King Asks For Prayers That McCarthy Restore His Committee Assignments

UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 07: Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, attends a rally with Angel Families on the East Front of the Capitol, to highlight crimes committed by illegal immigrants in the U.S., on September 7, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 07: Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, attends a rally with Angel Families on the East Front of the Capitol, to highlight crimes committed by illegal immigrants in the U.S., on September 7, 2018. (Pho... UNITED STATES - SEPTEMBER 07: Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, attends a rally with Angel Families on the East Front of the Capitol, to highlight crimes committed by illegal immigrants in the U.S., on September 7, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) MORE LESS
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Rep. Steve King (R-IA) asked a crowd at a town hall Monday to pray that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) restore King’s committee assignments, which were stripped from him after he made offensive comments about white supremacy.

King said that McCarthy needed to “separate his ego from this issue and look at it objectively,” according to the Sioux City Journal.

He told the crowd that as soon as he could rally a large enough faction of Republicans to back him, he’d get his committees back. He added that some had privately told him they think he got a raw deal.

King used his customary defense at the town hall, saying that the reporter “at best” misquoted him and that “the sentence construction doesn’t support The New York Times.”

He also bemoaned that he had yet again fallen victim to the arbiters of political correctness. “The language police are out there day after day after day after day,” King said. “They are searching the internet for something to be offended by.”

King has a rich history of offensive statements and actions.

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  1. Avatar for gajake gajake says:

    Perhaps Steve could ask Goodloe Sutton to write a few editorials in his defense.

  2. That white man only god is not such an awesome god. He might answer King with a bus token out of town.

  3. Avatar for ajm ajm says:

    You can have all the thoughts and prayers you offered to gun violence victims and to the exiles at our border.

  4. Avatar for dont dont says:

    Yup. Sentence structure and the language police. The instruments of King’s downfall.

  5. Praying for a racist to get power? Hey, it worked with Trump.

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