Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said Wednesday that a heated panel discussion he participated in earlier this week was disparaging to “old white people.”
King asked his co-panelists Monday on MSNBC to provide him with a “sub group” that gave more to civilization than whites. That charged remark came after Esquire writer Charles Pierce argued that this year’s Republican National Convention would be the last time “old white people” commanded the Republican Party’s attention.
“Now, that’s disparaging a group of people, and ‘old white people’ — can you trade that language out by adding any other group in there as an adjective?” King said at a Washington Post event, as quoted by Politico.
“And by the way, I am wise enough not to even do that for people, because then it blows the whole Twittersphere up again,” he continued, as quoted by Politico. “But he was disparaging a group of people, a subgroup of people, ‘old white people,’ and saying they’re going to be out of the politics of the Republican Party. That’s gotta be answered.”
King further asserted that “no other group of people” would’ve taken Pierce’s assertion lying down, adding that Pierce himself is “not a young, white guy.”
Disparaging to white old people… I got nothing to add…expect… The lineup of tonight’s speakers!
Laura Ingraham, conservative radio host.
Phil Ruffin, businessman, real estate and lodging.
Pam Bondi, attorney general of Florida.Eileen Collins, retired first woman to command a Space Shuttle mission, veteran of four flights.
Michelle Van Etten, health supplement marketer.
Kentucky state Sen. Ralph Alvarado, physician.
Darrell Scott, Cleveland pastor.
Harold Hamm, Continental Resources, oil and gas industry.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, unsuccessful presidential candidate.
Lynne Patton, vice president of The Eric Trump Foundation.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, unsuccessful presidential candidate.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, unsuccessful candidate for president.
Eric Trump, youngest of Trump’s three children from his first marriage, is executive vice president of The Trump Organization.
Newt and Callista Gingrich, former speaker of the house and his wife.
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, presumptive candidate for vice president.
Not a white person in the bunch!
Just a subgroup of old white people.
The rest of us are fine with it.
I’m an old white person and the only time I feel disparaged is when Chuck Todd or Morning Joe Scarborough tries to put one over on me. I’m not dead yet and I’m not going down as anybody’s fool. Conservatives, Republicans and the Trump Family think everyone is stupid.
It really is pathetic when people do not know how stupid they are. Case in point: Steve King.
Hey Steve…from an old white person FUCK OFF!