Thursday 28th March 2024

Governor Kim Reynolds is offering some blunt advice to a fellow Republican.

“I think that Steve King needs to make a decision if he wants to represent the people and the values of the fourth district or do something else,” Reynolds said today in Ottumwa.

Congressman King, often at the center of controversy, endorsed a white nationalist who was running for mayor of Toronto last month. He’s now feuding with a conservative magazine that has referred to King as “America’s most deplorable congressman” and “an embarrassment” to the GOP.

The Sioux City Journal, the largest newspaper in the district, endorsed King’s Democratic opponent, J.D. Scholten.  The paper had endorsed all of King’s previous General Election campaigns.

Prior to this year’s election, Reynolds told reporters she was not responsible for inflammatory comments from King, who was among her campaign co-chairs.  Today, Reynolds said she has not talked with King since the election, but she is suggesting King’s political career is at a crossroads.

“He needs to get back in the district and really, I think, work to represent his constituents,” Reynolds said during an interview with Radio Iowa.

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