An Iowa Republican congressman turned the tables on his Twitter enemies on Monday, live-reading their insults in a campaign video and responding with a mixture of deadpan looks and delirious laughter. Steve King, a markedly conservative member of the House whose views draw either applause or eye-rolls – and seldom anything in between – collected some of the meaner tweets about himself and recited them along with his wife Marilyn. One claimed he 'smells like mothballs and dusty Bibles.' Another called him a 'butthead.' SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Biggest laugh: Rep. King's wife Marilyn couldn't contain herself at the idea that the congressman 'smells like mothballs and dusty Bibles'
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Iowa Republican turns the tables on Twitter antagonists by deadpanning insults and laughing at the writers
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'Go home, Steve King. You're drunk,' tweeted the senior editor of the left-leaning magazine The New Republic
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His wife read some of the barbs, including one that surmised 'Steve King smells like mothballs and dusty Bibles'
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Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel popularized the concept with his 'Celebrities Read Mean Tweets' television segment
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King held a double-digit lead over his Democratic challenger in a September poll
Nasty: One King antagonist responded to a tweeted picture of @placeholder and his baby grandson by calling him 'garbage'