Sure would be nice if this sort of forthrightness became the start of a trend...
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/14/68514958 ... d-commentsHouse GOP Leaders Move To Strip Rep. Steve King Of Committee Assignments
House Republican leaders moved Monday to remove Republican Rep. Steve King of Iowa from two House committees as a punishment for his recent comments in a New York Times interview where he questioned whether "white supremacy" and "white supremacist" were offensive terms.
"We will not be seating Steve King on any committees in the 116th Congress," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters after the House Republicans who handle committee assignments met Monday night and voted to strip King of his positions. He was a member of the House Judiciary and Agriculture Committees.
"Leader McCarthy's decision to remove me from committees is a political decision that ignores the truth," King said in reaction to the decision — a response that seemed to invoke his remarks on the House floor Friday where he denied being a racist. "Under any fair political definition, I am simply an American nationalist," King had said Friday.
Monday, top House and Senate GOP leaders also condemned King's comments, which were the latest is a string of racially charged remarks he has made during his 16 years in Congress.
On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who rarely weighs in on House GOP members' actions, released a written statement condemning King.
"There is no place in the Republican Party, the Congress or the country for an ideology of racial supremacy of any kind," McConnell said, adding, "I have no tolerance for such positions and those who espouse these views are not supporters of American ideals and freedoms. Rep. King's statements are unwelcome and unworthy of his elected position. If he doesn't understand why 'white supremacy' is offensive, he should find another line of work."
President Trump sidestepped a question about King in remarks to reporters ahead of a trip to New Orleans on Monday. "I haven't been following," Trump said. [Yeah right...This is a guy who has time to follow every detail of Jeff Bezos divorce, but he knows nothing about this...Too hilarious]
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/13/politics ... index.htmlOn NBC's "Meet The Press," Republican Sen. Ted Cruz called King's comments "stupid" and said "he needs to stop it."
"What Steve King said was stupid. It was stupid. It was hurtful. It was wrong. And he needs to stop it," Cruz said. "I think all of us ought to be united regardless of party in saying, white supremacism, white nationalism is hatred, it is bigotry, it is evil, it is wrong. And I think we need that clarity and I'm certainly going to urge everyone to provide that clarity."
You know you're in trouble when your racist pandering is too blatant even for Ted Cruz to stomach...
