Rep. Steve King, who was shunned by GOP leaders for his racist remarks, loses in Iowa primary

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The fate of the controversial conservative was the most closely watched of numerous House and Senate races as voters cast ballots amid the backdrop of a pandemic and racial unrest.

, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, was projected to win primaries in New Mexico, Montana, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, according to Edison Media Research, as he amasses delegates to secure the nomination.The key issues in King’s race have been years in the making. He lost his House committee assignments in January 2019 after questioning in a New York Times interview why the terms “white nationalist” and “white supremacist” should be considered offensive.

“He can’t deliver for President Trump, and he can’t advance our conservative values,” he said. “Thankfully, Iowa has a better choice.”King fought back, leveraging his high profile in the district and long record as an archconservative nemesis of immigration and abortion. In a recent Craig Robinson, who runs the website IowaRepublican.com, said Feenstra offers the district everything King does as a conservative, but with no baggage.“How much does the voter want to put up with? The activists like the guy who gets on talk radio and is fighting the good fight, but when you represent a district, there’s a lot of things that your district needs, and that’s where there’s an appetite to move on,” Robinson said.

Although Greenfield raised a staggering $7 million for her campaign, she spent only about $2.3 million ahead of the primary, leaving her with a significant war chest for her battle with Ernst.In other Senate races, voters in Montana nominated Sen. Steve Daines and Gov. Steve Bullock to face off. Democratic Rep.

 

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I hope SteveKingIA has to file for unemploymentbenefits

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about time! What? 9 terms? Iowa, love you!

He can still run as an independent.

All the political programs of the Democratic Party are the propaganda slogans of the CCP!

Does anybody remember what happened to the pharaoh when he refused out right flat out refuse to let god's people go?asking for a friend

Unfortunately, he is not gone for long. He will be back as an “analyst” at Fox News, the sanctuary station for all the racists.

Good...career politicians are the worst....on both sides

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