US congressman Steve King says he drank from toilet at migrant detention facility and it was ‘pretty good’
- Republican lawmaker shares video of him using water fountain installed at back of hybrid toilet
- After visiting facilities in Texas in July, members of Congress had reported that officers were telling detainees to ‘drink out of toilet’
Republican congressman Steve King said that he drank from a toilet that also serves as a water fountain during a recent visit to a migrant detention facility and the water was “actually pretty good”.
“I actually went into that cell where it was reported that they were advised they had to drink out of the toilet,” King said at a Wednesday town hall in Eagle Grove, Iowa, which is his home state. “I took a drink out of there and it was actually pretty good.”
After visiting detention facilities in Texas in July, congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and several other members of Congress said Customs and Border Patrol officers were telling detained women to “drink out of the toilet”.
King said a “language barrier” between the detainees and members of Congress likely led to “misinformation”.
At one point during the town hall, King also said there was video of him drinking from the toilet, but he “didn’t send it out”.