderline Personality Disorder. demosincebirth Jun 2017 #19
OMG I just thought "how could anybody vote for him"! CozyMystery Jun 2017 #21
Iowa loves its Republicans, but it should be ashamed to have this idiot representing LuckyLib Jun 2017 #22
The Shooter videohead5 Jun 2017 #23
Except it's exactly the opposite Juliusseizure Jun 2017 #25
An openly avowed White Nationalist is blaming President Obama for the state of the nation? Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2017 #26
Thanks Iowa, for voting this cretin into office. pat yourselves on the back. JHan Jun 2017 #27
It isn't Iowa as a whole, just the voters in his insane district emulatorloo Jun 2017 #31
Funny, I don't believe I've ever heard of a Violent Deranged Obama Supporter. emulatorloo Jun 2017 #30
Eat me, Steve C_U_L8R Jun 2017 #33
Yeah, right Steve, he got hisself elected, therefore its's HIS fault. louis-t Jun 2017 #35
Presidenting while black is very divisive I guess. nt Lucky Luciano Jun 2017 #36
That's rich...just google "Steve King's vitriolic statements... airmid Jun 2017 #37
isn't he the same guy who said... imax2268 Jun 2017 #38
Racists always blame their victims. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2017 #39
A guy who makes Gohmert look smart. 6000eliot Jun 2017 #40
A racist says what? Solly Mack Jun 2017 #41

shraby

(21,946 posts)
11. I have two big 4x8 open compost bins. We put vegetable scraps, lawn clippings, leaves, what's left
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 01:17 PM
Jun 2017

of the gardens in the fall into them. We have 4 families who garden in our back yard, each having a large section, plus our own garden. I think they are about 20x50 each.
Makes for a lot of material to compost.
We don't allow neighbors to add their grass clipping to it because we don't want to take a chance for weed killers to get mixed in, this way we know what goes into it.

Build out of patio block on the bottom and cement blocks for the sides, we could make them as large as we wanted. Used to have one section, but with all the gardens we needed 2 of them

atreides1

(16,091 posts)
20. Yes he is!
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 01:27 PM
Jun 2017

And so is every voter in his district that keeps voting for him! I know it's Iowa, but there should be a limit on how many walking, talking compost heaps are allowed in one area!!!

forgotmylogin

(7,530 posts)
28. I blame Eve.
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 02:02 PM
Jun 2017

If she hadn't given Adam that apple and tempted him to sin, nobody would have gotten shot this week!








Jack from Charlotte

(2,367 posts)
32. Yes, Obama's choosing to be black was an intentional act of hostility aimed at deliberately....
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 02:19 PM
Jun 2017

insulting Republic Party members everywhere. As a result of his belligerent action, Obama deserves any and all insults, criticism and any physical assault any Republic in the country can deliver to him.

reflection

(6,286 posts)
5. It's too bad projection isn't a crime.
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 01:10 PM
Jun 2017

There would be a ton of Republicans arrested in the last 24 hours. They give a shit when THEY get shot. Screw you dry, Steve King.

Docreed2003

(16,869 posts)
10. The right has always been good at a "unified message"
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 01:14 PM
Jun 2017

To the point that it's like they're robots spewing the same lines again and again. But I never understood, and I still don't, the accusation that Obama was "divisive" and "focused on our differences".

The only thing I can wrap my head around is that somehow in their lily white, Evangelical worlds that somehow a strong leader who is a POC, who championed the right of all Americans and chose to highlight our diversity as a strength...that that equates to divisiveness. Just another bigoted dog whistle I suppose

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
29. What we have found out over recent years is,
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 02:03 PM
Jun 2017

people associate with certain groups(tribes) and if your group feels threaten,your defense mechanism kicks in. And if your tribe has the bully pulpit,tribal members react to protect other members.

Have for many years felt that Religion has killed more people via warfare than anything else.

lark

(23,147 posts)
15. He needs to look first at himself and his orange boy pal and their fav media, Faux.
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 01:22 PM
Jun 2017

That's where a lot of hate and violence is fostered and spread.

Vinca

(50,302 posts)
18. Of course it was Obama. I have it on good authority he personally turned pictures of himself
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 01:24 PM
Jun 2017

into Hitler for use on right wing posters. Then there were the times he sent around emails showing himself in full African tribal attire and sometimes he'd throw in a bonus: the picture of watermelons growing on the White House lawn. He barely had time to hang all the nooses for the faux lynchings, but President Obama is a man with much energy. I still don't know how he counterfeited his birth certificate so well.

MyOwnPeace

(16,937 posts)
24. THAT.............
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 01:41 PM
Jun 2017

is a FANTASTIC post! GAWD, I'd forgotten so much of that BS (self-survival mechanism, I'm sure) and of course nobody else will remember it either because, well, you know, "things were different then." (yeah, it was a black Democrat leading the country!)

CozyMystery

(652 posts)
21. OMG I just thought "how could anybody vote for him"!
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 01:29 PM
Jun 2017

I haven't had my coffee yet since I just got up. My "sleepy mind" obviously hasn't come to terms with the New Reality.

I really miss Obama!

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
22. Iowa loves its Republicans, but it should be ashamed to have this idiot representing
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 01:33 PM
Jun 2017

them.

He's disgusting!

videohead5

(2,181 posts)
23. The Shooter
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 01:37 PM
Jun 2017

Voted for Jill Stein he hated Hillary yes he supported Bernie but you really can't blame Bernie he never said anything that would provoke this nut to do what he did.Trump is the one that has been divisive.

Juliusseizure

(562 posts)
25. Except it's exactly the opposite
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 01:46 PM
Jun 2017

Obama spent 7 1/2 yrs trying to unify and 1/2 year too busy preserving evidence of Russian hacking/collusion to give a shit. That was honorable but naive. Republicans exist on division as strategy.

Sociopath Steve may be the most batshit crazy divisive congressman of the lot.

This just tweeted yesterday:

"The center of America is disappearing, and the violence is incited by the leading cultural voices of the Left. pgj.cc/kGAX1W"

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,191 posts)
26. An openly avowed White Nationalist is blaming President Obama for the state of the nation?
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 01:48 PM
Jun 2017

You don't say.....

emulatorloo

(44,173 posts)
31. It isn't Iowa as a whole, just the voters in his insane district
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 02:18 PM
Jun 2017

The rep where I live is a solid liberal.

imax2268

(6,004 posts)
38. isn't he the same guy who said...
Thu Jun 15, 2017, 03:17 PM
Jun 2017

"110 deaths is not alarming to me" talking about the horrid conditions at ICE detention facilities...?

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