# Rep. Steve King, the disgrrace of the Hawkeye State (Iowa) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 14, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676 "2019-08-14T21:59:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/1 "2019-08-14T21:59:39Z")
This guy is worse than the Manchurian Marmalade when it comes to saying stupid things. His latest? “Where would the human population be without rape and incest?” :mad: Oh, yeah, he supposedly means that a lot of good people were born as a result of it, but we know where he’s coming from. > **[Top Republicans chastise Steve King after he questions if humanity would...](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/steve-king-questions-if-humanity-would-exist-without-rape-or-n1042326)** > > "What if we went back through all the family trees and just pulled out anyone who was a product of rape or incest?" King said, asking who would remain. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/2 "2019-08-14T22:31:11Z")
Not having committee assignments probably gives him a lo more time to “think” about stuff ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/3 "2019-08-14T22:33:18Z")
> [@](#): > > “Where would the human population be without rape and incest?” I get the feeling that Rep. Steve King wouldn’t be with us. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/4 "2019-08-14T22:53:37Z")
The idea that there would be no “population of the world left” if we could magically get rid of all rapes is ludicrous, but people are missing the larger point he was trying to make. And that is, if you are against abortion, it makes no sense from a humanitarian or religious point of view to think that it somehow becomes okay if the abortion is performed due to a rape. Either you believed a fetus is human from the beginning and abortion is murder, or you don’t. It’s bullshit to try and have it both ways. Other than that, yeah, your thread title stands. What a moron, for the most part, this guy is. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/5 "2019-08-14T22:57:07Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > … > Oh, yeah, he supposedly means that a lot of good people were born as a result of it, but we know where he’s coming from. > … Thanks to incest, Steve King has voters. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/6 "2019-08-14T23:00:09Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > What a moron, for the most part, this guy is. Which part of him isn’t moronic? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/7 "2019-08-14T23:05:43Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > I get the feeling that Rep. Steve King wouldn’t be with us. Well, you’d have to interview his mother, father, uncle, aunt, brother, and sister. Luckily, it might only be two interviews total. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/8 "2019-08-15T00:43:31Z")
I’m forced to conclude that King wants to fuck/rape his sister and/or mother. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/9 "2019-08-15T00:48:08Z")
Republicans-Complain about “The Squad”-elect buffoons like this guy. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/10 "2019-08-15T02:03:16Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > I get the feeling that Rep. Steve King wouldn’t be with us. I don’t think his family tree forks at all. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/11 "2019-08-15T02:04:00Z")
Hm. A few years ago, in 2012, Rep. King [told an Iowa reporter he’s never heard of a child getting pregnant from statutory rape or incest.](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/election2012/rep-steve-king-i-ve-never-heard-of-a-girl-getting-pregnant-from-statutory-rape-or-incest) Presumably, then, all those rape and incest-caused pregnancies were only adult women. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/12 "2019-08-15T02:14:04Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Hm. A few years ago, in 2012, Rep. King [told an Iowa reporter he’s never heard of a child getting pregnant from statutory rape or incest.](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/election2012/rep-steve-king-i-ve-never-heard-of-a-girl-getting-pregnant-from-statutory-rape-or-incest) > > Presumably, then, all those rape and incest-caused pregnancies were only adult women. And only from rape-rape, not sort of -rape. (Remember THAT conversation?) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/13 "2019-08-15T02:44:43Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I’m forced to conclude that King wants to fuck/rape his sister and/or mother. > > CMC fnord! Well, that’s only one person, right? It’s not like he’s establishing a _pattern_ here. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/14 "2019-08-15T02:55:12Z")
Is anyone else afraid that King is going to be President someday? I’m looking at the downward trend of Republican Presidents and he looks like the next link in the chain. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/15 "2019-08-15T03:03:57Z")
So he’s going for the inbred bastard vote, huh? Is that the majority in Iowa? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/16 "2019-08-15T03:13:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Is anyone else afraid that King is going to be President someday? I’m looking at the downward trend of Republican Presidents and he looks like the next link in the chain. I wouldn’t be so confident that it will be King. Louie Gohmert certainly looks like a missing link from some chain somewhere. And if I’m not mistaken, didn’t Michelle Bachmann try to get her name back in the news a while ago by claiming that Trump was the most Christian president ever? Trump is low, but there are a lot of things down in the bottom of the barrel with him. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/17 "2019-08-15T03:28:05Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Is anyone else afraid that King is going to be President someday? I’m looking at the downward trend of Republican Presidents and he looks like the next link in the chain. Ooh, Darrell Issa can be Vice President. Dream team! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/18 "2019-08-15T04:17:45Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Is anyone else afraid that King is going to be President someday? I’m looking at the downward trend of Republican Presidents and he looks like the next link in the chain. At the moment, I’m more concerned that the current president wants to be/thinks he is the king. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/19 "2019-08-15T05:07:37Z")
Got to admit, watching a politician take the pro-rape/pro-incest stand is not something one sees everyday. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676/20 "2019-08-15T13:13:06Z")
[It isn’t the first time.](https://twitter.com/alexcarpenter/status/266011235127005184) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rep-steve-king-the-disgrrace-of-the-hawkeye-state-iowa/838676.md?page=2)