Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, insisted on Monday the type of profiling the recently pardoned Joe Arpaio engaged in as sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., is just.

“There’s a difference between racial profiling and broader profiling with all of the descriptions that are there,” King told CNN Monday evening. “And I say it’s wrong, too, and the Justice Department has issued a directive that says you shall not racially profile if that’s the only component.”