Committee-less Racist Congressman Steve King Tweets Fake MLK Quote

Racist Republican Congressman Steve King, no doubt perturbed by the national holiday honoring a black man whose charisma and acclaim eclipses his own even from beyond the grave. King, the also-ran congressman from Iowa who shares his last name with a black family of actual import, took time out of his busy day of zero…

Racist Republican Congressman Steve King, no doubt perturbed by the national holiday honoring a black man whose charisma and acclaim eclipses his own even from beyond the grave. King, the also-ran congressman from Iowa who shares his last name with a black family of actual import, took time out of his busy day of zero committee assignments to honor the man whose name heโ€™s managed to sully by sheer virtue of his continued presence in American politics.

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โ€œDr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his life for all,โ€ said King, a man so racist as to defy even the mainstream mediaโ€™s long-running history of hedging on racism in its headlines. โ€œToday, I think of this MLK quote, โ€œOur lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.โ€

The problem with Kingโ€™s tweet? Beyond the skeleton in his avi, King misquoted MLK.

Because MLK never said that wack shit.

Twitter, for its part, had no shortage of time for Kingโ€™s bullshit.

https://twitter.com/ginammack/status/1087481718343270400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/AngryBlackLady/status/1087487023714250752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski/status/1087479434356162560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/bayouwilson/status/1087480901766971394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
https://twitter.com/BurningOmmm/status/1087485509452980224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Still, readers shouldnโ€™t feed too bad for Iowaโ€™s J4rd-place kneecap lookalike (citation needed), as he did come away with some valuable advice:

https://twitter.com/tira_son/status/1087482974038241280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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