GOP Rep. Designs Electric Fence for Mexican Border: ‘We Do This With Livestock All The Time’

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Posted on Jul 13, 2006

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) showed off to Congress a model of an electric fence he designed for America’s southern border. He said its nonlethal current works fine with barnyard animals.

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It’s a tough calculus these Republicans are facing: wondering whether they’ll lose more conservative votes by appearing soft on immigration or more Hispanic votes by lumping Latinos in with livestock.

Think Progress:

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) went on the House floor on Tuesday to discuss a fence that he designed for the southern boarder. (King constructed a model of the fence as he was speaking.) Kings design features a wire electrified with the kind of current that would not kill somebody. King noted that we do this with livestock all the time. Watch it:

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