Steve King only acknowledges the existence of things he has personally experienced.
Congressman King says he’s not aware of any young victims like that. “Well I just haven’t heard of that being a circumstance that’s been brought to me in any personal way, and I’d be open to discussion about that subject matter,” he said.
Because Congressman King has not, to paraphrase The Simpsons, spent his entire life in a cave on Mars with his eyes shut and his fingers in his ears, he is surely aware that adults have impregnated young girls. The key to interpreting his statement, then, appears to be the “brought to me in any personal way” part. But why should it matter to King whether he has personally known a 12-year-old who was impregnated by her father? We don’t personally know anyone who’s ever been attacked by a bear, yet we are aware that people have been attacked by bears.