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rurallib

(63,207 posts)
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 12:52 PM Jun 2018

Steve King singles out Somali Muslims over pork

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/22/steve-king-muslims-pork-664949

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said Friday that he doesn’t want Somali Muslims working at meat-packing plants in his district because they want consumers of pork to be sent to hell.

In a Breitbart News radio interview, the eight-term congressman, known for his inflammatory anti-immigrant rhetoric, said his views were shaped by a conversation with Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), whom he called “the lead Muslim in Congress.”

King said Ellison told him that Muslims would require “a special dispensation” from an imam in order to be able to handle pork in one of his district’s meat-packing plants. “The rationale is that if infidels are eating this pork, [the Muslims] are not eating it,” King said. “So as long as they’re preparing this pork for infidels, it helps send them to hell and it must make Allah happy.”

“I don’t want people doing my pork that won’t eat it, let alone hope I go to hell for eating pork chops,” he concluded.


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Docreed2003

(17,816 posts)
3. Glad Steve feels free to let his racist flag fly out in the open
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 01:09 PM
Jun 2018

I seriously doubt that Congressman Elllison uttered the word "infidel", but whatever plays to your racist base Steve

rurallib

(63,207 posts)
4. I sure hope Kim Reynolds gets some blowback for keeping this asshole
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 01:12 PM
Jun 2018

on her campaign.

Unfortunately I think that keeping the racist asshole on may be good for her campaign in Iowa these days.

VMA131Marine

(4,653 posts)
5. Also not allowed to eat pork:
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 01:13 PM
Jun 2018

Jews,
Seventh Day Adventists
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Clearly Steve King is advocating a religious test for employment that would be illegal under the First Amendment. It's funny that he wants to do this, but is all in favour of religious exemptions for pharmacists who don't want to dispense birth control or people who don't want to serve gay people.

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)
6. Religion is a protected class for employment in Iowa.
Fri Jun 22, 2018, 01:21 PM
Jun 2018

So he's encouraging employers to break the law.

Anyway, doesn't Iowa have enough pork problems with the tariffs causing millions to the pork producers? Factor in the other ag products and it's even more.

I wonder if he's trying to distract from the tariffs taking hold starting July 6.

IADEMO2004

(5,885 posts)
13. No Muslim workers no Mexican workers no union workers? Blonde Nordic Virgins OK?
Sat Jun 23, 2018, 07:10 AM
Jun 2018

Monsanto should genetically alter pigs to self-butcher themselves.

Come on Iowa we have to be better than this.

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