Monday, November 5, 2018

Local Paper and Interfaith Leaders Blast Iowa Rep. Steve King: “Those Were Not Easy Words for Us to Write”

https://theintercept.com/2018/10/30/steve-king-tree-of-life/?fbclid=IwAR14yuEFS08zm5plHaQ_nbjJjl8F5GtfkXb_XfOzQ6vcSSFAiO8HiIPrKxk
"IOWA FAITH LEADERS are demanding that backers of white nationalist Rep. Steve King pull their financial support of his re-election bid, as his history of racist rhetoric faces heightened scrutiny following a massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue, and a wave of pipe bombs mailed to prominent critics of President Donald Trump. King’s Republican colleagues have long shrugged off his promotion of white supremacist ideology, but the recent attacks have renewed national outrage. Under intense pressure, at least three of his donors — dairy company Land O’Lakes, tech giant Intel, and Purina — have withdrawn their support."