Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) says he was right "on target" when he accused President Obama of maintaining "a default mechanism" that "favors the black person" last month.
In a statement issued by King on Thursday, the Republican congressman asserted that testimony provided earlier this week by a former U.S. Department of Justice employee to the Civil Rights Commission proves his point.
Christian Adams, who was appointed to the DOJ as a voting rights attorney by former President George W. Bush, charged that the federal government's decision to pull back on a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party was racially motivated. He alleged that the Justice Department's civil rights division, from which he recently resigned, "doesn't want to protect white voters."
For King, the remarks came as indisputable evidence to support his case:
Mr. Adams' testimony supports my comments that the Obama Administration allows race to serve as a 'default mechanism' in policy making... Adams' remarks serve as compelling evidence that my comments about the Obama Administration's 'default mechanism' are on target. I will continue to raise concerns about the Administration's decision making process until their actions reveal that they have adopted a truly race-neutral approach towards enforcing the law."
The AP reports on the initial charge King hurled at the Obama administration last month:
"I'm offended by Eric Holder and the president also, their posture," King said. "It looks like Eric Holder said that white people in America are cowards when it comes to race."
King continued: "The president has demonstrated that he has a default mechanism in him that breaks down the side of race on the side that favors the black person in the case of professor Gates and officer Crowley."
He was alluding to last year's incident in which Obama commented on a white police officer's arrest of a black professor from Harvard University.