Rep. Peter King Calls On Trump To Fire Bannon: ‘He Should Go’

FILE - House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Feb. 16, 2011 file photo. A coalition of over 100 interfaith, nonprofit and governmental org... FILE - House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Feb. 16, 2011 file photo. A coalition of over 100 interfaith, nonprofit and governmental organizations plans to rally in New York City Sunday March 6, 2011 against a planned congressional hearing scheduled by U.S. Rep. Peter J. King of New York on Muslims' role in homegrown terrorism. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) MORE LESS
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Rep. Peter King (R-NY) on Thursday called on President Donald Trump to fire chief White House strategist Steve Bannon for his remarks on race and foreign policy.

“I think it’s important for the President to fire Steve Bannon. He should go,” King said in an interview with ABC7.

King cited remarks Bannon made on the record to American Prospect editor Robert Kuttner dismissing “ethno-nationalism” as a “fringe element” and saying Republicans “can crush the Democrats” if “the left is focused on race and identity.”

“That to me is exploiting the racial issue. That can’t be allowed,” King said. “Also the fact that he is undercutting the President, the secretary of defense, the secretary of state and the head of the National Security Council on North Korea. To me, his time in the White House should be over.”

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  1. Trump: I pay no attention to 70+ years old white, fat grandpas. They can never get anything done.I am sure he is divorced thrice and a terrorist supporter.

  2. Avatar for caltg caltg says:

    Is this the best that King can come up with? How about a call to fire our alt-“president” Trump? That would go much further toward solving our biggest problems.

  3. One white racist telling another white racist to fire a white racist.

  4. Avatar for j.dave j.dave says:

    So now dismissing “ethno-nationalism” as a “fringe element” is the problem?

    These guys really don’t have their talking points together, do they?

  5. Peter King? Means nothing. When Steve King says it Trump might listen.

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