The scene at Steve King's town hall today in Grundy Center, Iowa.

[dixiegrrrrl]

Photo by Brenna Norman

[democratisphere]

1. Got the message!

RESIGN.

[mr_lebowski]

2. Not sure if that's good or bad tbh ... I guess nobody cares what a dick he is (nt)

[musette_sf]

3. I think people just didn't want to

be near a perv who digs rape and incest.

[VarryOn]

4. Well-deserved! Nt

[TNNurse]

5. Are those women family members or reporters???

[Haggis for Breakfast]

56. Staffers

[spanone]

6. two too many.

must be family.

[bluedigger]

7. Nice venue.

Really captures the architectural detail without a bunch of bodies cluttering up the scene.

[JDC]

12. Cinder Block Chic to be sure

[bluedigger]

15. He's transitioning back to his original lifestyle.

Cave life.

[DemocracyMouse]

23. Just a shitty ass American asshole in a standard 3rd World US public building with no art and...

...no pride

[DemocracyMouse]

24. Bring back elitist architecture (minus the attitude)!

[hurple]

8. Is this real?

I'd think there would be more protesters there. Seriously.

[rurallib]

10. IMHO it does no good to protest King

He care not one whit. He will not listen, he will not change, he does not care one bit what his constituents think. In the many years King has been the congress critter, I think people finally have learned it does no good to try to write or talk or in any way try to engage him.

That would be a total waste of a person's time that could be better used working for his opponent.

[onetexan]

18. question is how we can get this racist/mysogynist kicked out of office

Why his constituents continue to vote to keep a morally bankrupt man in office when he does not care what they think is unfathomable.

[Beartracks]

48. "We got to keep them damn libruls out!"

They think moral bankruptcy is preferable to being a Democrat.

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[onetexan]

50. that then explains why we have an Idiot in the WH - ironic that these so-called Christians would

vote for whites espousing anti-Christian values. Their hypocrisy is disgusting.

[Beartracks]

55. They don't just hold their noses. They also check their morals at the voting booth. n/t

[ewagner]

42. Some things to consider....

I cannot fathom exactly how, but King has been getting re-elected in this district for years even though the voters KNOW he's bat-shit-crazy....that means the district is "bright red".

I understand he's facing a three-way race in a primary and his opponents are slightly less crazy than he is...

If one of those "slightly less" crazy republicans beat him we might lose any reasonable chance to turn the seat blue...
It would be easier for a Dem to win if he was running against King and his record as opposed to another so-called moderate Republican

Opinions?

[rurallib]

51. pretty much the same

Most republicans of any stature in this state have turned against King in the primary.
Gov. Reynolds who refused to dump King during the 2018 election did so shortly after the election. She lost in 3 of the 4 congressional districts but won largely enough in King's 4th district to win the governorship.

Bob Vander Plaats dumped on King a couple of weeks ago. Vander Plaats is like the evangelical Pope of Iowa and lives in the 4th district, King's district. BVP has a fairly rabid following in that district.

King's major primary opponent is Randy Feenstra who is chair of the state's Senate Ways and Means committee. As such he has been central to the huge tax cutting bills that will soon be crippling Iowa. But they are popular.
Feenstra is not well known throughout the district, but by the time the primary comes around, he should be. I expect this to be a really tight race.

And yes, like you I think King's negatives could be a real factor in the general election by keeping many voters from voting for him. I can't find the difference between Reynolds' votes in the 4th district and King's, but it was substantial. If King is the candidate in 2020 I expect he will once again have lots of people vote against him. If Feenstra is the candidate I expect him to pick up votes of all those who identify republican which is a majority in the 4th.

So in short - having King as the 4th district candidate in 2020 is probably in our favor.

[ewagner]

53. Thank You!

Your analysis is a great help.

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. Appears to be so.

The photographer was named and credited, which is not usually the case with more suspicious type pics.

[dalton99a]

16. It is a legit pic from Reuters.

The scene at Steve King’s town hall today in Grundy Center, Iowa. Photo by Brenna Norman

[BadgerMom]

9. Any interested constituents had gone to Portland, OR.

[quakerboy]

34. Where they were met by many people in bananna costumes

And then became so fearful of a dance party that they had to request a police escort out of downtown.

