Wednesday, June 03, 2020

Iowa's favorite neo-fascist loses his primary bid

There's considerable rejoicing on several fronts in Iowa this morning after our most widely known neo-fascist state representative, the 4th District's Steve King, lost his Republican primary bid to state Sen. Randy Feenstra, of Hull.

King, co-chair of Gov. Kim Reynolds' 2018 re-election campaign and heartily endorsed by Sen. Joni Earnst in 2016, wasn't rejected because of his views, merely because of his inability to filter what came out of his mouth.

And so he became a political liability, stripped of all power by this GOP brethren in Congress after the latest in a long string of outrageous statements received wide publicity. That meant the campaign funding flowed into Feenstra coffers.

Feenstra was careful not to challenge King's neo-fascism --- views widely shared in northwest Iowa, quite likely by Feenstra, too. Nor were his views repudiated by either Reynolds or Earnst. He lost because of his perceived inability to effectively further the agenda of the Trump presidency. Feenstra's primary victory probably moves the 4th District seat into the Republican "safe" category.

And the question arises, what in the world are we going to do now that we've not got Steve King, with his pretty blue eyes, vacant stare and aging storm-trooper good looks, to kick around?

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