Jewish congressman: I don’t need ‘great Talmudic scholar’ Steve King lecturing me on my religion

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Jewish congressman: I don’t need ‘great Talmudic scholar’ Steve King lecturing me on my religion
Tom Boggioni
22 Mar 2015 at 18:18 ET


In a battle that has gone on for several days after Rep. Steve King (R) slammed American Jews whom he believes put the Democratic party before their religion, a Jewish Democrat went on CNN to mockingly refer to the Iowa Republican as a “Great Talmudic scholar.”

King said during a radio interview on Friday, “Here is what I don’t understand. I don’t understand how Jews in America can be Democrats first and Jewish second and support Israel along the line of just following their president.”

Late Friday, Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) responded to King on Twitter, saying, “I don’t need Congressman Steve King questioning my religion or my politics. I demand an apology from him & repudiation from GOP. #dangerous”

King replied to Israel on Twitter, writing, “Real men make such requests face 2 face & man 2 man. I defend Israelis from Leftists & misogynists. ”

Appearing on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday morning, Israel continued chiding King for questioning his priorities, saying, “I don’t need lessons from Steve King on what is like to be Jewish or a Democrat.”

Israel noted that he “leans to the right on US-Israeli issues,” and was the one to escort Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu before he gave his controversial speech before Congress.

“Steve King, who said the the U.S. is a Christian nation, should not be lecturing Jews about how we should be Jewish” he explained. “You know Steve King doesn’t know what chutzpah is, but Steve King defining Jews and talking about how we can’t be Democrats and Jews at the same time? That’s chutzpah.”

Responding to a question that supporting President Obama over Netanyahu means that you are not supportive of Israel, the Democratic lawmaker smiled and said, “That great Talmudic scholar Steve King is going into areas he knows nothing about.”

Watch the video below from CNN, at link:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/jewish-congressman-i-dont-need-great-talmudic-scholar-steve-king-lecturing-me-on-my-religion/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

[Scurrilous]

1. ".. supporting President Obama over Netanyahu means that you are not supportive of Israel.."

And I guess (using GOP logic), supporting Bibi over President Obama means that you are not supportive of the United States.

[nakocal]

2. King is a supporter and opologist for terrorists

Why anyone would ever listen to Rep. King is beyond me. This is a man who openly supported IRA terrorist that killed innocent men, women, and children.

[Unvanguard]

4. Peter King v. Steve King

Both awful, but for different reasons (and Steve King is even worse, in my opinion).

[starroute]

3. WTF? "I defend Israelis from Leftists & misogynists.”

What did he even *mean* by that? Does he think "misogynist" is some kind of euphemism for "anti-Semite"?

[Major Hogwash]

5. King is a Methodist who became a Catholic.

According to wiki.

So, he should be an expert on Jews!!

[gregcrawford]

6. Steve King is a malignant bag of pig excrement...

... and a psychotic monster who has no business holding ANY position of power and responsibility. So what does that say about the people who elected him?

Horrific people like King are raping this country, and we're just letting them do it. So what does that say about us?

You cannot reason with people like King, but you can't let them continue to destroy everything in sight. So what is to be done? How much horror do we tolerate, how many lives must be shattered, how much evil do we allow to be perpetrated, before we say, "ENOUGH!"?

It's getting to that point, and its going to go WAY beyond rhetoric sooner than anyone expects. Are you ready?

[delrem]

7. Too bad about this part of the account:

"Israel noted that he “leans to the right on US-Israeli issues,” and was the one to escort Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu before he gave his controversial speech before Congress."

[Colorado Vince]

8. congreesman steve king

Scarier than



could ever hope to be!

[George II]

9. I saw that interview, it was hysterical the way Steve Israel slapped down King.

[Matariki]

10. "I defend Israelis from Leftists & misogynists"

[Behind the Aegis]

11. We get lectured all the damn time.

Most people don't understand, nor care that we do not need, desire, nor require their fucking approval or direction on how we lead our lives as Jews and democrats.