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Steve King

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U.S. Congressman

The Resume

    (May 28, 1949- )
    Born in Storm Lake, Iowa
    Represents Iowa's 5th District (January 3, 2003-January 2, 2021)
    Republican

Why he might be annoying:

    The Des Moines Register commented, 'King has been an embarrassment to Iowa,' adding, 'This space won't allow listing all his outrageous remarks and positions.'
    He said prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib 'amounts to hazing.'
    After the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi he joked, 'There are probably not 72 virgins in the hell he's at, and if there are they probably all look like Helen Thomas.'
    He claimed without evidence that illegal immigrants sexually assault 'eight little girls' every day as part of a 'slow motion terrorist attack.'
    He said if Barack Obama is elected president, 'Then the radical Islamists, the al-Qaeda, the radical Islamists and their supporters will be dancing in the streets in greater numbers than they did on September 11 because they will declare victory in this war on terror.' (March 7, 2008)
    He was stripped of his committee assignments by the Republican Party after comments questioning why 'white nationalist' and 'white supremacist' were offensive (January 14, 2019).

Why he might not be annoying:

    His spokesperson apologized to Helen Thomas.
    A campaign spokesperson said, 'John McCain rejects the type of politics that degrades our civics... and obviously that extends to Congressman King's statement.'
    Obama said, 'Mr. King and individuals like him thrive on offensive or controversial statements as a way to get into the papers, so I don't take it too seriously.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 207 Votes: 61.84% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 137 Votes: 61.31% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 808 Votes: 58.17% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 84 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 337 Votes: 54.01% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 789 Votes: 49.68% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 403 Votes: 64.52% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 57 Votes: 50.88% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 65.38% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 136 Votes: 54.41% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 169 Votes: 46.75% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 192 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 62 Votes: 37.10% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 48 Votes: 47.92% Annoying