First, he endorsed white nationalist Faith Goldy’s campaign for mayor of Toronto. And Goldy’s not just your typical dog whistling far-righter. She recited an infamous white supremacist slogan on a podcast, she gave an interview to the Daily Stormer, and she attended the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville. And apparently King is into it:
Faith Goldy, an excellent candidate for Toronto mayor, pro Rule of Law, pro Make Canada Safe Again, pro balanced budget, &…BEST of all, Pro Western Civilization and a fighter for our values. @FaithGoldy will not be silenced. https://t.co/uqkeaUjm7i
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) October 17, 2018
Then HuffPost uncovered an interview King gave to a far right Austrian publication in September. And boy, it was full of awfulness. From using Mollie Tibbbett’s murder—against her family’s express wishes—to forward his anti-immigrant beliefs, to doubling down on his talk of “somebody else’s babies,” to reciting the myth of immigrant-filled “no-go zones all over Europe,” King was playing racist bingo and he was playing to win.
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There's a lot of people who aren't even pretending any more.