Rep. Steve King says humanity might not exist if not for rape and incest

[Arkansas Granny]

Rep. Steve King said Wednesday that humanity might not exist if not for rape and incest, prompting the latest round of outrage at the Iowa Republican, who has a long history of making inflammatory remarks.

In a discussion at the Westside Conservative Club in Urbandale, Iowa, King was defending his position against laws allowing abortion exceptions in cases of rape and incest.

“What if we went back through all the family trees and just pulled out anyone who was a product of rape or incest? Would there be any population of the world left if we did that?” King said, according to the Des Moines Register. “Considering all the wars and all the rapes and pillages that happened throughout all these different nations, I know that I can’t say that I was not a part of a product of that.”

A spokesman for King did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the House member’s remarks.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-steve-king-says-humanity-might-not-exist-if-not-for-rape-and-incest/2019/08/14/0b60357a-beb8-11e9-9b73-fd3c65ef8f9c_story.html?fbclid=IwAR0nsi4maElliY4TdWco0HFYYhRzd3z5-5OUW5XABHO2YxmVhVC0VnphwJQ

I'd swear that they have to lie in bed at nights thinking of asinine remarks to make about reproductive rights.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Steve King: Proud Supporter of Rape and Incest. What a

neat campaign slogan

[rampartc]

2. trump is already pardoning soldiers who kill civilians

rape is probably next.

[Maru Kitteh]

5. Kinda shocked he didn't start with rape. nt

[RKP5637]

3. The criminally insane inmates are running the country! n/t

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[Loryn]

6. You left out criminally insane.

[RKP5637]

7. Yep, so true! I added it!!! n/t

[unblock]

4. i wouldn't exist without hitler, so hitler was ok?

seriously!

my mother is a holocaust survivor and my father was born in america. they surely never would have met had the situation not required smuggling her out of nazi germany as an infant.

but do i sit around and thank hitler for creating the circumstances that led to me being born? hell no, what kind of logic is that?


it's a twisted form of panglossian logic, that's what it is. everything is for the best in this best of all possible worlds. i was born and that's a good thing, therefore whatever circumstances led to my birth are good things as well.


ridiculous!

let the raped woman have a say in the matter!

[area51]

8. Republinazis are pro-rape. n/t

[lpbk2713]

9. By golly he might have something there.

Were Trump's parents brother and sister?