Can You Imagine Being Endorsed By Dracula? Mussolini? Jack The Ripper? How About Steve King?

Every Democrat running for Congress against an incumbent Republican is hoping to find a video like this one of white supremacist Steve King endorsing his pal Donald J. Bacon. I hope Kara, the progressive Democrat running for the Omaha-based congressional district currently occupied by Bacon can make good use of it. This particular tape was mae in 2016 and shows King, the ardent white supremacist and rape-and-incest booster proudly endorsing Bacon. The two have been fast allies ever since, almost always voting in tandem. They both vehemently oppose a woman's right to Choice. They both vehemently oppose the Green New Deal, Medicare (let alone Medicare-For-All). They both oppose David Cicilline's bill to ban the sales of military assault weapons and cop-killer bullets to civilians. They're both against raising the minimum wage; in fact neither thinks there should even be a minimum wage! "When I look into his eyes," said King, "I see someone who I want to represent Nebraskans and Iowans."

Sickening-- and so was Bacon's response: "Congressman King's endorsement is a tremendous honor. I have great admiration for the Congressman for his strong moral courage and his deep devotion to serving our nation." OMG! "Strong moral courage and his deep devotion," a description of a virulent racist and neo-Nazi who the Republican Party kicked off his committees and left adrift in no position to impact any legislation. This is the kind of crud Bacon feels "tremendous honor" to be endorsed by? What the hell is wrong with Don Bacon? Even Dick Cheney's daughter, Liz Cheney, a far right congresswoman from Wyoming and a member of the GOP House leadership team and demanded that King resign.

Meanwhile, despite King's multiple offensive statements, including his overt support of white nationalism and his recent comments on rape and incest, Bacon has resisted repeated calls to censure his friend or in any way distance himself from the Iowa 4th representative.

I asked Kara Eastman what she thinks about the man purporting to represent her district and her neighbors. "I am standing with Nebraskans who are disgusted by Congressman Steve King 's hateful words," she told me. "Congressman Don Bacon continues to enable this behavior by siting back, accepting his endorsement and once again, refusing to stand up for our Nebraska values." If you'd like to make sure Kara replaces Bacon and J.D. Scholten replaces Steve King, please click on the Blue America 2020 congressional thermometer on the right and contribute what you can to their campaigns. And by the way, minutes ago J.D.-- the populist, progressive Iowan preparing to banish King from Congress once and for all, told me that "What we’re seeing right now is that Steve King is becoming more and more toxic. It’s important to see if the rest of the GOP are going to continue to be silent or are they going to call King out."