Steve King: Ronald Reagan's Amnesty Act Decision 'Brought About Barack Obama's Election'

[DonViejo]

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) took a stroll down memory lane on Thursday, pointing a finger at a former president for helping Barack Obama get elected.

The Hill notes that King rewinded to the Ronald Reagan administration, criticizing the former president's decision to pass the 1986 Amnesty Act. NPR noted in 2010 that the bill was designed to impose a crackdown on border security with Mexico, but effectively allowed amnesty to any immigrant entering the U.S. prior to 1982.

The Washington Post added in January that as a result, 2.7 million immigrants were awarded green cards. That prompted King to connect some dots on Thursday, tracing that movement to the last two presidential elections.

"[T]hey have to admit that Ronald Reagan's signature on the '86 amnesty act brought about Barack Obama's election," King said on the House floor, according to The Hill.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/steve-king-ronald-reagan_n_3329484.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

[muntrv]

1. Forget that Obama was born on August 4, 1961

Raygun's amnesty created Barack Obama!

[muntrv]

2. Steve, don't you have a cross burning to go to?

[Enrique]

3. RWers do something other types don't

they go after ordinary Americans. He isn't attacking Obama here, he is attacking the people that voted for him, and he is attacking them as a group based on their nationality. He is telling them America would be better off without them.

[BlueDemKev]

4. Steve King is a complete Asshole...

...While arguing in favor of repealing Obamacare in Jan. 2011, he was asked by a if he could name a single person who has never sought or needed medical care at any point in their lives. His response? "Yes, all the dead newborns which are found in garbage cans every day."

[hauckeye]

5. As a native Iowan

now living out of state, I apologize to all that this jerk represents my native state.