Iowa congressman Steve King was touting Geert Wilders in this week’s Dutch election
The Associated Press
Posted: Mar 13, 2017 5:42 AM ET
Last Updated: Mar 13, 2017 5:42 AM ET
A veteran Republican congressman is voicing support for a right-wing Dutch politician who opposes immigration and has spoken against Islam.
Rep. Steve King of Iowa, in a tweet Sunday, paid tribute to Geert Wilders, a veteran member of the Dutch Parliament who founded the Party of Freedom. It came as the Dutch prepare for an election Wednesday.
In the post on his verified Twitter account, King, who has served in the U.S. House since his election in 2002, said: Wilders “understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.”
King is among conservatives who have strongly advocated an end to the U.S. practice of granting automatic citizenship to children born here to parents who are in the country illegally.
The racially charged tweet drew criticism online, including from fellow Republican congressman Carlos Curbelo, an American born to Cuban exiled.
.@SteveKingIA What exactly do you mean? Do I qualify as “somebody else’s baby?” #concernedGOPcolleague
With files from CBC News
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