House GOP leaders moved Monday to remove Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) from all of his committee assignments following a firestorm over remarks considered racist.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told reporters after a meeting of the Republican Steering Committee that King would not receive any committee assignments for the new Congress.
King faced bipartisan criticism after telling The New York Times in an interview published last week, “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?”
King had been a member of the House Judiciary, Agriculture and Small Business committees. He had also served as chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice in the last Congress, and could have stood to serve as its ranking member under the Democratic majority.
The move by GOP leaders severely hamstrings King’s ability to wield influence as a member of Congress. The Agriculture Committee in particular is considered a prime spot for lawmakers like King who represent states with agricultural industries.
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JUST IN: GOP leaders strip Steve King of all committee assignments over white supremacy comments https://t.co/X0Aw35ZZwq pic.twitter.com/iaqRWAqUp6
— The Hill (@thehill) January 15, 2019
I don’t see what was so offensive about King’s remarks. But these days, just breathing is enough to get a person into trouble. Shame on those cowards in the Republican Party for not backing up one of their own.
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