ASSOLE OF THE DAY: Rep. Steve King Defends the Right to Watch Dog Fighting
Iowa Rep. Steve King (R) is standing up for the rights of Americans who want to see dogs and others animals pitted against one another in fights that often result in the animals’ deaths.
During a tele-townhall event last week, King complained about an amendment to the farm bill that would criminalize attending organized animal fights and would impose additional penalties on people who bring children to the events.
“When the legislation that passed in the farm bill that says that it’s a federal crime to watch animals fight or to induce someone else to watch an animal fight but it’s not a federal crime to induce somebody to watch people fighting, there’s something wrong with the priorities of people that think like that,” the Iowa congressman said in a video of the event that was published on Tuesday.
Think Progress’ Scott Keyes pointed out that King’s claim that lawmakers were hypocritical for not banning human fights didn’t make sense because “animals don’t have a choice in the matter.”
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