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Steve King: “Jorge Ramos' stock in trade is identifying and trying to drive wedges between race. Race and ethnicity, I should say to…”

On the recordMarch 13, 2017
Jorge Ramos' stock in trade is identifying and trying to drive wedges between race. Race and ethnicity, I should say to be more correct. When you start accentuating the differences, then you end up with people that are at each other's throats. And he's adding up Hispanics and blacks into what he predicts will be in greater number than whites in America. I will predict the Hispanics and blacks will be fighting each other before that happens.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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Steve King discusses his controversial remarks regarding race and demographics in America.

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