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Steve King: “For everyone who's a valedictorian, there's another hundred out there that they weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves…”

On the recordOctober 31, 2018
For everyone who's a valedictorian, there's another hundred out there that they weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're holding 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Steve King makes a controversial statement about immigrants crossing the U.S./Mexico border.

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