Congressman Rep. Steve King (R-IA) appeared on Breitbart News Daily Tuesday morning to support Senator Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in todays crucial primary elections and to warn that the GOP Establishment is determined to punish Trump and Cruz supporters, and they could even tacitly get behind Hillary Clinton as someone they can do business with if Cruz or Trump wins the nomination.
Breitbart News Daily host Stephen K. Bannon noted the nearly complete blackout on Cruz news in this final leg of the primary season, with the exception of Breitbart News and a few other conservative sources, and asked King why the Republican Party seemed so determined to starve Cruz of media oxygen at a crucial moment not to mention their stated determination to fight Trump or Cruz all the way to the convention, no matter how they fare in the primaries.
Were going to have something like 70 percent of the vote that comes in here today, and theyre going to be anti-Establishment votes, King noted, describing the 2016 primary as a revolt against the Establishment in the Republican Party.
He said hes felt the wrath of the Establishment himself, despite striving to give them everything they claim to desire in conservative policies, such as low taxation and regulatory relief.
The problem, said King, is that he gives them more than they really want, such as pro-life, pro-marriage, pro-Constitution, pro-real free enterprise, and an American culture and civilization that pulls itself up by its bootstraps, and grows its GDP on a per-capita basis average.
Ironically, the Establishments political and policy failures leave it on the precipice of making a choice between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, who are likely to be the only candidates left standing after the next two big primary days. Theyre gonna be thinking: lesser of two evils, what shall we do? King chuckled.
Unfortunately, as he went on to note, it was no laughing matter that they may decide they can do business with Hillary, and they might take their big bucks and go home. He thought some Establishment figures and their supporters might actively support Clinton against their own partys nominee, if it turned out to be Trump or Cruz.
I say that because Im watching them throw a tantrum right now in Iowa, and they have put, I will say, millions of dollars on the table to recruit a primary opponent against me, because they are sore losers in the Iowa caucus, King explained. When Cruz won the Iowa caucus, they decided, were going to teach Steve King a lesson.
Well, I dont learn very easy, King promised his Establishment adversaries. Theres part of me that just says, lets get it on.
As Bannon noted, thats just what Andrew Breitbart would have said. Tuesday marked the fourth anniversary of Breitbarts death, prompting King to reflect on his old friends legacy.
Im just watching how much impact the Breitbart networks have had, on our politics and our society. Its a go-to place, and I know that Andrews up there, smiling down at you and everybody thats part of the Breitbart team, and I consider myself to at least be part of the extended family of the Breitbart team, he said.
You can listen to the full interview with Rep. Steve King below:
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