Individual donations to the Iowa Republican have continued to flow but support from corporate donors and King’s own colleagues have vanished entirely.
King has not received a single contribution this year from a political action committee associated with a sitting member of Congress.
It is a remarkable though not entirely unpredictable abandonment of a sitting member of Congress.
But while those comments have made King a pariah in the party—with House Republican leaders stripping him of his committee assignments—King has refused to leave office.
King is dealing with that lack of resources as he faces very immediate threats to his incumbency.
All of them last donated to King during the 2018 election cycle but have so far declined to do so in this cycle.
His group, Takin Back America, donated to King’s campaign in February, just weeks after King denounced criticism of white supremacy. »