Tag: Steve King

And once again, a low moment centered around one of the Democrats’ celebrity House freshmen, Ilhan Omar. Bernie Sanders called Trump racist: Ilhan Omar is a leader with strength and courage. Where is the regret over its rhetoric in the Kavanaugh confirmation battle? When the moment suits, then Omar and Ocasio-Cortez are the powerful voices of a new generation — in Ocasio-Cortez’s case, powerful enough to get Democratic presidential front-runners to immediately and eagerly sign on to her “Green New Deal.” Omar and her allies were powerful enough to get the Democrats to water down their condemnation of her blatant anti-Semitism. And make no mistake, their identity is part of their power. But then when the moment changes, the meaning of their identity changes. When Republicans attack, there is indignation. The powerful are attacking the powerless. They cannot work diligently to elevate Omar’s voice and then rule out of bounds attacks against the person they’ve elevated — especially when her own words are often hateful and cruel. But powerful people are responsible for their words and ideas, and when Omar goes too far, it is not racist — nor is it incitement — to call her to account.

Our Political Fights Are Intense Because We No Longer Agree on the Rules Matthew Walther, writing about Julian Assange in The Week, lists how many Democrats and Republicans changed their minds about Assange depending upon whose secrets he was exposing and concludes: [if Assange exposes Trump’s secrets], we can expect to see both sides revert once more to their circa 2010 defaults. One of the reasons our politics is so contentious and angry is that we can’t agree on what the rules are. But a vocal chunk of Americans don’t really care about what the policies are; they would much rather argue that their side is right. For many people, it depends upon the partisan status of the person accused. For many Americans, when the side they like uses heated rhetoric, it’s speaking truth to power. Is the desire to make more money inherently greedy? For years, the mantra of Bernie Sanders was that the wealthy were driven by an intensely selfish desire: “How many yachts do billionaires need? Boy, Joe Biden’s efforts in the fight about forced busing and desegregation sure are getting a lot of attention these days, aren’t they? At the time, the motivation for spotlighting the teens was clear: to disagree with their often-heated and sometimes factually wrong assertions about gun violence amounted to “attacking children” in the eyes of their pro-gun control allies. Say, who’s the president married to again?

CNN's Sara Sidner reports on Rep. Steve King (R-IA) holding a town hall where he said his controversial white nationalist comments were misrepresented. #CNN #News

Watch The House Floor live: The House now is now considering a “resolution of disapproval” on the conduct of Rep. Steve King. The House is considering this resolution as a “suspension” bill. As a trade off for getting the measure…

Rep. Steve King's 2020 primary challenger, Iowa Republican state Sen. Randy Feenstra, talks to CNN's Don Lemon after King was removed from committee assignments following racist comments he made in an interview with The New York Times. #CNN #News

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says there is no place in Congress or the country for an ideology of racial supremacy and that fellow Republican Steve King's statements are unworthy of his elected position. #SpecialReport #FoxNews FOX News Channel (FNC)…

CNN's Don Lemon ponders how the GOP can stand by Rep. Steve King, the Iowa Republican who has a history of making racially inflammatory remarks, after he made sympathetic comments towards white supremacists. #CNN #News

The white nationalist Iowa Republican took issue with being asked about the similarities between his ideology and that of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premier destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines,…

Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King was condemned by the head of the NRCC. The Des Moines Register editorial board writes, "The GOP has been turning a deaf ear for years as King has vilified undocumented immigrants as drug mules, palled…

With only six days left before America goes to the polls, Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle are joined by Tampa Bay Times Political Editor Adam Smith to discuss the latest in midterm news including which states could have toss-up elections,…