Steve King: Obama Moving US ‘Toward The Ideology Of Karl Marx’

UNITED STATES - AUGUST 01: Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, speaks with the media before a meeting of the House Republican caucus in the Capitol to discuss an immigration bill, August 1, 2014. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll ... UNITED STATES - AUGUST 01: Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, speaks with the media before a meeting of the House Republican caucus in the Capitol to discuss an immigration bill, August 1, 2014. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Wednesday said that President Obama’s only goal is to push the U.S. “toward the ideology of Karl Marx.”

While discussing Obama’s executive actions on immigration with Glenn Beck, King said that if the President “defies” a court ruling against his actions, it will move “him into emperor status.”

“And his calculation is not what’s true and just and right or even good for America — it’s how can he exploit his power base and move our country to the left toward the ideology of Karl Marx, how far can he go and get away with it,” King said, according to audio highlighted by Buzzfeed News. “There’s not conscience involved in this, there’s no sense of duty to the Constitution or his oath to it.”

King also warned Beck about the impact a Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage would have on the country.

“If this court decides that they’re going to change the definition of marriage, that then throws this country into an endless trauma,” he said. “We need a new president.”

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  1. Just a matter of time. Never been a politician in all of American history who was as intoxicated with the power of exploiting and inflaming the paranoia, hate and fear of the SWP’s as King has become who didn’t go down in the flames of a horrendous tawdry scandal. Sometimes it’s booze, sometimes it’s sex, sometimes it’s embezzlement, once in a great while it’s abuse of office for the sake of power itself. But scandal inevitably follows. Just that sense of freeing yourself of all of the constraints and boundaries that confine ordinary mortals.

  2. Avatar for ajm ajm says:

    If the test for "moving us towards Karl Marx’ is how heavily the rich are taxed, both Reagan and H.W. were doing a much better job.

  3. He’s been screaming so loud for so long all I hear is blah blah blah.

  4. And we are gonna get a new president as early as next year. I wonder what her name will be…

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