That's the contention of Iowa's most vocal Republican nitwit, Rep. Steve King.
The Stasi have come to America, Representative Steve King, Republican of Iowa, told the audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday.
The Stasi of King’s warning isn’t the actual East German secret police force that detained an estimated two hundred thousand people for political reasons, torturing or killing who knows how many of them; it’s not the Stasi that the Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal said was “much, much worse than the Gestapo, if you consider only the oppression of its own people.” The Stasi that King was referring to is actually the janitor—or janitors—inside the Capitol who replaced the light bulb in his office lamp with a different kind of bulb he doesn’t like as much. ...Alex Koppelman, New Yorker
It's not just the bulbs on Capitol Hill, though, nor the activities of the East German Stasi janitors. The takeover extends to bathrooms and beaches right across the country.
He also discussed the issue of low-flow showerheads and toilets (“We have a nation of double flushers with designer plungers because the Stasi police have taken away another piece of our liberty … I want my liberty back!”), restrictions on Happy Meals, and, of course, a ban on throwing footballs and Frisbees and digging holes deeper than eighteen inches at certain times of year on beaches in Los Angeles County. ...Alex Koppelman, New Yorker
As a liberal single-flusher, I protest. Double-flushing is symptom of overeating. No, really. It is.
Representative King climbed into his white robes and his conical hat for his next speech.
Not long after his speech, the tireless defender of liberty went to speak at another CPAC event—a panel entitled “The Failure of Multiculturalism: How the pursuit of diversity is weakening the American Identity” that featured two “white nationalists.” To one of them, he bragged, “I’ve read your books!” ...Alex Koppelman, New Yorker
