U.S. Congressman Steve King of Iowa, who doesn’t shy away from openly sharing his racist views, on Sunday took to Twitter to promote the white nationalist position on immigrants, saying, “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.”
The comment, which many have condemned and the Washington Post characterized as “appear[ing] to have crossed the line,” was part of a tweet praising anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders. It included a political cartoon depicting Wilders with his finger in a dam labeled “Western Civilization” attempting to hold back a green tide of Islam’s crescent moons and stars while bearded men with sabres and suicide vests protest nearby.
“Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny,” King wrote. “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.”
