Lawmaker under fire for retweeting post by Nazi sympathizer
WASHINGTON - Steve King, a Republican congressman from Iowa who's a hard-liner on immigration with a penchant for making racially charged comments, is facing heat for sharing a Twitter post by a Nazi sympathizer from Britain.
Mark Collett posted a screenshot of a Breitbart.com story citing opinion in Italy on immigration, where the new government recently refused to admit a vessel carrying African migrants. Collett is a self-described admirer of Adolf Hitler and is active in the digital "alt-right."
King retweeted the post and added: "'Europe is waking up ... Will America ... in time?"
His office hasn't immediately responded to a message seeking comment.
