--- title: Jeb Bush: Steve King's Comments Don't Reflect Our Values description: Jeb Bush denounced Iowa Rep. Steve King's controversial tweet about immigration, saying it doesn't reflect American values. canonical: https://time.com/4699737/jeb-bush-steve-king-comment/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-13T17:07:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:04:16.567Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jeb Bush Says Steve King's Comments Don't Reflect Our Values og:description: The former Florida governor denounced King's comments on Twitter og:url: https://time.com/4699737/jeb-bush-steve-king-comment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4a2105b9f03295d6/6988be21fb4eac638d89117c/jeb-bush.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: The Edwin L. 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Steve King (R-Iowa) defended his widely condemned tweet in support of far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders during an appearance on CNN._  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Mar 13, 2017 5:07 PM UTC  Jeb Bush delivers the Edwin L. Godkin Lecture at Harvard University on September 29, 2016 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Jeb Bush delivers the Edwin L. Godkin Lecture at Harvard University on September 29, 2016 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Paul Marotta—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Mar 13, 2017 5:07 PM UTC Jeb Bush took to Twitter to denounce Rep. Steve King’s (R-Iowa) controversial [tweet about immigration](http://time.com/4699397/rep-steve-king-twitter/), saying it doesn’t reflect American values. “America is a nation of immigrants,” the former Florida governor tweeted Monday. “The sentiment expressed by Steve King doesn’t reflect our shared history or values.” > [](https://twitter.com/JebBush/status/841298003554111488) Bush is responding to a tweet by King on Sunday, where he showed support for far-right Dutch politician [Geert Wilders](http://time.com/4696459/geert-wilders-the-dutch-trump/?iid=sr-link1). “Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny,” the Republican congressman [wrote](http://time.com/4699168/steve-king-supports-dutch-politician/). “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.” The tweet was widely condemned for promoting white nationalism, but King [doubled down](http://time.com/4699397/rep-steve-king-twitter/) on his comment during an appearance on CNN, saying he “meant exactly what I said” and that he’d “like to see an America that’s so homogenous that we look a lot the same.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4699737/jeb-bush-steve-king-comment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4699737/jeb-bush-steve-king-comment/"},"headline":"Jeb Bush Says Rep. 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