Steve King removed from his committees after remarks on white supremacy
BPC Staff Jan 15, 2019 | 5:12 pm
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131 wordsAll Latest News, Government Policy and Law, Statewide NewsDes Moines Register: Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King was removed from his House committees Monday in the wake of comments he made last week about white nationalism and white supremacy. “Leader McCarthy’s decision to remove me from committees is a political decision that ignores the truth,” King said in a statement Monday night. He also said on Twitter that his “freedom of speech” was under “unprecedented assault.” House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy of California said Sunday he would take action after King told the New York Times: “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” The decision to remove King from the judiciary, agriculture and small business committees metes out a punishment for the Kiron representative that is highly unusual but that McCarthy said is warranted.