House Republicans have removed Rep. Steve King from all Committee assignments after an article from The New York Times claimed that Steve King made racist remarks.
Update: House Republican leaders have removed Steve King from the Judiciary and Agriculture Committees over King’s white supremacy remark, NYT reports. https://t.co/wktYrFr20C
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 15, 2019
Here was the statement King released:
One of my quotes in a New York Times story has been completely mischaracterized. Here’s the context I believe accurately reflects my statement.
In a 56 minute interview, we discussed the changing use of language in political discourse. We discussed the worn out label “racist” and my observation that other slanderous labels have been increasingly assigned to Conservatives by the Left, who injected into our current political dialog such terms as Nazi, Fascist, “ White Nationalist, White Supremacist,— Western Civilization, how did THAT language become offensive? Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?”…just to watch Western Civilization become a derogatory term in political discourse today. Clearly, I was only referencing Western Civilization classes. No one ever sat in a class listening to the merits of white nationalism and white supremacy.
When I used the word “THAT” it was in reference ONLY to Western Civilization and NOT to any previously stated evil ideology ALL of which I have denounced.
My record as a vocal advocate for Western Civilization is nearly as full as my record in defense of Freedom of Speech.
King also responded in a speech on The House floor:
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