Iowa Rep. Steve King posted a handwritten sign on a glass door of his Iowa home on Friday warning off CNN from attempting to contact him.
“CNN No FAKE NEWS INteRViEWS TODAy,” the crudely drawn sign stated in an image King shared on Twitter Friday afternoon.
My front deck just now. pic.twitter.com/B7KJykc9fS
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) August 16, 2019
The Republican congressman has been under fire this week after he made comments about pregnancies stemming from rape and incest during a pro-life speech to the Westside Conservative Club in Iowa on Wednesday.
“What if we went back through all the family trees and just pulled out anyone who was a product of rape or incest?” King asked. “Would there be any population of the world left if we did that? Considering all the wars and all the rapes and pillages that happened throughout all these different nations, I know that I can’t say that I was not a part of a product of that.”
King has been feuding with the media since the comments about rape and incest became public on Wednesday.
“Hey, Brett: That’s not what I said and you know it! #FakeNews,” King said to Sioux City Journal reporter Bret Hayworth, who asserted that King meant rape and incest helped populate the world. “AP & Des Moines Register both retracted their fake quotes. You need to do the same.”
Hey, Brett: That’s not what I said and you know it! #FakeNews. AP & Des Moines Register both retracted their fake quotes. You need to do the same. https://t.co/f8bMkkQoRo
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) August 16, 2019
King, 70, is no stranger to controversy. The Republican lawmaker has been criticized for several disparaging comments about immigrants and minorities. He was removed from his committee assignments earlier this year after he commented that he did not understand why “white nationalism” was a bad thing.
“White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” he asked in January.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggested that King find “another line of work” after his comments earlier this year. President Trump said on Thursday about King’s rape and incest comments, “certainly it wasn’t a good statement.”
