It might have been a good idea for Akron locals to clear out after white nationalist sympathizer Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) boasted in a tweet Saturday that he and Donald Trump Jr. were setting out on a “peasant hunt” in Iowa. Social media users took the opportunity to take shots at Trump and King, who has a controversial history of racist digs, appealing to white nationalist rhetoric. King came under a storm of criticism in March after he spoke up in support of far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders. He tweeted that Wilders understands that we “can’t restore our civilization with someone else’s babies,” apparently referring to immigrants or people of color. Former Ku Klux Klansman David Duke tweeted in return: “God bless Steve King!” King has also questioned what value nonwhites have contributed to the Republican Party.

Source: Huffington Post October 30, 2017 00:11 UTC