King Backlash Spills into Telecom

The furor over Rep. Steve King’s ties to white nationalist figures and groups has struck the telecom industry, where two heavyweights castigated Rep. King (R-Iowa) over some of his recent remarks. NCTA – The Internet & Television Association, denounced King’s remarks and could “no longer support his campaign.” And AT&T, which has contributed to King’s campaign, said it will not make further campaign contributions to the lawmaker in 2018. Rep. King, who has a long track record of incendiary racial remarks, sparked uproar with his endorsement of Faith Goldy, a white nationalist running for mayor in Toronto. Rep King also has drawn heavy scrutiny for discussing conspiracy theories about billionaire donor George Soros with a Nazi-linked foreign party. In an interview with members of a far-right Austrian political party with historical Nazi ties, he tied Soros to the ‘Great Replacement’ — a far-right conspiracy theory describing a push to replace white Europeans with minorities.