Al Hunt's Deceptive Smear of Steve King

Al Hunt has always been a Democrat hack.  Before he retired he was the Wall Street Journal's Washington Bureau chief and made the news pages of the Journal less useful as a guide to Washington than the Editorial pages.

Now the he's "retired" Mr. Judy Woodruff is still smearing Republicans.  Breitbart's Big Journalism calls him out. 

Columnist Al Hunt smeared Rep. Steve King (R-IA) in an attempt to paint the potential GOP Senate candidate as an intolerant bigot. In a New York Times column last week, Hunt portrayed King this way:

Mr. King has made a name for himself with anti-immigrant rants. Last year, he said Americans should select eligible immigrants the same way they would go about picking a 'good bird dog.' That means choosing 'the one that's the friskiest, the one that's engaged the most, and not the one that's over there sleeping in the corner.' He later explained that he meant this as a compliment - he likes bird dogs.

This statement is riddled with lies. Allow me to break them down. First, watch the one minute statement that is the center of this trumped up charge. It was part of a town hall Rep. King was hosting for constituents and captured on video by a left-wing tracking organization, American Bridge.

 

Read the whole thing.