Steve King tries to raise campaign money after being punished for his comments on white supremacy

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, is using the backlash from his comments about white nationalism to raise money for his next campaign.

"The unhinged left has teamed up with Republican 'NeverTrumpers' and is pulling out all the stops to destroy me," King wrote in a campaign email to his supporters, according to the Des Moines Register.

King came under fire for comments he made in a New York Times interview, which were perceived as racist. He was quoted as saying, “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?”

But King says he was misquoted, and that he was only referring to Western civilization when he asked how that language became offensive. There is no audio of the interview.

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The fund raising letter probably reads something like, "If they stop racists like me they're going to come for you next."