Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), whose history of making racially inflammatory remarks has come under heightened scrutiny of late, demurred Tuesday night when asked by a constituent whether “a white society is superior to a nonwhite society.”“I don’t have an answer for that. That’s so hypothetical,” King said, responding to a question posed at a town hall meeting in Algona, Iowa. “I’ll say this, America is not a white society,” King continued. “It’s never been a completely white society. “The only people who care about that is national news media,” King added.

Source: Washington Post March 20, 2019 12:42 UTC