Craziest Republican of the Day: Steve King

By Michael J.W. Stickings

Appearing yesterday on G. Gordon Liddy's radio show, where nothing is too extreme, Iowa Rep. Steve King, who has been our CRD twice before (see here and here), said that President Obama "favors the black person."

This is utterly ridiculous, of course, a claim that pops up regularly in the race-based smear campaign against the president, one that plays right into the racism of the Republican base, where Obama is widely seen not so much as the American president as a black president who seeks vengeance against whites. We've heard this sort of thing from Glenn Beck, among others.

As for King, he evidently favors the white extremist right-wing idiot.