Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Saturday stopped short of questioning President Obama’s citizenship, but suggested that he wasn’t raised in a truly American way.
“His vision of America isn’t like our vision of America. That we know,” King said about Obama at an immigration rally in Council Bluffs, Iowa, according to Buzzfeed.
“Now I don’t assert where he was born, I will just tell you that we are all certain that he was not raised with an American experience,” King continued. “So these things that beat in our hearts when we hear the National Anthem and when we say the Pledge of Allegiance doesn’t beat the same for him.”
The congressman then referenced an image of Obama in 2007 with his arms down during the National Anthem.
“If you remember when he was a candidate for president he was standing at the front of a row of Democrat candidates for president down at Tom Harkin’s steak fry. The rest of them, when they played the National Anthem, had their hand over their heart. But Barack Obama was standing with arms down his side dangling — while the National Anthem was being played,” King said. “Now, what was that about, was it an act of defiance? I didn’t think so. Some thought so.”
King has questioned just how American Obama is before. In 2012, he suggested that Obama’s parents could have announced his birth by telegram from Kenya.
Good grief, give it up. Is there really a point to all this? In 2 1/2 years Hillary will be President and you’ll be flinging the crazy at her then.
Oh go fist yourself King…
How many dog whistles can we cram in one statement?
King hasn’t attended too many athletic events where about a good percentage of the attendees have their arms respectfully by their side as opposed to the hand over their heart. A lot of people were taught there was a difference in proper conduct for the national anthem and the pledge of allegiance. And as far as flag worship goes, the KKK was great at t.
Maybe King can use his congressional authority to reinstate HUAC. Based on his rhetoric, it sounds like he seriously feels like we need it.