“Yes (Feenstra can win) and I think it’s important for the GOP that he does,” Rove told The Hill. “All the ugly, bigoted things Steve King says results in mud thrown on every other Republican.”
Scott Reed, a U.S. Chamber political strategist, stated he’s been concerned that King is so poisonous that it could bring down Sen. Joni Ernst’s (R-Iowa) efforts to get reelected. That could put the GOP’s Senate majority in serious danger.
“We care about maintaining a Republican majority in the Senate and we’re concerned Steve King will be an albatross to Joni Ernst,” Reed stated. “She is going to need every vote in rural Iowa that she can get.”
The King campaign didn’t respond to The Hill’s request for comment.
Voters have still supported King despite him often bringing about national headlines and harsh criticism from his associates for comments on ethnic groups, immigrants and forced sex that are considered to be callous, prejudiced and intolerant. King has also questioned why the terms “white nationalist” and “white supremacist” were offensive, The New York Times reported.
