Congressman Steve King Condemned For Saying 'Diversity' Makes America Worse

He approvingly quoted Hungary's hardline prime minister.
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An American congressman has has sparked outrage by condemning “diversity”.

Republican Steve King - who has previously lauded white nationalism - tweeted that “diversity is not our strength” on Friday, citing Hungary’s hardline Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who reportedly stated that “mixing cultures will not lead to a higher quality of life but a lower one.”

Diversity is not our strength. Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban, “Mixing cultures will not lead to a higher quality of life but a lower one.” https://t.co/ZlMXzcc87w

— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) December 8, 2017

King, a congressman from Iowa, followed up by saying that “assimilation, not diversity, is our American strength.”

Assimilation has become a dirty word to the multiculturalist Left. Assimilation, not diversity, is our American strength.

— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) December 8, 2017

Fellow tweeters erupted in anger over the posts.

King came under similar fire in March after he tweeted his support of far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders.

Here’s a sampling of the responses to his latest posts below:

How are you employed, much less as a member of Congress?

— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 8, 2017

Just a reminder that Viktor Orban is, explicitly and in his own words, opposed to liberal democracy https://t.co/kMUO5TyHMv

— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) December 8, 2017

Other members of the Republican party have called Orban a "neo-fascist dictator" https://t.co/5CHKCwtTrr

Steve King offers this... https://t.co/BfaZmuw3Mg

— Dan Merica (@danmericaCNN) December 8, 2017

Someone should break it to Steve King that he wouldn't be around to say this ignorant shit if not for the diversity of America. https://t.co/6OgaTxPBMB

— Josh Moon (@Josh_Moon) December 8, 2017

Congressman Steve King is really on (white supremacist) one this morning pic.twitter.com/BXcDWMzfmJ

— katherine krueger (@kath_krueger) December 8, 2017

David Duke and now Rep. Steve King have tweeted that “diversity is not our strength.” pic.twitter.com/M5i5DWOnyP

— Eric Hananoki (@ehananoki) December 8, 2017
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