Ethanol champion King blasts ethanol lobby for Cruz attacks

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JOHNSTON, IOWA — Rep. Steve King, a champion of the federal ethanol mandate, tonight tore into an ethanol industry lobby group for its attacks on Ted Cruz, a mandate opponent whom King is nonetheless endorsing.

“Who are you really working for?” King asked of America’s Renewable Future, an ethanol-industry-backed lobby group running vicious attack ads against Cruz in Iowa. “Who funds you?”

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