King on Trump: ‘Guys Like Him Talked a Lot, Guys in My Neighborhood Talked & Delivered’

‘I am not that intimidated by Donald Trump’

WELKER: “Let’s talk about the general election. You have criticized some of Trump’s comments about Muslims recently. Will you support him, Congressman King, if he’s the nominee?”
KING: “Well, I would support the nominee of my party but —“
WELKER: “Even if it’s Trump?” 
KING: “It’s a question of how strong the support would be. It’s not just the issue on Muslims. It’s any other, for instance, where he’s comparing the U.S. to Putin or moral equivalency between Putin and the U.S., where he says President Bush knew about 9/11. All of that is just like crazy talk. To me, a Republican conservative should not be endorsing those views. I knew guys like Donald Trump growing up. He and I are about the same age, he lives about 20 minutes away. He was a multi-millionaire and I was in a blue collar neighborhood. Guys like him talked a lot. Guys in my neighborhood talked and delivered. So I am not that intimidated by Donald Trump.”

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