The Iowa congressman is on the outs with a significant bloc of his long-reliable conservative base, but not for almost two decades of incendiary utterances about abortion, immigrants and Islam.
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Establishment Republicans in Iowa and Washington, some of whom share King's policy views and have long tolerated his provocative remarks, have largely abandoned the congressman, throwing their weight behind Randy Feenstra, a conservative state senator. “My primary issue is being able to hold the seat. It makes it more difficult to do that when he’s lost his committees," she said.“His comments at times were just off the cuff," she said. “Sometimes some of them might have been him trying to be funny or cute, though some weren't. In fact, some were repulsive."
The punishment sidelined King from defending President Donald Trump during the impeachment hearings, a spotlight King would have relished. It also silenced him on agriculture policy, a blow in a district that ranks second nationally in agricultural production, according to federal statistics. It's a tack Iowa Republicans say is working, in part because it doesn't shame Iowans who have long defended King.
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