Conservatives Can’t Let Fatigue of Political Correctness Dull Moral Outrage Over Steve King’s Racist Language

Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King supports a wall to help protect our nation from illegal immigration. So do I. But his language and actions indicate more than a desire to protect this nation’s culture or borders. They express xenophobia and bigotry that should not be tolerated in the Republican party.

This was shown most recently in the New York Times.

“White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” the Times alleged King said in an interview. “Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?”

I’ve never heard of people being offended by the phrase “Western civilization,” but the evils of white nationalism and supremacy do not require a Ph.D. in history to grasp. This was not the first time he has indicated antipathy toward certain people groups. He endorsed a Toronto mayoral candidate with ties to neo-Nazis and met with an Austrian party which has minimized the Holocaust. (To add insult to injury, he met with these bigots on a trip being financed by a Holocaust memorial group. After touring Auschwitz, he gave an interview to Austria’s anti-Semitic “unzensuriert” publication.)

Please enjoy the rest of this article on the Daily Caller.

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