NW Iowa douche cannons applaud King

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Fucking ugh.

Constituents applauded Republican Rep. Steve King on Saturday at the Iowa congressman's first public event since being rebuked by his House colleagues over racist comments he had made to a newspaper earlier this month.

King told the roughly 75 people who showed up for the first of 39 planned town hall meetings in his sprawling district that he doesn't adhere to a white supremacist ideology and he repeated his assertion that he's not racist.

Although King's recent comments drew a relatively large media contingent to Saturday's meeting, none of the constituents who were on hand said anything critical about the controversy and a couple expressed their support, telling King they think he's doing a great job. In the few instances in which King's history of insensitive comments and his most recent statements arose, the audience seemed supportive, and they stood twice during the gathering to applaud him.

This is exactly why I want to move out of Iowa.

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1. I was about to suggest that you move here to Southern Oregon

But then I remembered that Greg Walden is our House Representative - so, (in the words of Emily Litella) never mind!

Actually, it is lovely here. And most state-wide offices are Dem. You could help us defeat Rep. Walden in 2020!

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2. Yeah Oregon is on my list.

I was thinking more Portland.