GOP's Steve King Says Comparison Of Immigrants To Dogs Was A Compliment

The hate and bigotry of today's Republican Party is at times nothing less than stunning.  Especially since these same people wrap themselves in the mantle of religion and pretend that they are the defenders of godliness and Christian values.  If one reads the New Testament, the only figures who drew Christ's open wrath and condemnation were the Pharisees who acted far batter than today's "godly Christian" crowd in the GOP base.   A case in point is the horribly nasty Representative Steve King (R-IA) who seems to take hatred of others who are white far right Christians to new heights when he says that his comparison of immigrants to dogs was a compliment.   Think Progress has details:

In a Univision interview, leading Hispanic reporter Jorge Ramos confronted Rep. Steve King (R-IA) over remarks in 2012 where the congressman likened immigrants to dogs. King refused to apologize, even as Ramos told him “many people would find that offensive and racist.” 

Here is an excerpt of the testy exchange:

RAMOS: So from your point of view, you actually did not compare immigrants to dogs?
KING: I said that speech was about the vigor of legal immigration. It was a very complimentary speech and no I did not do that.

RAMOS : I don’t think many people found that complementary. [Crosstalk]. You know it is not complimentary to compare a group of immigrants to animals.

King has compared immigrants to animals more than once, including the time he suggested an electrified border fence because “we do this with livestock all the time.”

During the same interview, the leading opponent to immigration reform also remarked that what happens to DREAMers and undocumented immigrants is not his “responsibility.” “American citizens and legal Americans do not have a moral obligation to solve the problem of the 11 million people that are here unlawfully,” he said.

Individuals like King will be the death of not only the Republican Party but of Christianity as well.