GOP Rep. Steve King says he's 'not sorry' for retweeting Nazi sympathizer

Steve King.
(Image credit: Getty Images)

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Tuesday claimed he did not realize that a message he retweeted earlier this month was originally written by a self-described Nazi sympathizer.

On June 12, he retweeted a post by Mark Collett, the former chairman of a far-right British youth political party. Collett wrote, "65% of Italians under the age of 35 now oppose mass immigration. Europe is waking up..." King retweeted and added, "Europe is waking up...Will America...in time?" The immigration hardliner told CNN he never heard of Collett, and thought he was only retweeting a screenshot of a Breitbart article.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
To continue reading this article...
Continue reading this article and get limited website access each month.
Get unlimited website access, exclusive newsletters plus much more.
Cancel or pause at any time.
Already a subscriber to The Week?
Not sure which email you used for your subscription? Contact us
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.