House Speaker Boehner clashed with his fellow Republican Rep. Steve King on Thursday over controversial comments King made about illegal immigration, calling them "deeply offensive and wrong."
King has been under fire after suggesting to a conservative news website last week that many illegal immigrants in the U.S. are drug runners
"For every one who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there that weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert," King said.
Boehner issued a written statement criticizing King earlier in the week, but took it a step further Thursday by publicly calling King out by name at his weekly press conference.
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