Steve King: Build The Wall, Starve The Poor

OH GOD, I HATE THIS GUY.
A LOT.
OKAY.
REPRESENTATIVE STEVE KING WAS SPEAKING TO ALLISON CAMMARATA ON
CNN, AND THEY WERE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING THE FACT THAT THE
HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO ALLOCATE ñ
ALLOCATE A WHOPPING $1.6 BILLION TO SPEND ON THE BORDER WALL.
INTERESTING BECAUSE THAT MONEY WILL COME FROM OUR
CITIZENS, NOT MEXICO.
SO SHE ASKED IF IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
TAXPAYER MONEY, NOT FROM MEXICO, TO BUILD THAT WALL.
ABSOLUTELY, YES AND MORE.
I WOULD THROW ANOTHER 5
BILLION ON THE FILE, AND I WOULD FIND HALF 1 BILLION OF THAT OUT
OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S BUDGET, AND THE REST OF IT CAN COME FROM
FOOD STAMPS AND ENTITLEMENTS THAT ARE BEING SPREAD OUT
AMONG PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T WORKED FOR THREE GENERATIONS.
WE HAVE GOT TO FREE THIS ADMINISTRATION UP SO THAT
WE CAN MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR THIS COUNTRY.
HE IS A GREAT PRO-LIFE ADVOCATE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE
VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO BENEFIT FROM THESE FOOD
STAMPS ARE ACTUALLY KIDS.
A PHOTOGRAPHIC FOR.
MORE THAN 40 MILLION AMERICANS RECEIVED FOOD STAMPS, AND NEARLY
2/3 OF THEM ARE CHILDREN, ELDERLY OR DISABLED.
THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD ON FOOD STANDS HAD AN ANNUAL INCOME
OF LESS THAN $10,000 PER YEAR.
IT'S REALLY INTERESTING WHEN YOU PUT EVERYTHING IN CONTEXT.
HIS ARGUMENT IS, WE HAVE TO BUILD THAT WALL TO KEEP MEXICANS
OUT BECAUSE THEY ARE TAKING ALL OUR JOBS, WHILE HE
SIMULTANEOUSLY SAYS, THESE LAZY MOTHERFUCKERS LEECHING OFF THE
GOVERNMENT, THEY NEED TO GO OUT THERE AND WORK.
OKAY, SO WHICH ONE IS IT?
IS IT THAT THEY CAN'T WORK BECAUSE MEXICANS ARE TAKING
THEIR JOBS, OR IS IT THAT THEY ARE LAZY AND TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT?
HERE'S THE THINGS THAT BOTHERED ME:
HE SAID THEY HAVEN'T WORKED IN THREE GENERATIONS.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW DUDE?
WHERE IS THAT COMING FROM?
DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'M NOT A NAœVE DUDE WHO WAS LIKE,
EVERYONE WHO HAS EVER RECEIVED GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IS
HEAVENLY AND ANGELIC.
NO, THERE ARE SOME BUMS.
I DON'T MEAN HOMELESS PEOPLE, I MEAN A BUM WHO SITS AROUND
AND TAKES IT.
IS THAT A MAJORITY?
NO.
WE JUST GAVE YOU THE STATS, TWO THIRDS ARE KIDS, ELDERLY, OR
DISABLED.
YOU DON'T HAVE ANY STATS TO BACK UP YOUR CLAIM THAT THREE
GENERATIONS OF BUMS EXIST, AND THAT THEY ARE THE MAJORITY OF
PEOPLE TAKING FOOD STAMPS, AND WHO ARE YOU CALLING BUMS ANYWAY?
GUYS, YOU KNOW, LIKE HE KEEPS ñ
EVERYTHING STEVE KING DOES IS RACIAL.
REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE MEXICANS CROSSING
THE BORDER WITH THE CANTALOUPE CALVES BECAUSE THEY ARE DRAGGING
SO MUCH DRUGS AND THAT THEIR CALVES GREW OUT OF PROPORTION?
THIS GUY IS A LUNATIC WHEN IT COMES TO RACIAL STUFF, AND HE'S
THE ONE WHO TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN WHITE, YOU
KNOW, EUROPEAN ANCESTRY AND CULTURE HERE IN AMERICA, SO THE
GUY, WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT THREE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE NOT
WORKING, YOU ALL KNOW WHO HE IS TALKING ABOUT.
BUT THE REALITY IS, YOU KNOW WHO WAS ON FOOD STANDS AND MEDICAID?
