Steve King Urges Civil Disobedience To Avoid Plague Of ‘Sweaty Women’

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa speaks in Washington. King has little use for the Humane Society, particularly when it comes to laws designed to give calves, pregnant sows and hens a ... FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2011 file photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa speaks in Washington. King has little use for the Humane Society, particularly when it comes to laws designed to give calves, pregnant sows and hens a little more freedom on the farm. The organization’s political arm is devoting most of its campaign budget this year _ nearly $500,000 so far _ to its effort to see that King doesn’t return for a sixth term. King is running against Democrat Christie Vilsack in a district that has become less conservative due to redistricting. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) MORE LESS
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Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Tuesday called for Americans to use civil disobedience to resist the Obama administrations guidelines on how schools should accommodate transgender students.

“We should call for civil disobedience here. And there’s no reason for us to follow an unconstitutional edict from the president, who is on his way out the door,” he said on Simon Conway’s radio show, according to audio posted by Buzzfeed News.

He also suggested that the new guidance only came about because the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights’ “personnel needed to find more things to do.”

“That is the root of this school policy or where Obama got it from,” King said. “So we’re going to explore that more fully. I need to be more astute at how movements begin. The genesis of these kinds of policies. So that we can go find them before they proliferate and become contagious across the countryside.”

Earlier in the program, Conway noted that his daughters won’t want to shower at the gym anymore.

“Well, and that will probably change our culture,” King said in response. “We’ll have a bunch of sweaty women around.”

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  1. Another GOP loon.

  2. Steve King, always good for a laugh! What an insane joker! Glad you have him Iowa!

  3. The Republican Party is one of tolerance and respect, and we need to ensure that the tone
    of our message is always reflective of these core principles. In the modern media environment, a poorly phrased argument or out-of-context statement can spiral out of control and reflect poorly on the Party as a whole

    from the GOP 2012 autopsy

  4. It’s SO INSANE where can you begin with it???

  5. King said. “… I need to be more astute at how movements begin. The genesis of these kinds of policies. So that we can go find them before they proliferate and become contagious across the countryside.”

    Steve needs only to look at his own party to discover exactly who implemented yet another solution without a problem.

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