This will be short. As I think pretty much everyone here is already aware, Rep. Steve King (Teaparty, Iowa) stands accused of praising the suicide bomber who crashed his plane into the IRS buiding in Texas. If you're unfamiliar with King's comments, you can read about them here: Rep. King Justifies Suicide Attack On IRS: Sympathizes With Hatred Of IRS, Hopes For Its Destruction
King is no stranger to unconscionable statements, and went on to make even more ridiculous statements in trying to explain his original ones:
TP: Do you think this attack, this terrorist attack, was motivated at all by a lot of the anti-tax rhetoric that’s popular in America right now?
KING: I think if we’d abolished the IRS back when I first advocated it, he wouldn’t have a target for his airplane. And I’m still for abolishing the IRS, I’ve been for it for thirty years and I’m for a national sales tax. [...] It’s sad the incident in Texas happened, but by the same token, it’s an agency that is unnecessary and when the day comes when that is over and we abolish the IRS, it’s going to be a happy day for America.
TP: So some of his grievances were legitimate?
KING: I don’t know if his grievances were legitimate, I’ve read part of the material. I can tell you I’ve been audited by the IRS and I’ve had the sense of ‘why is the IRS in my kitchen.’ Why do they have their thumb in the middle of my back. ... It is intrusive and we can do a better job without them entirely.
It was encouraging then to stumble across this today, and thank God for James Clyburn who also shares with us more about the victim of this horrible attack, Vernon Hunter, by telling us he originally hailed from Clyburn's own district.
"The fact of the matter is that the gentleman that lost his life in that building, Vernon Hunter, is from -- was from Orangeburg, South Carolina, that I proudly represent in this body," said Clyburn. "He spent two tours in Vietnam and was about the business of carrying out his duties and responsibilities to this great country of ours. If anybody is a hero, it is this victim. And I find it appalling that a member of this body would call his death a noble happening."
King should be ashamed but of course he has none. That shouldn't however stop people like Congressman Clyburn from shaming him.