Police said the attack on King, who has a history of white supremacist rhetoric, was politically motivated.
Blake Gibbins, a 26-year-old from Lafayette, Colorado, was arrested at Mineral City Mill and Grill restaurant in Fort Dodge, central Iowa.
"Based on witness information, it is believed Mr. King was specifically targeted due to his position as a United States representative,"Police said King was having a group lunch at 12:30 p.m. on Friday when Gibbins approached their table. Gibbins asked King to confirm his identity and then threw a glass of water on him, splashing King and another man.who runs a YouTube channel called Not Your Orphan
about adoption rights from the perspective of adoptees, declined to speak to BuzzFeed News about why he threw the water at King.The Colorado resident was charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors.to host a 2020 town hall with adoption advocates about adoptee rights, and to speak about the history of eugenics and human rights abuses in the adoption industry.
The congressman, who has represented a sprawling Northwest Iowa district since 2003, has repeatedly made racist statements, speaking often about his fear of the US losing its white Christian majority to immigrants and people of color, with little outcry from his Republican colleagues.in December 2017, while quoting Hungary’s far-right prime minister as saying,"mixing cultures will not lead to a higher quality of life but a lower one.
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