Iowa’s Randy Feenstra seeks to bring pragmatic conservatism, support for Israel to Congress After defeating the controversial Steve King in a GOP primary on June 2, state Sen. Randy Feenstra wants to get back to basics and show voters what an effective conservative leader looks like. Jackson Richman June 29, 2020
Randy Feenstra defeats incumbent Iowa Rep. Steve King in GOP primary The Iowa state senator will face Democratic nominee J.D. Scholten, who narrowly lost to King in 2018, in November. June 3, 2020
Steve King says GOP House leader ‘would advocate’ to get him back on committees Republicans and Democrats, however, have objected to reinstating him on assignments he held with Judiciary, Agriculture and Small Business. Jackson Richman May 14, 2020
Republican Jewish Coalition endorses Rep. Steve King’s primary opponent RJC PAC has donated $5,000 to Iowa state Sen. Randy Feenstra’s campaign, the maximum a political action committee can give to a candidate in an election year. May 7, 2020
Ocasio-Cortez rejects Auschwitz tour with Holocaust survivor The organization From the Depths, whose president, 93-year-old Edward Mosberg, is a Holocaust survivor, invited her to see the camp where an estimated 1.1. million people were murdered. June 24, 2019
House passes resolution condemning anti-Semitism, Islamophobia amid Omar’s latest anti-Semitic remarks The final tally of the legislation, which defines anti-Semitism as “the centuries-old bigotry and form of racism faced by Jewish people simply because they are Jews,” was 407-23. Jackson Richman March 7, 2019
The limits of American anti-Semitism There’s good reason to be discouraged by the way Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have gotten away with their slurs, but the response also proves that Jew-hatred won’t succeed in the United States. Jonathan S. Tobin Feb. 12, 2019
Don’t tolerate hate in the name of inclusion Republicans disciplined Steve King, one of their extremists. Democrats just rewarded Ilhan Omar. Jonathan S. Tobin Jan. 18, 2019
Will the pro-Israel community separate itself from Rep. Steve King? The Iowa congressman, a staunch supporter of the Jewish state, has endorsed a white supremacist running in the Toronto mayoral race, which poses a real problem to Jewish groups and individuals. Jackson Richman Oct. 26, 2018