--- title: Steve King Tweets Support for Geert Wilders description: Representative Steve King sparked another controversy after tweeting support for the far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders canonical: https://time.com/4699168/steve-king-supports-dutch-politician/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-12T20:24:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:48:02.420Z article:section: Politics og:title: Rep. 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Mar 12, 2017 8:24 PM UTC Representative Steve King (R., Iowa) sparked controversy on Sunday for a tweet that expressed support for the far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders. King, who has a [history](http://time.com/4411953/steve-king-subgroup-whites/) of making racially provocative comments, tweeted: “Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.” His comment quoted a cartoon from the account Voices of Europe, which described itself on Twitter as “Anti EU / Pro Europe / MAGA.” > [](https://twitter.com/V%5Fof%5FEurope/status/840724494113206272) > [](https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/840980755236999169) King has regularly espoused white-supremacist ideologies — inciting outrage last year when he asked which [“subgroup”](http://time.com/4411953/steve-king-subgroup-whites/) contributed more to advancements in civilization than white people and when he put a [Confederate flag](http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/11/steve-king-provokes-criticism-displaying-confederate-flag/86947746/) on his desk. His Sunday tweet earned praise from former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. > [](https://twitter.com/DrDavidDuke/status/841006623262986241) King’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4699168/steve-king-supports-dutch-politician/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4699168/steve-king-supports-dutch-politician/"},"headline":"Rep. 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