Republican Congressman Steve King refuses to answer the question of whether white societies are superior

Republican Rep. Steve King refused to answer the question of knowing he thought white corporations were superior after being removed from his position on the committee for his comments on white supremacy.

Mary Lavelle, one of her constituents, spoke Tuesday at a public meeting in Iowa: "Do you think that a white society is superior to a non-white society?"

In response, Mr. King said, "I do not have an answer to that. It's so hypothetical. "

"I will say this, America is not a white society – it has never been a completely white society. We came here and joined the Amerindians.

He added, "I have been saying for a long time that a baby can be raised from a cradle anywhere in the world and transported to any home in America, regardless of its color, and that it can be raised like an American. other."

And I believe that each of us, each of us, is created in the image of God. "

Ms. Lavelle said she asked the question because she feared that the anti-immigrant language used in a manifesto written by the suspect during the shooting at the mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, would resemble the rhetoric of Mr. King.

Mr. King's response comes after he was publicly reprimanded by members of his own party following his long history of racist rhetoric.

Republican House leaders removed King from his position on the committee in January following comments he made to the press. New York Times asked why the phrase "white supremacy" was considered offensive.

A number of powerful party leaders, including senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, leader of the majority, and representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, Republican of Chamber of Deputies No. 3, have suggested that he resigns.

The House pbaded by an overwhelming majority a resolution disapproving of Mr. King's statements.

After losing his seats in committee, King issued a statement in which he claimed that his remarks had been misunderstood.

He said that he spoke only of "western civilization" when he asked "how did this language become offensive" and not "white nationalist" or "white supremacist".

Mr King was again examined on Monday after an article on his Facebook page speculated on the winner of a second civil war between the Red States and the Blue States.

The message, which has since been deleted, read as follows: "People continue to talk about another civil war; one side has about 8 billion balls while the other side does not know which bathroom to use. "

On Tuesday, urged by a CNN reporter, Mr. King told his constituents that he "did not know" that the picture had been posted on his Facebook page the night before and that he did not did not personally manage this page.

"I would have liked that he never went up," he said.

While gesturing to his constituents, he added, "It's interesting that no one here has asked this question."

"The only people who are interested in this are the national media. Nobody raised the question here. "

This comment prompted a handful of participants to demonstrate. The exchange was quickly taken over by American Bridge, a Liberal political action committee.

After being asked about the manifesto, Mr. King answered at length.

He said that the author of the manifesto had expressed as much sympathy for communist China as white supremacy.

"The further he went, the more he became incoherent and he seems to have had mixed and equal ideologies," he said.

Asked about the overlap between the manifesto's language and his, Mr. King said, "He probably also used the same words as Mao."

New York Times

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