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Iowa Rep. Steve King defeated in GOP primary
Axios.com ^ | 6/2/2020 | Zachary Basu

Posted on 06/02/2020 8:33:38 PM PDT by Beave Meister

State Sen. Randy Feenstra defeated incumbent Rep. Steve King in Tuesday's Republican primary for Iowa's 4th congressional district, according to the Cook Political Report.

Why it matters: King's history of racist remarks has made him one of the most controversial politicians in the country and a pariah within the Republican Party.

House Republican leadership stripped the nine-term congressman of his committee assignments in 2019 after he questioned in an interview with the New York Times how the terms "white nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization" became offensive. The big picture: The Republican establishment coalesced around Feenstra beginning in January, when the Republican Main Street Partnership PAC became the first national GOP organization to publicly endorse and financially support him.

Feenstra, who has consistently dominated King in fundraising, had sought to paint King as an ineffective ally to President Trump, rather than campaign on his history of white nationalist rhetoric. Feenstra's victory will likely move the seat into safe Republican territory for the general election in November.

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KEYWORDS: 2020; axiossux; election2020; elections; gop; iowa; randyfeenstra; republican; rino; steveking
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Another RINO bites the dust. Adios Muchachos...
1 posted on 06/02/2020 8:33:38 PM PDT by Beave Meister
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To: Beave Meister

Being North Mexico is not too far in our future....


2 posted on 06/02/2020 8:35:23 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Beave Meister

This absolutely guarantees Republicans will hold the seat. I loved King but but not enough to lose the seat


3 posted on 06/02/2020 8:36:35 PM PDT by deanking
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To: Beave Meister

Republican Main Street Partnership PAC
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Bush League Republican outfit.

Allied with Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.


4 posted on 06/02/2020 8:36:41 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Beave Meister

King was one of the few non-RINOs.


5 posted on 06/02/2020 8:37:33 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Beave Meister

Open primary?


6 posted on 06/02/2020 8:37:44 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who could have guessed the Communist Revolution would arrive disguised as the common cold?)
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To: Beave Meister

this new guy sounds like a douche...looks like hello to another Rino.


7 posted on 06/02/2020 8:40:12 PM PDT by hercuroc (O)
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To: Beave Meister

They got him.


8 posted on 06/02/2020 8:43:29 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Politics is the continuation of war by other means. --Clausewitz)
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To: Beave Meister

You’ve got the wrong King. You are thinking Peter King from NY. This is about Steve King from Iowa.


9 posted on 06/02/2020 8:44:50 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: deanking

“This absolutely guarantees Republicans will hold the seat. I loved King but but not enough to lose the seat”

I hope that you are correct.


10 posted on 06/02/2020 8:45:47 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Beave Meister

Not so fast... Feenstra is winning by 2% with 85% reporting, according to KCCI 8.


11 posted on 06/02/2020 8:49:33 PM PDT by Greg123456
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To: Beave Meister

WTF?
When did Steve King become a RINO?


12 posted on 06/02/2020 8:55:05 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Greg123456

Overrrrrr......

3.4% with 90% reporting


13 posted on 06/02/2020 8:55:31 PM PDT by Desslok
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To: Beave Meister

Troll from DU?


14 posted on 06/02/2020 8:56:40 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

When? Never. He was a populist long before it became popular to be one. His career was screwed by the politically correct POS’s in the GOPE!


15 posted on 06/02/2020 8:59:03 PM PDT by ImpBill ("America, Where are you now?")
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To: hercuroc

Feenstra is a good guy. Pro life, pro gun, pro wall, Christian. Pretty young at 51, he should be a solid conservative for a long time. King was solid vote, but a liability with his talk.


16 posted on 06/02/2020 9:02:42 PM PDT by Wayne07
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To: Wayne07

Half the thread says he’s a GOP-e stooge, half says he’s solid.

This thread is worthless for information.


17 posted on 06/02/2020 9:05:43 PM PDT by kevao (BIBLICAL JESUS: Give your money to the poor. SOCIALIST JESUS: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: kevao

Exactly! So confused!!


18 posted on 06/02/2020 9:07:15 PM PDT by Reddy ( B.O. stinks)
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This is all you need to know:

The big picture: The Republican establishment coalesced around Feenstra beginning in January, when the Republican Main Street Partnership PAC became the first national GOP organization to publicly endorse and financially support him.
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Main Street Partnership is a Ryan, Cantor, Romney creation.


19 posted on 06/02/2020 9:14:31 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Greg123456

Thanks Greg. Steve is the real deal and paddling up stream all the way. Rab figures the pick-up is in the bag unless mail-in felons pack the Box.


20 posted on 06/02/2020 9:17:07 PM PDT by Rabin
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