Rep. Steve King (R-IA) has long competed with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) to be the most extreme member of Congress. At a town hall last week, King did his best to gain an edge.
Last month, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) hinted at impeaching President Obama for purportedly violating his oath of office by not completely securing the border. ThinkProgress caught up with Steve King to get his thoughts on the subject:
TP: I know you've been a real leader on the Republican side on the issue of immigration. Obviously a real hot-button issue right now. Do you think that if President Obama doesn't do more to address illegal immigration and help stop it, that that would be a violation of his oath of office?
KING: Yes. He's obligated to take care that the laws are faithfully enforced. And he's essentially said he's not going to do that. So you can argue that already it's a violation of his oath of office.
King conceded that impeachment probably wouldn't happen. However, when a nearby constituent called President Obama not just a "Marxist," but a "Muslim Marxist," King tacitly agreed. King went further, pandering to the town hall attendee and repeatedly saying that Obama "does not have an American experience":
KING: I've just started to think about what we need to do and I have made this argument for a long time now that I am in the business of seeking to embarrass the administration into enforcing the law, particularly with regard to immigration.
BYSTANDING CONSTITUENT: He won't do that. He's a Marxist! He's a Muslim Marxist.
KING: He's at least a Marxist. And he surely understands the Muslim culture.
CONSTITUENT: He surely does. That's where he grew up with, that's his culture.
KING: He doesn't have an American experience. He does not have an American experience.
CONSTITUENT: He didn't grow up in America.
KING: Mmhmm.
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