INTERESTING STAT, ONE THIRD OF WEST VIRGINIA IS ON MEDICAID.
ONE THIRD OF WEST VIRGINIA.
I HAVE TO GIVE YOU THE STATS ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY
AMAZING.
SO, A DOCUMENT SEARCH LATER ON CAPITOL HILL IN MAY SAID
THAT A WHITE HOUSE BUDGET PROPOSAL WOULD/193 BILLION
FROM THE SNAP PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS FOOD STAMPS.
A CNN ANALYSIS FOUND OUT THAT OF THE TOP 10 PLACES WITH THE
LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS WHO USE SNAP, SEVEN VOTED FOR
DONALD TRUMP IN THE 2016 ELECTIONS.
AND SO, AGAIN, WE HAVE A CHUNK OF THE POPULATION HERE THAT
CONTINUALLY VOTES AGAINST THEIR BEST INTERESTS, AND WE HAVE TO
GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHY THAT IS.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MISINFORMATION THEY ARE BEING MISLED AND
MANIPULATED, AND IT'S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE YOU TRY TO
GIVE EVIDENCE, AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS REALLY
GOING ON, TO LOOK OUT FOR THEM, AND THEY REJECT IT AS
ELITIST PROPAGANDA.
AND IT'S LIKE, NO NO, WHAT YOU BOUGHT INTO IS THE PROPAGANDA.
PART OF WHAT PROGRESSIVES CARE ABOUT IS AMERICANS, SO WITH
PROGRESSIVES ARE AS COLD AND COCKY WAITING AS PROGRESSIVES
ARE, THEY GO, OH YOU WANTED TRUMP?
GREAT, WE ARE CUTTING THE FOOD STANDS IN ALL PLACES, SO
THAT'S GOING TO HURT SOME OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, BUT IT'S WHAT
HURT ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.
SELECT WEST VIRGINIA FEEL FOR ONCE THE CONSEQUENCE OF
VOTING FOR A REPUBLICAN.
DID YOU KNOW THAT WEST VIRGINIA HAD THE SECOND IS MARGIN FOR
TRUMP OUT OF ANY STATE IN THE COUNTRY?
OKAY, WELL, TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO CUT MEDICAID
AS EXAMPLE BY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, ACCORDING TO THE LAST
SENATE PROPOSAL, WHICH TRUMP LOVES.
OKAY, ALL OF A SUDDEN A THIRD OF THE STATE DOESN'T HAVE
HEALTH INSURANCE, AND THEN YOU TAKE AWAY FOOD STAMPS FROM
WEST VIRGINIA, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT KIND OF
DEVASTATION YOU WOULD HAVE?
DO YOU KNOW WHERE WEST VIRGINIA RANKS IN ECONOMIC WELL-BEING?
THEY RANKED 48TH IN MEDIAN INCOME.
THERE'S ONLY 50 STATES.
BUT DEMOCRATS WON'T DO IT.
AND I'M NOT SAYING THEY SHOULD BY THE WAY, I'M ALSO A
PROGRESSIVE, I WOULD NEVER WANT TO DO THAT TO WEST
VIRGINIA, NEVER, BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT YOU GUYS.
THE REPUBLICANS ARE WILLING TO DO IT TO YOU, AND COVER IT
UP, BUT THE DEMOCRATS ARE WILLING TO FIGHT TOOTH AND
NAIL TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO WEST VIRGINIA.
BUT THEY WANTS TO SAID, HAVE ADDED, YOU WANT THE
REPUBLICANS AND THEIR POLICIES?
HERE'S THEIR POLICIES, GO AHEAD.
AND I KNOW THE REPUBLICANS WOULD HAVE A WHOLE NEW SET OF LIES
ABOUT THAT, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT THEY, AS YOU CAN TELL FROM
STEVE KING ñ IF YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO IS RELYING ON FOOD STAMPS,
BECAUSE YOUR FAMILY HAS RUN ON HARD TIMES, YOU THINK THIS
GUY HAS GOT YOUR BACK?
YOU HAVE GOT TO BE OUT OF YOUR MIND TO THINK THAT.
HE CAN'T WAIT TO GET THE MONEY THAT YOUR FAMILY RELIES ON,
SO SHE CAN GET EVEN MORE TAX ñ
THAT HE CAN GIVE EVEN MORE TAX CUTS TO THE RICH.

Steve King: Build The Wall, Starve The Poor

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