Has Steve King Resigned Yet?

J.D. Scholten came very close to beating racist incumbent Steve King in 2018. With no help from the DCCC, congenitally distrustful of progressives, Scholten a former baseball player and first-time candidate, outraised King better than three to one and, in a district with a PVI of R+11 where Obama lost both times and where Trump clobbered Hillary 60.9% to 33.5%, held King to just 50.3%.

Since then, King was kicked off his committee for his unhinged racism and has been shunned by his own party. Not only is Scholten running for the seat again, this time King has 3 Republican primary opponents-- state Senator Randy Feenstra, former Irwin Mayor Bret Richards and former state Rep. Jeremy Taylor-- with at least two others talking about jumping in. Yesterday GOP hard-ass Liz Cheney, a member of McCarthy's leadership team, publicly told him to resign.

The predictable latest storm was over a comment he made on the campaign trail. While raging against women's Choice, King started down a bizarre path-- even for an anti-Choice lunatic like him. Speaking at the Westside Conservative Club King asked his right-wing audience. "What if we went back through all the family trees and just pulled out anyone who was a product of rape or incest? 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." Yeah, especially generations of incest.

"Again, Steve King is disgracing Iowa and putting his selfish, hateful ideology before the needs of the people of Iowa's 4th district. This time, he's excusing violence. But countless times before, he has spewed racist statements and promoted white nationalism that ultimately led to him getting stripped of his committee assignments. Our campaign is different. We're proud to bring all people together, represent real Iowan values, and fight for positive change for Iowa."

If you'd like to help J.D. replace King in Congress... well, that's precisely what that 2020 Act Blue Blue America congressional thermometer above is for.