Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Boehner Forced to Repudiate GOP Rep. Steve King’s Racist Remarks


If one wants to see the true face of today's Republican Party, one need look no farther than Rep. Steve King's (R-IA) who is pictured above.  The man is a homophobe, racist and would have women be obedient chattel of their husbands.  However, while many GOP elected officials dance around and try to cloak the party's agenda, King shouts it from the roof tops.  Recently, King engaged in an extremely racist anti-immigrant rant that went so far over the top that even spineless House Speaker John Boehner  felt compelled to do some damage control.  Talking Points Memo looks at both Kings rant and Boehner's attempt to hide the real GOP agenda.  Here are highlights:

Rep. Steve King's (R-IA) comments last week disparaging young undocumented immigrants went a step too far, drawing a Tuesday night condemnation from Republican House Speaker John Boehner.

Arguing against legalizing undocumented immigrants in an interview with Newsmax, the tea party stalwart said that for every valedictorian DREAMer -- an immigrant brought to the U.S. as a child -- there are existed 100 more who carried drugs across the border.

"For everyone who's 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,” he said. “Those people would be legalized with the same act."

Boehner called the remark "wrong."

"There can be honest disagreements about policy without using hateful language," he said in a statement. "Everyone needs to remember that."

Democrats and the White House also condemned the comment earlier in the day.

Don't be fooled by Boehner.  King is the true face of today's GOP, especially it's Christofascists/Tea Party controlled base.

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