Republican candidate empathized with domestic suicide bomber and then got elected

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Campbell campaign: Endorsed by employee group
10/26/2010

MEDIA ADVISORY *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
October 26, 2010 8:40am

Contact:
Dave Rogers, Campaign Manager, 505-231-9805 Chuck Signs, Press Assistant, 712-292-0288

Matt Campbell has been endorsed by the National Treasury Employees Union to be Iowa's next 5th District representative. Steve King chafed the group earlier in the year when he empathised with a domestic terrorist that attacked a federal building in Austin, Texas killing a civil service employee who had completed two tours of duty in Vietnam.

King empathized with a taxpayer furious at the IRS, Joseph Stack, who flew his airplane into the federal building in Austin earlier this year killing Vernon Hunter, injuring several others and causing millions of dollars of property damage.

Colleen M. Kelley, the president of the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents I.R.S. workers, issued a statement earlier this year calling on Mr. King to apologize. Ms. Kelley said in the statement:

"This senseless act of violence cost an innocent man — a dedicated public servant and veteran — his life. Vernon Hunter’s family is mourning a husband, father and grandfather and IRS employees are mourning a leader, friend and colleague. Representative King’s comments are inappropriate and show an appalling lack of compassion over his death, as well as a lack of respect for the lives of federal employees nationwide.