Democrats Eye Censure of Steve King Over Racist Comments
January 14, 2019, 8:17 PM
Democrats Eye Censure of Steve King Over Racist Comments
FILE – Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, talks with a reporter on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 27, 2018.
The highest-ranking Republican in the U.S. Congress sharply denounced Congressman Steve King of Iowa for racially charged comments.
"There is no place in the Republican Party, the Congress or the country for an ideology of racial supremacy of any kind,'' Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday.
McConnell joined fellow Republicans in condemning King, as House Democrats announced plans to censure him.
The fallout against King stems from an interview published in The New York Times last week in which King lamented, "White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?"
But his offensive remarks date back to 2006 when he compared immigrants to livestock.
U.S. Rep Bobby Rush (D-IL) attends a Joint Session of Congress with President Donald Trump in Washington, Feb. 28, 2017.
Democratic Congressman Bobby Rush of Illinois was the first of three House Democrats to propose a measure sanctioning King.
"As with any animal that is rabid, Steve King should be set aside and isolated,'' Rush said in a statement that also called on Republicans to strip King of his committee memberships until he apologizes.
"My resolution to censure Representative King sends a clear message to the American people — this Congress will not turn a blind eye to his repugnant and racist behavior," Rush said.
Rep. Tim Ryan speaks to reporters following the House Democratic Caucus elections for House leadership positions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 30, 2016.
Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan of Ohio, and House Majority Whip James Clyburn of South Carolina, have also said they will introduce resolutions against King.
On Friday, King said on the House floor that the interview with the Times "also was a discussion of other terms that have been used, almost always unjustly labeling otherwise innocent people. The word racist, the word Nazi, the word fascist, the phrase white nationalists, the phrase white supremacists.''
King said he was only wondering aloud: "How did that offensive language get injected into our political dialogue? Who does that? How does it get done? How do they get by with laying labels like this on people?''
Iowa Republican state senator Randy Feenstra has announced plans to challenge King in 2020.
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