Steve King, House Republican With a History of Racist Remarks, Loses Primary
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Source: NYT
Representative Steve King of Iowa, the nine-term Republican with a history of racist comments who only recently became a party pariah, lost his bid for renomination early Wednesday, one of the biggest defeats of the 2020 primary season in any state.
In a five-way primary, Mr. King was defeated by Randy Feenstra, a state senator, who had the backing of mainstream state and national Republicans who found Mr. King an embarrassment and, crucially, a threat to a safe Republican seat if he were on the ballot in November.
The defeat was most likely the final political blow to one of the nation’s most divisive elected officials, whose insults of undocumented immigrants foretold the messaging of President Trump, and whose flirtations with extremism led him far from rural Iowa, to meetings with anti-Muslim crusaders in Europe and an endorsement of a Toronto mayoral candidate with neo-Nazi ties.
In interviews over the years, voters in Iowa’s most conservative region downplayed Mr. King’s incendiary comments. His loss after 18 years in office was mainly because opponents painted him as ineffective after party leaders in Congress stripped him of his committee assignments last year.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/us/politics/steve-king-iowa-primary.html
Of course, racist Iowans didn't remove him due to racism, just the consequences of racism.
But, I'll take it!
So long, motherfucker!!!
2020 officially doesn't entirely suck....
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Will Randy Feenstra be worst?
Vote Blue!
