Why Steve King Endorsed Ted Cruz - And Not Ben Carson or Donald Trump

ABC News ^ | Nov 16, 2015 | Josh Haskell and Jessica Hopper

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Congressman Steve King has endorsed Ted Cruz for President - saying Cruz is the "answer to my prayers" and that Ben Carson and Donald Trump's lack of Washington, D.C., experience makes the job "harder" for them.

"I do believe that Ted Cruz is the full package, the constitutional conservative that can restore the soul of America," King told reporters in a conference room at the Des Moines Marriott.

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King is an influential voice in Iowa politics who was courted by many conservative Republicans including Bobby Jindal, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee. He said he made his decision Friday following a foreign trip to Europe where "I saw the erosion of the culture...because of the colossal cultural suicide they're committing." King was asked why he decided not to endorse either of the two Republican frontrunners, Ben Carson or Donald Trump, whose beliefs align with his.

"It's going to be harder for either one of them to see what's going on in Washington, D.C., in K street, in the network," King said. "What's going on in the House and Senate and how does that get leveraged from the executive branch. I don't hear either one of them talking about the balance of powers between the executive, the legislative and the judicial branches of government. And I don't hear them talking about Supreme Court appointments."

But King took time to praise both frontrunners calling Carson a "cerebral individual" and acknowledging how Trump's plan to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants is similar to his own.

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Following a town hall in Sun City, South Carolina, on Monday, Ted Cruz reacted to Congressman King's endorsement, saying it was a moment that proved conservatives were uniting behind his campaign and his belief that King's endorsement will have "enormous influence."

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[Yashcheritsiy]

It’s because Steve King, conservative as he may be, is still a Washington insider, just like Ted Cruz, as conservative as he may be, also is.

[Fledermaus]

Sorry King, you RINO puke, the lack of DC experience makes Carson and Trump the BETTER candidates.

DC experience is crap. It gives us crap. Incompetent crap.

[SoConPubbie]

It’s because Steve King, conservative as he may be, is still a Washington insider, just like Ted Cruz, as conservative as he may be, also is.

No, its because, and I am paraphrasing Steve King's remarks here, its because neither Trump or Carson fully understand or would adhere to the Constitution in how they would do the job of POTUS.

[plain talk]

It’s because Steve King, conservative as he may be, is still a Washington insider, just like Ted Cruz, as conservative as he may be, also is.

So? Cruz and King are one of the few good guys in Congress. We need a Congress full of people like them.

[basil]

That would be great, if we could manage it!

[cripplecreek]

"I do believe that Ted Cruz is the full package, the constitutional conservative that can restore the soul of America,"

Bingo.

[gwgn02]

Steve King is no RINO

[Slyfox]

Ted is the only one out of the top four candidates - Trump, Carson, Cruz and Rubio - who is not going to have to search for direction on how to proceed.

The rest of them will need varying amounts of hand-holding.

Therefore, his judgement will be sound from the get-go, and what we are going to need is someone who knows how to make the proper decisions - quickly.

[SoConPubbie]

Sorry King, you RINO puke, the lack of DC experience makes Carson and Trump the BETTER candidates.

I'm pretty sure you meant PETER King, not STEVE King.

Yes, Peter king is a RINO, but Steve King, is the conservatives' conservative!

[itsahoot]

because neither Trump or Carson fully understand or would adhere to the Constitution in how they would do the job of POTUS.

Just like it took an unconstitutional president to do this damage it likely will take another unconstitutional president to put it back, because Congress will resist every common sense solution to our problem, count on it.

[jmaroneps37]

This will cause a “Woodie Alert,” in newsrooms across the country because they know Ted Cruz is even less electable than Carson or Senior Amnesty. They’ll feel good for a while until the post Paris surveys start to come in. Then it’s back to work at the Acme Dynamite Company. Beep beep!!!

[Dr. Sivana]

It’s because Steve King, conservative as he may be, is still a Washington insider, just like Ted Cruz, as conservative as he may be, also is.

The fact is, that when Trump needed to cooperate and pay the bad guys in Washington for the sake of his business, he paid them. In a transaction between a John and a streetwalker, neither is innocent.

Cruz has done nothing but make enemies (except Sen. Lee) in the streetwalkers' den, precisely because he doesn't play that game.

[SoConPubbie]

Just like it took an unconstitutional president to do this damage it likely will take another unconstitutional president to put it back, because Congress will resist every common sense solution to our problem, count on it.

No, I will not count on your failed, faulty logic.

Nor will I listen to someone who is willing to break the law, in order to uphold the law.

[Duchess47]

Trump is not suggesting unconstitutional actions. He is saying enforce our laws.

[Fledermaus]

Yeah, got them mixed up.

[Yashcheritsiy]

That’s what he *says.* My comment is probably a little closer to what he really *means.*

[Fledermaus]

Wrong King...I was thinking Pete.

[SoConPubbie]

That’s what he *says.* My comment is probably a little closer to what he really *means.*

Very doubtful given the anti-GOPE record of Steve King.