Representative King's Racist Rant

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Congressman Compares Black Farmers' Settlement to 'Slavery Reparations'

Congressman Compares Black Farmers' Settlement to 'Slavery Reparations'The House approved settlements today for black farmers whom the federal government had discriminated against in the past. In the debate beforehand, however, Rep. Steve King compared this to "slavery reparations" from the "very, very urban" Barack Obama.

The Senate last week finally approved the multi-billion-dollar funding for the Pigford II and Cobell settlements, which will allow the government to pay out claims to African-American farmers and American Indians who were discriminated against in recent decades by government agencies. Now, the House — which has passed the funding several times over — will have to approve it, probably this week. The House, in fact, was voting on procedural motions surrounding the bill as this post was written.

That means the opponents are coming out of the woodwork.

Rep. Steve King (R-IA), who's been one of the most vocal opponents of the Pigford settlement for black farmers, has taken to cable news and the floor of the House to speak against the settlement. King's argument is that the bulk of the Pigford II claims are fraudulent because there are fewer black farmers than claimants — a flimsy argument when you consider that many African-Americans lost their farms over the past few decades due, in part, to USDA discrimination that denied them loans — which is the point of the settlement program.

On Monday night, he suggested that President Obama, as a senator, may have been prejudiced to help the black farmers.

"Figure this out, Madame Speaker: We have a very, very urban Senator, Barack Obama, who has decided he's going to run for president, and what does he do?" King said. "He introduces legislation to create a whole new Pigford claim."

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http://gawker.com/5702669/congressman-compares-black-farmers-settlement-to-slavery-reparations

[Number23]

1. Any attempt to right the numerous wrongs done to blacks are called

"reparations." And any black person hired for any job (regardless of how qualified they are) are "affirmative action hires" to far too many of our fellow Americans.

SSDD.

[TheWraith]

2. When I opened this, I assumed it was Peter King from NY.

Also known as the guy who still likes to engage in Irish-bashing, let alone being virulently racist.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

3. King is a putrid racist

This isn't the first ignorant, racist rant I've heard from him and unfortunately, it won't be the last.

[spanone]

4. fucKing