Mediaite reports:
The most shamelessly racist Republican in Congress is back on his bullshit. Rep. Steve King of Iowa — who, just recently, retweeted a neo-Nazi and cited a white supremacist publication on his congressional website — commented on a photo of seven Hispanic boys and claimed they are “prime MS-13 gang material.” Given King’s history of promoting white supremacy, the tweet should come as no surprise, but he still received a barrage of backlash from pundits, journalists, and other Twitter users for reaching peak white anxiety.
“Young boys” all old enough to be tried as adults or serve in the military and are prime MS-13 gang material & certainly grew up in the culture of one of the top 10 most violent countries in the world. https://t.co/r8Ur40tqhd
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) June 22, 2018
Yet another racist hot take from the king of racist hot takes @SteveKingIA
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) June 22, 2018
Besides the obvious Hispanic-fearmongering here, these teens don’t look old enough to serve in the military. https://t.co/eQs4v00AjE
— andrew kaczynski? (@KFILE) June 22, 2018
Steve King cites VDARE, retweeted a Nazi sympathizer, did a panel (which he defended) with white nationalist Peter Brimelow on “The Failure of Multiculturalism.”
And every GOP presidential candidate basically kisses his ring in Iowa every four years.
— andrew kaczynski? (@KFILE) June 22, 2018
He RTed a literal Nazi the other day and now Congressman King is spewing pure bigotry about underage kids. https://t.co/LQq02D6x1x
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) June 22, 2018
Did we ever get a comment about why this congressman retweeted propaganda from a Nazi? https://t.co/KgcgNR64qc
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 22, 2018