[Thekaspervote]

13. Having done some public speaking, not about politics, I would rsther have a full room with some

Who disagree with what I have to say than to have no one. Never had it that bad...but it did leave me feeling crappy.

[MagickMuffin]

14. Please keep your distance Ladies

Steve King has been known to promote rape culture!!!

Keep your knees together.

[Scarsdale]

37. Maybe he was speaking about

HIS family tree? Seems quite inbred to me.

[jaysunb]

17. He'll be reelected n/t

[Marie Marie]

19. Oh now that is just sad...

FOR HIM!!! Maybe he can get Trump to lie for him about the "crowd" size.

[YOHABLO]

20. Perhaps it would have been better to meet at the Starbucks or something.

[MLAA]

27. Or an abandoned phone booth 😬

[PatrickforO]

21. The sad thing is the guy is probably in a 'safe' district.

These may well be the only two voters...

[47of74]

22. I thought for sure it would look more like this...

[Scarsdale]

38. Nah. That is a

tRump rally. Crowds of enthusiastic racists.

[47of74]

41. Good point. Yeah that's every fuck head rally - past, present, and future.

[JoeOtterbein]

25. I wish I was there.

To mock him under the podium!

[marble falls]

57. I wish green shirt guy could have showed up.

[IronLionZion]

26. This ass has been reelected several times so someone must be voting for him

automatically, without bothering to show up for town halls or anything. Maybe a normal Republican should primary him or Congress should censure him already.

[struggle4progress]

29. Maybe all his supporters live in Russia?

[liberal N proud]

28. Those farmers will still vote for him

[mcar]

30. No media even?

[Blue Owl]

31. An audience only Clint Eastwood could love

n/t

[Grins]

32. BOTH Reporters?????? NM

[Demovictory9]

33. he's tweeting everyday about caring about unborn black and brown babies since he made

that stupid rape/incest remark

[TeamPooka]

35. He wins re-election because it's a secret ballot. nt

[murielm99]

36. We have farm property in Grundy Center.

We have never discussed politics with anyone there, so I am not sure what this means.

Are they disgusted with him? Are they apathetic? I don't know.

[lindysalsagal]

39. So, 60 chairs in a cinderblock tomb w flourescent lighting is what Iowa calls a town hall?

Not exactly cozy, inviting, or representative of any american town. Looks more like the pressroom of a jail.

[no_hypocrisy]

40. No date/time stamp.

I need more proof this photo was taken during his town hall, not beforehand.

[BumRushDaShow]

45. The original pic was tweeted out by the North American Photo Editor for Reuters

(which is the position listed on Corinne Perkins Twitter page, where the pic had been done by one of their photogs on the scene)

Link to tweet

TEXT

corinne_perkins
? @corinne_perkins

The scene at Steve King’s town hall today in Grundy Center, Iowa. Photo by Brenna Norman

She also tweeted out another pic from the reverse angle -

Link to tweet

TEXT

corinne_perkins @corinne_perkins

More from ⁦@BrennaNorman⁩ of Steve King’s town hall

[orleans]

43. "no one could make it to steve king's townhall --

they are either raping their sister, in bankruptcy court, or too sick & without insurance"

(a twitter post)


"it was completely packed"
"--donald trump"

(another twitter post!) LOL!

[Historic NY]

44. Another image from Reuters....

[link:https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ECMj8Z-W4AEOpEo?format=jpg&name=large|]



[link:https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/steve-king-rape-incest-quote-angry-iowa-constituents-storm-lake-20190817|]

[BumRushDaShow]

46. I posted the tweets of the images but here is a viewable version of your link

[Cyrano]

47. Looks about as bigly as Trump's inaugural crowd

[UniteFightBack]

49. I can't even believe he is having town halls at all. You think he'd lay low in in hollowed out log

for awhile.

[BobTheSubgenius]

52. They should have saved him some money.

Booked the janitor's closet for this gig instead. Oh, well. Live and learn.

[FakeNoose]

54. Probably they were all in church today

Yeah, right!