During a stop in Carroll to meet with constituents, 4th District Congressman Steve King was asked about humanitarian aid and how we can assist other countries in maintaining their cultures, especially in the face of the influx of Radical Islamists who are bound and determined to see their destruction. And along with that, how do we overcome the common misconception and the frequent labeling by the media that talking about protections from radicals as part of a strategic method of immigration is deemed racist. King answered by saying he has watched this and lived in the middle of the firestorm for a long time, and he doesn’t understand it either. He calls it an “illogical and irrational, almost visceral reaction” on the part of the liberal left. King says he is a proponent of using our resources to help these countries help themselves, which makes both that country and America stronger. During a keynote speech in Berlin, King says he quoted Teddy Roosevelt in response to the German’s struggle with an aging population, low birth rate and the shrinking size of the “productivity pie.” He paraphrased the opening of that speech he made a dozen or more years ago.
King says the struggles seen in Berlin when he made that speech are mirrored in America, and they are frequently tied to an oft-used justification by liberals that our nation needs open borders to bring people in to do all of the jobs Americans will not do.
This, he says, is the foundational basis for the highly controversial Tweet sent to Dutch Parliament member, Geert Wilders, on Sunday, March 13 that said, “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.” The message, almost immediately, made its way to the mainstream media, and a fierce backlash calling King a racist and white supremacist was levied from both sides of the aisle. King continues to stand firm on previous comments that the Tweet was of the same tenor of Roosevelt’s premise so many years ago, extrapolating on it the very next day.
King is well aware of the labels placed on him, before, during and after this latest controversy, and he responds to that by saying when you care for America and Americans, you care about bringing diversity together to embrace the concepts, concerns and cultural constructs of this nation, not just with the babies, but with all people who want to make America their home.
We will bring you more from King on his reactions to questions about the U.S. response to the Syrian chemical attacks and Egyptian suicide bombings in upcoming broadcasts.
