Representative Steve King loses primary race

[crimson5pheonix]

Iowa voters oust Rep. King, shunned for insensitive remarks

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans in northwest Iowa ousted Rep. Steve King in Tuesday’s primary, deciding they’ve had enough of the conservative lightning rod known for making incendiary comments about immigrants and white supremacy throughout his nearly two decades in Congress...

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In a bit of mixed news, one of the most ghoulish and detestable representatives in congress will not be returning next year no matter the results in November. Apparently he made one too many racist remarks for Republican party leadership to stomach and his opponent got funded over him.

That's the good news. The bad news is the new guy is literally the same except he hasn't ranted about white genocide (yet). Same policies, new face. Though we'll see how he fares in November. His opponent is J.D. Scholten, whose campaign website includes no positions, so my personal opinion is that it'll be a close race favoring the new Republican.

 

[Agema]

In a bit of mixed news, one of the most ghoulish and detestable representatives in congress will not be returning next year no matter the results in November. Apparently he made one too many racist remarks for Republican party leadership to stomach and his opponent got funded over him.

That's the good news. The bad news is the new guy is literally the same except he hasn't ranted about white genocide (yet). Same policies, new face.

I'm sure he's been vetted to ensure he's much less likely to do things like publicly query what the problem with white nationalism is. And if he does, I'm sure they'll get round to deselecting him after about 9 terms in office.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

From what I've seen, the Republican party wanted him gone because he looked "weak", rather than, y'know, his galloping insane racism. And naturally he blames his loss on "never-Trumpers".

 

[Aegix Drakan]

...Wow. Rarely has the context of an asshole bigot being defeated deflated me so much. So, new boss probably same as the old boss, only the new boss isn't publicly saying bigoted things?

 

[Seanchaidh]

...Wow. Rarely has the context of an asshole bigot being defeated deflated me so much. So, new boss probably same as the old boss, only the new boss isn't publicly saying bigoted things?

Now, hold on, it's entirely possible that the new GOP guy could lose to the nondescript Democrat who we know just about nothing about (apparently).

 

[Aegix Drakan]

Now, hold on, it's entirely possible that the new GOP guy could lose to the nondescript Democrat who we know just about nothing about (apparently).

Considering the sorry state of the corporate democrats? Even that's not much of an improvement. :s

 

[Trunkage]

From what I've seen, the Republican party wanted him gone because he looked "weak", rather than, y'know, his galloping insane racism. And naturally he blames his loss on "never-Trumpers".

I think the term is incompetently racist. If you're going to be racist, you need to be efficient about it