Steve King is on the ropes

Major Republican power players in Washington and Iowa — from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and operative Karl Rove, to former Gov. Terry Branstad and evangelical leaders — have ganged up to take him down.

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“It’s business, it’s conservative and more moderate, too. It’s basically the whole collection,” said Nick Ryan, a veteran GOP operative who has long opposed King. “You’re seeing all segments of the Republican Party really coming together and working together in an effort to defeat King, and that’s something that’s never happened before.”…

State Sen. Randy Feenstra — King’s top opponent, who is flush with cash and hundreds of thousands of dollars in outside help — is hammering his message that King is no longer able to deliver because he’s deprived of his committee slots and is a pariah in the party. But he’s also treading lightly on direct criticism of King, wary of alienating the conservative voters who have elected him to Congress every two years since 2002.

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