PaladinSolo Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 To criticize black people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/03/22/whos-going-help-me-steve-king-denigrates-hurricane-katrina-victims-needing-government-assistance/?fbclid=IwAR1KDSUY4gzRLhIfGf0kIKmpSJEB8K9YhkmIMAokMgs_jeRqn0CcvbIxTWw&utm_term=.bb64a215f77d "We go to a place like New Orleans, and everybody’s looking around saying, ‘Who’s going to help me? Who’s going to help me?’” King said, recounting what he said officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, had told him about the relief effort, in which he said he had participated. Yet, he was also one of 11 members of Congress to oppose a bill providing federal aid to Katrina victims in 2005. In his home state, he said, residents looked after one another without government handouts. Meanwhile, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has declared a disaster in more than half of Iowa’s 99 counties because of severe flooding and is seeking a federal declaration that would free up funds from Washington. “We go to a place like Iowa, and we go see, knock on the door at, say, I make up a name, John’s place, and say, ‘John, you got water in your basement, we can write you a check, we can help you,'" King said. “And John will say, ‘Well, wait a minute, let me get my boots. It’s Joe that needs help. Let’s go down to his place and help him.’” King, who was stripped of his committee assignments in January over comments questioning whether the term “white supremacist” was offensive, said FEMA officials are “always gratified when they come and see how Iowans take care of each other.” “We’re Iowans, and I’m always proud of our reaction to this,” he added, suggesting that his constituents displayed up-from-their-bootstraps grit in the face of environmental calamity, while the victims of Katrina — the deadliest storm to buffet the United States since the Okeechobee hurricane of 1928 — helplessly went in search of government assistance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Steve King is a sack of elephant diarrhea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 1 minute ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Steve King is a sack of elephant diarrhea. Hey, at least elephant diarrhea could probably be useful as fertilizer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 1 minute ago, Jason said: Hey, at least elephant diarrhea could probably be useful as fertilizer. Fine, he's a sack of all the combined bodily fluids I deal with in a typical shift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anathema- Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 He's a sack of sacks and each of those sacks has something nasty in it but they're all, like, different stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Imagine a Democrat representing a Louisiana district giving the exact opposite quote. How many hours would pass before they were forced to resign? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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