What the hell is Steve King's problem?

[Holmes]

WASHINGTON -- Republican Congressman Steve King of Iowa says he doesn't take kindly to raccoons trying to take shelter in his home.

The minute King noticed a raccoon trying to weasel into his house last week, he grabbed his semi-automatic gun and chased the fleeing creature out into a deadly Iowa storm, firing away.

Clearly proud of what he did, he then posted this self-congratulatory message on Twitter: "Mid day, mid blizzard, 15 degrees, Crazy Raccoon chewing and clawing his way into my house. Desert Eagle 1, Crazy Raccoon zero."

Doubling down on his accomplishment, King this week told the Roll Call's "Heard On The Hill" his Desert Eagle was "the one I had handy" and said he refused to tolerate "an animal that might be sick, might be rabid, out there."

What a freak. Yeah, I'm gonna run after a frightened, freezing animal in a blizzard and gun it down because it wanted to be warm instead of calling animal control or whatever, and when I realize what I just did was kinda retarded, I'll say that it might have had rabies and was obviously trying to attack my granddaughters. And I hope Sarah Palin didn't read that or she'll probably write a facebook post against me.