Steve King calls his critics 'cannibals', he'll be reelected easily

Rep. Steve KingSteven (Steve) Arnold KingJewish Leaders in Iowa tear into King's 'white supremacist views' Election Countdown: One Week from Midterms | House battlefield expands | Trump double down on immigration | Steve King's GOP campaign chief rebukes | Clinton team quiets 2020 talk | Sanders will not promise to serve full Senate term Purina drops campaign contributions to Steve King, quoting 'recent statements' MORE (R-Iowa) on Wednesday dismissed his critics as "cannibal[s]"and suggests he will be re-elected easily in his next mid-week election, despite polls showing him running in a close race.

King told Bloomberg in an interview that they are "uninformed."

"It's uninformed," they would have quoted something that gave them a grievance, "King told Bloomberg. "Same with Stivers." "If you attack someone and you do not quote anything, you're just a cannibal." That's all you are, "he added, referring comments made by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman Steve Stivers, who condemned King in a tweet his week.

"Congressman Steve King's recent comments, actions, and retweets are quite inappropriate," Stivers, a Republican member of the House from Ohio, wrote on Twitter. "We must stand up against white supremacy and hate in all forms, and I strongly condemn this behavior."

King has faced increased scrutiny in recent years of his nationalist groups and politicians.

This month, the author of a nationalist party in Canada and defended his rights to the far-right Austria Freedom Party, telling the Washington Post on Saturday that the party would be Republican if it were in the U.S.

A number of companies, including giant tech Intel Corp. and dairy company Land O'Lakes, have announced that they will no longer contribute to King's campaign.

King faces a possible close reelection bid against Democratic challenger JD Scholten in Iowa's 4th Congressional District. A poll released Tuesday showed King with just a 1-point lead in the race.

In his interview with Bloomberg, King dismissed the poll, saying that internal polling has been shown with an 18-point lead in his re-election bid.

King also told Bloomberg that he would have an extended response to Stivers after the midterms.

"I'm not willing to risk the following by my instincts here." "Those are scores that can be settled after the election," King said.

Nonpartisan Elections Forecaster, The Cook Political Report, this week changed its rating for the race from "likely Republican" to "lean Republican."