Steve King Offers Rare Praise For Clinton: ‘I Can Work With’ Her As Prez

UNITED STATES - AUGUST 08: Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, speaks with reporters at the 2014 Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, August 8, 2014. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Addressing a crowd at the Iowa State Fair on Thursday, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) offered rare praise of Hillary Clinton, saying the former secretary of state is “somebody I can work with.”

“If it’s Hillary Clinton, we don’t agree on very much. So you’ll probably see me become a vocal member of Congress if you should elect me to go back to Washington after November,” Steve told the crowd, as quoted by the Des Moines Register’s Jason Noble.

“But I also know that I’ve sat across the table with Hillary Clinton eye-to-eye, and when you’re working outside of staff and outside of press, she is somebody I can work with,” King continued.

In her bid to win over anti-Trump moderate Republicans, Clinton has often cast herself as a unifier who worked across the aisle as a senator from New York, a narrative that King inadvertently played into.

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  1. Getting himself prepared for a blowout of epic proportions, I see.

  2. Steve’s walking the tight rope . . Not good for the " un-balanced " —

  3. Avatar for sjk sjk says:

    WTF…I need to lay down now.

  4. The GOP is rapidly reaching Daniel 5 status.

    But who will tell the base?

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