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Home Front: Politix
House Republican declares, ‘Diversity is not our strength’
2017-12-12
More on this article from yesterday.
[MSNBC] Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has earned a reputation for divisive
...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled...
, racially provocative rhetoric. Even John It is not pronounced 'Boner!' Boehner
... the occasionally weepy former establishmentarian leader of House Republicans...
 (R-Ohio), before he stepped down as House Speaker, reportedly dismissed the far-right Iowan as an "a**hole."

But the controversies have done little to deter King from using insulting language. Late last week, the GOP congressman added to his greatest-hits collection.

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has again flirted with being an open white nationalist. In a tweet Friday, the congressman lashed out at multiculturalism.

"Diversity is not our strength," the congressman wrote, linking to an article on a deeply dubious anti-immigration website called Voice of Europe, which quotes Hungary’s far-right prime minister, Viktor Orban, as saying that "mixing cultures will not lead to a higher quality of life but a lower one."

As the HuffPost’s piece added, "diversity is not our strength" is a popular phrase on the right-wing fringe.

The nation’s founding creed may be "E pluribus unum," but it appears there are some who take issue with the principle.

My question, however, is less about Steve King and more about what Republican leaders intend to do about Steve King.

For example, the House GOP leadership has put King in charge of the House Judiciary Committee’s panel on "the Constitution & Civil Justice."
Posted by:Fred

#12  "Know your place, prole"
Posted by: Frank G   2017-12-12 14:31  

#11  My question, however, is less about Steve King and more about what Republican leaders intend to do about Steve King.

To the left, being an individual is now a criminal act, or always has been.
Posted by: Raj   2017-12-12 13:53  

#10  IF we were all ants it would be one thing, but there are a lot of grasshoppers out there hoping to live off the hard work of others and there are kids with magnifying glasses gleefully attacking the ants as they try to keep the whole thing together.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-12-12 13:39  

#9  Funny how liberals often use the most non-diverse European nations when they state examples of working socialism and also fail to note as those nations let in more immigrants from other cultures they had to roll-back that socialism to avoid collapse.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-12-12 13:38  

#8  We are not strong because we are diverse. If anything, we are diverse because we are strong.
Posted by: Eltoroverde   2017-12-12 12:20  

#7  ... maelstrom...
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2017-12-12 12:13  

#6  Cassandra in the 21st century American maeltr of talking heads.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2017-12-12 12:12  

#5  If you think that strength is a suicide bomber from Bangladesh hiking through a crowded subway tunnel then I guess diversity is great.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2017-12-12 10:18  

#4  In other news: ISIS struggles gaining a foothold in Japan.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-12-12 08:30  

#3  Well, he's correct. Assimilation is our strength.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2017-12-12 08:27  

#2  "Diversity is not our strength"

Blasphemy for left wingers
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2017-12-12 05:27  

#1  My question, however, is less about Steve King and more about what Republican leaders intend to do about Steve King.

Keep him chained and release him every time a SJW passes by?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-12-12 03:53  

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