Renowned racist pedophile Steve King jokes about Uyghur Muslims detained
in China being force-fed pork

Rep. Steve King, whose history of incendiary and racially insensitive
comments has led to calls for his resignation from Congress, appeared to
make light of China�s treatment of Uyghur Muslims by suggesting
force-feeding them pork � a violation of their religious beliefs � was a
good idea.

The Iowa Republican on Tuesday was criticizing China for detaining
millions of Uyghur Muslims when he made the comments.

�They take out all of their religious artifacts out and then they want
them to put on Chinese clothing and eat Chinese diet, which includes
trying to force the Muslims to eat pork,� King said at a town hall Tuesday
morning, according to video of the event posted to Facebook.

�That�s actually the only part of that that I agree with, is everybody
ought to eat pork,� he added. U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-IA) speaks during a
town hall meeting at the Ericson Public Library on August 13, 2019 in
Boone, Iowa. (Joshua Lott/Getty Images)

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�If you have a shortage of bacon, you can�t be happy,� he said, with a
small laugh.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on Republican
House members to condemn King for his comments.

�Republican leaders need to make clear once and for all that Islamophobia
will not be tolerated in their ranks,� CAIR Government Affairs Director
Robert McCaw said in a statement. �If King had joked about any other
religious minority in concentration camps suffering the same humiliation
he would have been kicked out of the Republican Party.�

King�s office didn�t respond to CNN�s request for comment.

The US has accused Beijing of holding Uyghur Muslims in �concentration
camps� in the Xinjiang region in northwestern China. Allegations of
torture inside the camps are rampant, including in accounts given to CNN
by former detainees describing forced education under the threat of
violence.

Beijing has denied allegations of torture or political indoctrination,
claiming that the camps are �vocational training centers� designed to
fight terrorism and combat Islamic extremism.

King, who is running for reelection, is a controversial and polarizing
figure on Capitol Hill, whose comments about race and immigration have
sparked outrage and condemnation.

He drew bipartisan backlash earlier this month for questioning whether
there would be any population left on Earth if not for rape and incest.
The No. 3 House Republican, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, wrote in a tweet
that those remarks were �appalling and bizarre� and called on him to
resign.

He was stripped of his committee assignments in January by House
Republicans, after he appeared to lament in a New York Times interview
that the term �white supremacist� was considered offensive.

Last year, King told Breitbart Radio he didn�t want Somali Muslims working
in his home district�s meat-packing plants to handle pork because they
wouldn�t eat it themselves and believed consumers will go �to hell for
eating pork chops.