--- description: Representative Steve King sparked another controversy after tweeting support for the far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders title: Rep. Steve King Tweets Support for Far-Right Dutch Politician image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5786be6ed8e0449d/6988be0d7cdbacdcd5d57731/steve-king-2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Congress](/tag/congress/) ## Congress Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rep. Steve King Tweets Support for Far-Right Dutch Politician: 'Culture and Demographics Are Our Destiny' by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Mar 12, 2017 8:24 PM CUT  Rep. Steve King on the first day of the 115th Congress in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3, 2017. Rep. Steve King on the first day of the 115th Congress in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3, 2017.Tom Williams—AP by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Mar 12, 2017 8:24 PM CUT 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/ "undefined") 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/ "undefined") 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/ "undefined") 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. Steve King Tweets Support for Far-Right Dutch Politician: 'Culture and Demographics Are Our Destiny'","datePublished":"2017-03-12T20:24:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T03:48:02.420Z","description":"He earned praise form former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke","url":"https://time.com/4699168/steve-king-supports-dutch-politician/","keywords":["Congress","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5786be6ed8e0449d/6988be0d7cdbacdcd5d57731/steve-king-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5786be6ed8e0449d/6988be0d7cdbacdcd5d57731/steve-king-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Steve King","caption":"Rep. Steve King on the first day of the 115th Congress in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 3, 2017.","creditText":"Tom Williams—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4699168/steve-king-supports-dutch-politician/","name":"Rep. Steve King Tweets Support for Far-Right Dutch Politician: 'Culture and Demographics Are Our Destiny'"}}]}] ```