Current Events > GOP's Steve King blames ex president Barack Obama for Alexandria shooting.

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GOP Rep. Steve King of Iowa has asserted that former President Barack Obama shares at least part of the blame for the June 14 shooting targeted at Republican lawmakers in Virginia

In broad daylight, gunman James T. Hodgkinson opened fire during a GOP baseball practice in Alexandria, wounding five people. House Majority Whip GOP Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana was critically injured during the attack.

That day, King declared in an interview with WHO Iowa radio that Obama was culpable in the shooting.

"I do want to put some of this at the feet of Barack Obama," King said, according to CNN. "He contributed mightily to dividing us. He focused on our differences rather than our things that unify us. And this is some of the fruits of that labor."

"The center of America is disappearing, and the violence is incited by the leading cultural voices of the Left," King tweeted out.

King is no stranger to controversy and polarizing rhetoric. In July 2016, he questioned what contributions non-white societies had made to Western civilization.

"I'd ask you to go back through history and figure out where are these contributions that have been made by these other categories of people that you are talking about?" King told MSNBC. "Where did any other subgroup of people contribute more to civilization?"

Hodgkinson, a registered independent, was a vocal supporter of independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont. In 2016, the gunman volunteered on Sanders' presidential campaign during the Democratic primary.

"I am sickened by this despicable act," Sanders said on the Senate floor in reaction to the shooting, according to the Boston Globe. "Let me be as a clear as I can be: Violence of any kind is unacceptable in our society and I condemn this action in the strongest possible terms."

On June 14, Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona, who was among the lawmakers targeted by Hodgkinson on the baseball field, confirmed that Obama had personally called him after the shooting.

"[Obama] just said, 'I hope that this does bring more unity,' and he wanted me to pass on certainly his regards if he wasn't able to get to Steve or others before me that he was praying for their good health," Flake told CBS News. "It was a nice call."

Full Article: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/lawmaker-says-obama-partly-blame-scalise-shooting



Thanks Obama!
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what fuckin planet do republicans live on?

Republicans: "guns don't kill people, Barack Obama does"
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This guy is a piece of shit
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TheVipaGTS posted...

what fuckin planet do republicans live on?

One where they can do no wrong and all that is wrong in the world is the fault of their enemies.
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You mean a politically driven shooting was politically driven
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This white supremacist piece of shit says OBAMA was the divider? Lmao
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That guy is a fucking idiot.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

what fuckin planet do republicans live on?

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Every time I see this dude's name brought up I immediately think Steven King has finally lost it after writing all those books of his and is talking shit.
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Get ready for people to defend this bullshit.
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RebelElite791 posted...

This white supremacist piece of shit says OBAMA was the divider? Lmao

sorry to tell you, it's not fiction.
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Bishop9800 posted...

Get ready for people to defend this bullshit.

Too late.
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CrimsonAngeI posted...

Bishop9800 posted...

Get ready for people to defend this bullshit.

Too late.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW7Op86ox9g
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Steve King is a racist piece of shit, what else is new?
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I love the fact that he says Obama is responsible for dividing the USA, then is quoted as saying, "what have minorities contributed to western society."

Like, what in the literal fuck.
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Man, what a fucking jackass.
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Obama: *acknowledges differences that lead to problems in an attempt to get people to open their eyes and move past the bull shit*

"Omg what a jerk I can't believe he would do that. It's best to ignore that shit and pretend these real problems don't exist. btw what have non white people contributed to society at all?!"

I just don't understand these idiots. Though I guess trying to understand a racist is a lost cause to begin with.

He's a literal racist. Google it.
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literally thanks obama

thanks obama
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How is it that everything is still Obama or Hillary's fault when the GOP controls two branches of government (and recently confirmed a conservative justice to the third)?

How is it that Obama is responsible for our country's division when he's been dead silent ever since leaving office, and when our current Republican president is the most crass president in living memory?

Obama gave at least 17 speeches lamenting mass shootings during his presidency (there are so many that it's hard to count exactly). Meanwhile, Rand Paul tweeted that the Second Amendment was created not to "shoot deer," but to allow people "to shoot at the government when it becomes tyrannical."
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I think this is absurd. But at the same time is it any different than when the left tried to blame Sarah Palin for Gabbie Giffords getting shot?
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Thanks Obama for showing us that Republicans are a special brand of dumb and awful.
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0TiamaT0 posted...

I think this is absurd. But at the same time is it any different than when the left tried to blame Sarah Palin for Gabbie Giffords getting shot?

Or when Republicans blaming the left for the baseball shooting?
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0TiamaT0 posted...

I think this is absurd. But at the same time is it any different than when the left tried to blame Sarah Palin for Gabbie Giffords getting shot?

Did any politician though?
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Classless

Polycosm posted...

How is it that everything is still Obama or Hillary's fault when the GOP controls two branches of government (and recently confirmed a conservative justice to the third)?

How is it that Obama is responsible for our country's division when he's been dead silent ever since leaving office, and when our current Republican president is the most crass president in living memory?

Obama gave at least 17 speeches lamenting mass shootings during his presidency (there are so many that it's hard to count exactly). Meanwhile, Rand Paul tweeted that the Second Amendment was created not to "shoot deer," but to allow people "to shoot at the government when it becomes tyrannical."

