The Cook Political Report unveiled its new Partisan Voting Index scores for the nation's congressional seats, and it's all bad news for Iowa Democrats. Typically, Cook's ratings change little year-to-year, but the shifting voter loyalties resulting from Donald Trump's...
Round 2: Kim Weaver’s Fundraising Against King A Game-Changer?
It’s hard to imagine anything positive resulting from Congressman Steve King’s latest anti-immigrant rants and tweets. However, there may be one silver lining to the dark and ugly racist cloud surrounding King: donations are pouring in to Kim Weaver, encouraging her...
Enough: Iowa Republicans Need More Than Words On Steve King
"I do not agree with Congressman King's statement," read Republican Party of Iowa chair Jeff Kaufmann's statement early Monday morning in response to Steve King's initial racist tweet. Ok, that's nice. Now what are you going to do about it? Since King's Sunday tweets...
David Duke Praises Congressman Ku Klux King For Anti-Muslim Tweets
Congressman Steve King must have woken up today and realized he hadn't said anything really racist in a while, judging from his incendiary tweet that he shot out around noon. Once again King aligned himself with the far-right Dutch nationalist politician Geert...
Steve King, Donald Trump And The Far-Right European Nationalists
What’s the connection between Trump, Congressman Steve King and the rise of the far-right political parties in Europe? Congressman Steve King tweeted back on September 18th a photo posing with German and Dutch far-right party members. These are two European leaders...
A Look At Iowa Candidates’ Messages Before Post-Labor Day Sprint
The Iowa State Fair has come and gone, with another year of political candidate visits in the books. Starting Line attended nearly all the of the Soapbox speeches hosted by the Des Moines Register, but got a little distracted with fair food afterward and I didn't...
Steve King Suggests Some Additions To Donald Trump’s Wall
The Iowa State Fair kicked off today, as did the Des Moines Register’s Soapbox series. There’s not a non-stop schedule of presidential candidates on stage this year, but most of Iowa’s candidates for federal office will speak. Steve King was the first up on Thursday...
Why Western Iowa Keeps Voting For Steve King
After two straight weeks of Steve King racial controversies, much of the country is once again asking: how on earth does this man keep getting reelected? It’s an understandable conundrum about a Congressman who displays a Confederate flag on his desk, who repeatedly...
Steve King Goes Full Racist – Says Whites Contribute Most To Civilization
When news emerged last week that Iowa Congressman Steve King displays a Confederate flag on his desk in his official office, most had a pretty good idea why. King removed all doubt in an interview today on MSNBC. The seven-term Congressman from Western Iowa,...
Is That… Yep, Steve King Has A Confederate Flag On His Desk
Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King appeared on a story on Sioux City's KCAU TV this Friday, talking about the bill he introduced named "Sarah's Law." King explains how his law would change ICE deportation policies in honor of Sarah Root, a young woman killed by an...