House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reacted to Rep. Steve King’s (R-IA) most recent racist screed on Thursday, calling his words “reckless, wrong” and having “no place in society.”
“Everything about white supremacy and white nationalism goes against who we are as a nation,” McCarthy said, according to a CNN reporter. “Steve’s language is reckless, wrong, and has no place in our society. The Declaration of Independence states that ‘all men are created equal.’ That is a fact. It is self-evident.”
King told the New York Times that he doesn’t understand when language including “white nationalist” and “white supremacist” became offensive. He also said that immigrant assimilation is more important than race since the “culture of America” is “based on values brought to the United States by whites from Europe,” per the Times.
“Everything about white supremacy and white nationalism goes against who we are as a nation,” but it is everything about what the GOP has become.
Getting bothered after Kng has been in congress going on 16 years eh Kevin ? Spare us.
" he has served in Congress since 2003; his district, which was numbered the 5th congressional district until 2013, is in northwestern Iowa and includes Sioux City. He is Iowa’s House delegation’s only Republican. "
So pull his committee assignments and just let him sit in his seat in the chamber, unrecognized.
McCarthy: But, other than being a racist boor, he’s cool. He votes the party line.
I don’t think Ryan would have rebuked King as strongly. Since Trump has said similar things, it is also a criticism of him.