Even the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee criticized him. Ted Cruz backed King up.
You have to be a real right-wing extremist to consider the Des Moines Register leftist propaganda. But basically that's now the label for any kind of honest reporting https://t.co/hogfPkC7ac
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 6, 2018
Steve King had quite the temper tantrum today https://t.co/KTtLO5CAt1 pic.twitter.com/oSdQX65CL0
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 1, 2018
The junior Senator from Texas wouldn’t stand up for his wife or dad when Trump attacked them. Instead he pledged his complete devotion. But when it comes to Steve King, a white supremacist and national embarrassment he is all in. One would think Texans might like to trade up https://t.co/LyGubEKC1k
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) November 1, 2018
Des Moines Register Ed. board: "In his almost 16 years in Congress, [Steve] King has passed exactly one bill as primary sponsor, redesignating a post office … Instead, he spends his time meeting with fascist leaders in Europe and retweeting neo-Nazis." https://t.co/hEa3Ke5ii6
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 1, 2018
That King is even stepping foot in the White House, let alone getting a 75-minute window with the president, is almost unfathomable to those who have followed his career. Yet here we are https://t.co/Zd10lYHcBf
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) November 1, 2018
.@Scholten4Iowa, who is challenging @SteveKingIA in #IA04, has raised over $641,000 in the past two days alone. His campaign is going to launch a big TV blitz https://t.co/wjnst26OXw
— Zach Montellaro (@ZachMontellaro) November 1, 2018
Rep. Stivers, the head of the National Republican Congressional Committee, condemned Rep. Steve King, tweeting that his "recent comments, actions, and retweets are completely inappropriate." https://t.co/TcJX1pBPUT
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) November 1, 2018
Steve King does not represent Iowa's values | By Jacy Gomez, a former congressional staffer for Sen. Chuck Grassley, via @CNNOpinion https://t.co/kN6IfYfjWU pic.twitter.com/jad9GKnC2g
— CNN (@CNN) October 31, 2018
On Monday, as companies such as Land O’ Lakes and Intel said they could no longer support King because of his history of racist remarks, the National Beer Wholesalers Association PAC and Black Hills Corporate PAC each wrote checks to the King campaign. https://t.co/gUozMUUu4x
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 1, 2018
Could Steve King finally lose? https://t.co/hGg03Mwqb4 pic.twitter.com/YU299AOkv1
— Slate (@Slate) November 1, 2018
Steve King's explanation for his racially charged comments is epically bad | Analysis by CNN's Chris Cillizza https://t.co/OFBLdHNmZ5 pic.twitter.com/oAw54GCKHv
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 1, 2018
Land O'Lakes and Purina, the two companies that dumped Iowa Rep. Steve King this week over his incendiary comments, learned what a growing number of corporate interests are discovering in a hyper-partisan America: It doesn't always pay to play in politics https://t.co/UdhJGzN9FK
— CNN (@CNN) November 1, 2018
“Anti-Semitic and offensive:” Jewish watchdog group slams GOP Rep. Steve King https://t.co/YGShE8kf8b pic.twitter.com/BE2H3ZArR1
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) November 1, 2018
update 11/2/18:
In previously unreported tweets, Steve King promoted a website that advocates for the "geographical separation of the races," states that Jewish people are conspiring against Europe and the United States, and pushes Holocaust denialism. https://t.co/64dtbS3tPF
— Eric Hananoki (@ehananoki) November 1, 2018
"There have been times over the past few years when GOP reluctance to condemn even the most outrageous comments from their own had us wondering if there were party leaders willing to defend any norms. Stivers shows the way."https://t.co/cOy8nv6ZJO
— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) November 1, 2018
Iowa Jews Always Knew About Steve King. They’re Glad You Noticed Too. https://t.co/pzbtKmk0yX via @ellievhall
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) November 2, 2018
Steve King getting hit by last-minute, $115,000 ad campaign from "American Values PAC," a new group, formed this year, funded entirely by Boston hedge fund manager Seth Klarman — once the biggest GOP donor from New England, who made a high-profile conversion to Dems this cycle
— David Wright (@DavidWright_CNN) November 3, 2018
Is Steve King in trouble? Convergence of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and his own racially tinged remarks, threaten a re-election bid that once looked assured. https://t.co/hq5NxyIMmh
— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) November 3, 2018
update 11/5/18
Rep. Steve King just now in Hampton, Iowa, talking about the courts, says after the election maybe “we’ll have a 7-2 court” and maybe we’ll get lucky and “Kagan and Sotomayor will elope to Cuba.”
— Adam Rubenstein (@RubensteinAdam) November 5, 2018
Steve King said today that he hopes Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor "will elope to Cuba." https://t.co/jm1ZQR8Qoa
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 6, 2018
update 11/6/18
If you're just tuning in, @SteveKingIA in #IA04 has barred Iowa's largest newspaper from his election night event. #iapolitics https://t.co/XoFXJAQrE6
— Barbara Rodriguez (@bcrodriguez) November 6, 2018
update 11/10/18:
"King claimed our reporter lied. He didn’t. He claimed we didn’t have a recording. We do. He insisted we refused to release the audio. Untrue." The audio makes clear King was quoted accurately. We stand by the story.https://t.co/80Ue6pRMnc
— Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) November 11, 2018
update 11/11/18
The first thing that should happen under the Democratic House majority in January is a censure vote for this despicable white supremacist https://t.co/u1pERP6eor
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) November 11, 2018