As long as the GOP never lets up on attacking obama,clinton and liberals as a whole people won't be looking at them when shit goes wrong, it's a good plan, keep the hate for the other side burning for so long it becomes the norm to the point Trump's 8 years of shit can still be blamed on democrats and liberals even when the GOP controls all of the government and the democrats might as well furniture.
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this works though
like, we laugh at the idea that it was obama who divided us and not 8 years of obstructionist republicans, but their base eats it up. repeat it often enough and they believe it
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prince_leo posted...

this works though
like, we laugh at the idea that it was obama who divided us and not 8 years of obstructionist republicans, but their base eats it up. repeat it often enough and they believe it

And that's the sad part...they seem to enjoy being lied to and played like that.They just take it, fall for it and continue to support the men and women conning them...and everyone keeps saying "Dems need to step up, they need to counter this"....they do...Liberals, Dems, Citizens, Politicians....we can call out the bull shit all we want. their base is too diluted...they'll just justify it and claim WE are the ones lying. You see it on CE all the time.

UnfairRepresent posted...

0TiamaT0 posted...

I think this is absurd. But at the same time is it any different than when the left tried to blame Sarah Palin for Gabbie Giffords getting shot?

Did any politician though?

what is with leftists and selective memory
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AlephZero posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

0TiamaT0 posted...

I think this is absurd. But at the same time is it any different than when the left tried to blame Sarah Palin for Gabbie Giffords getting shot?

Did any politician though?

what is with leftists and selective memory

Or when Republicans blaming the left for the baseball shooting?
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TheVipaGTS posted...

prince_leo posted...

this works though
like, we laugh at the idea that it was obama who divided us and not 8 years of obstructionist republicans, but their base eats it up. repeat it often enough and they believe it

And that's the sad part...they seem to enjoy being lied to and played like that.They just take it, fall for it and continue to support the men and women conning them..

That's hardly a partisan problem
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TheVipaGTS posted...

And that's the sad part...they seem to enjoy being lied to and played like that.They just take it, fall for it and continue to support the men and women conning them...and everyone keeps saying "Dems need to step up, they need to counter this"....they do...Liberals, Dems, Citizens, Politicians....we can call out the bull s*** all we want. their base is too diluted...they'll just justify it and claim WE are the ones lying. You see it on CE all the time.

Then the republicans fire back with another story about a liberal wishing someone dead, or another liberal group such as BLM or feminists doing something stupid and racist, or collage stupidity by young liberals,or SJWs in general, the entire movement needs to be destroyed because so long as these things exist, nobody will ever trust or vote for a liberal ever again.
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Do you guys think the details of Trumpcare will turn off many GOP voters?
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isn't this the piece of scum who called Abu Ghraib "hazing"?
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ledbowman posted...

Do you guys think the details of Trumpcare will turn off many GOP voters?

No. I hate to say it. You have people who swears it's better then the ACA.
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ledbowman posted...

Do you guys think the details of Trumpcare will turn off many GOP voters?

Fuck no lol, just look at this board
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Remember the Stephen King book the dark half? Well I'm convinced that this Steve King is the dumb half.

PS I know they are different people.
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It's actually very difficult to find examples of political violence happening in America before Obama was elected.

Of course, liberals ignore that fact...
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ledbowman posted...

Do you guys think the details of Trumpcare will turn off many GOP voters?

my father voted for trump and he thinks the bill is shit
he also thinks rich people should be taxed more, so I honestly couldn't tell you what's going on in his head. july 4th will be fun
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ledbowman posted...

Do you guys think the details of Trumpcare will turn off many GOP voters?

>implying a majority of Republican voters read
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Who ordered the Bin Laden raid?
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One of the early criticisms of Obama was that he tried too hard to be non-partisan. Meanwhile what did the GOP say when he got elected? They stood up and said they won't work with him. They said their top priority was to make him a one term president. They spent all 8 years standing In his way, even if it was something they liked..is that not divisive? Compare that to the reaction to Trumps win. Many high level democrats including people like Obama and Hilary said they would work with him to try and do what's best for the country. Obviously things have sort of changed since his admin has done an incredibly terrible job so far.

Let's not blame the GOP for screwing people over, shitty legislation, lying and only doing what's best to fill their pockets..no that has nothing to do with the problems we see today. It's all Obama, right? Fuckin hell...

Obama tried to work with the republicans the whole time. They never wanted to work with him.
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literal_garbage posted...
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TheVipaGTS posted...

One of the early criticisms of Obama was that he tried too hard to be non-partisan.

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literal_garbage posted...

It's actually very difficult to find examples of political violence happening in America before Obama was elected.

Of course, liberals ignore that fact...

So you're saying Obama caused all this "political violence"?

Btw, you're wrong. In the 60s, 70s and in some of the 80s, there was some.
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BLAKUboy posted...

ledbowman posted...

Do you guys think the details of Trumpcare will turn off many GOP voters?

>implying a majority of Republican voters read

I wish you were joking.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

TheVipaGTS posted...

One of the early criticisms of Obama was that he tried too hard to be non-partisan.

Go ahead and rewrite history if you want. He got criticized for it because he kept trying even though the GOP wasn't giving anything back. They wanted him to say "fuck you then" and take stronger action. He wanted to work with republican leaders. He kind of stopped trying so hard as his presidency continued but early on he really wanted to make the nonpartisan thing work. The GOP stood in his way. You might say they were being...divisive!

ledbowman posted...

He's a literal racist. Google it.

Its true. I'm sure he says "thanks Obama" everytime he stubs his toe as well.
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