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Rep. Steve King stands by controversial Obama comments |
King reiterated his comments Saturday evening in an interview with Geraldo Rivera on the Fox News Channel.
“I reject [McCain’s] disavowal and I reject the Democrat web pages that call me the names that they have,” King said. “I’d ask them to point to the quote that I have said that offends them. And if I am wrong, Geraldo, and we elect Obama to the presidency and he declares defeat, if they don’t dance in the streets, I will come and apologize to you and everybody in America. But I’m saying, I’m right.”
Obama’s campaign called on McCain to repudiate King. McCain’s campaign downplayed any connection between King and the campaign and said it rejects the kind of politics King was taking part in.
Several others who are not backing Obama's presidential bid, including former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) -- a supporter of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) campaign -- have also brought up Obama’s middle name and suggested his election would be well-received in the Muslim world. Kerrey subsequently apologized.
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