To Iowa GOP Rep. Steve King, nothing’s more deplorable than the facts. After King on Wednesday declared himself a big promoter of the family and employees having kids, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo wondered if that applied to same-sex couples too. The short answer, no. Caitlin MacNeal gives us a look at the exchange:
"I want to respect all people, but I want to promote the natural family," King said. "And I think that’s the most wholesome thing that we can do."
King then defined the term "natural family" as "a man and a woman joined together hopefully in holy matrimony, blessed by God with children."
CNN's Chris Cuomo noted that research shows that kids raised by LGBT families “are doing just as well if not better" than those raised by a man and woman, which King dismissed.
"I think I’d need to look a little further into some of that research," King said in response. "We got down the global warming argument and found out there’s another side to that equation too."
Oh, yes, the thoroughly disproven argument about the warming of the planet.
The congressman then said the “natural family” is "the best and most wholesome way to raise a child."
Cuomo pushed back, arguing that what works is loving a child.
Oh, Chris, we totally support your effort here but you're talking to Steve King, the guy who thinks a vast number of Latinos are drug runners with "cantaloupe" calves. King knows what he knows and he’s not gonna let the facts stand in his way. Here’s the exchange.