It is a mystery as to why Iowa Representative Steve King is still in Congress, but now that he doesn't have committee assignments, he doesn't have much to lose, perhaps?
February 13, 2019

Steve King ought to be a goner, but he's still in Congress, still on Twitter, still plugging his particularly putrid brand of racism for all the world to see.

Monday he tweeted this little ditty from a marketing flyer sent out by a small racist Arkansas market owner.

"“Heaven has a wall, a gate and a strict immigration policy. Hell has open borders.”

How does he know, do you suppose? Did he check it out himself? If not, perhaps he should.

Twitter had thoughts:

Here is a factual correction, if Revelation is to be believed:

Accurate:

My favorite muse, Part I:

My favorite muse, Part II:

Best headline:

As for the racist jerk who sent this incredibly racist, inaccurate, xenophobic-yet-pithy saying out, no apologies. "I am for the company and I am for God. There’s nothing wrong with what that statement says," grocery store manager Jack Digby said.

Yeah, well, there is, especially when racist Congressmen use it to justify their ugly prejudice.

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