Steve King removed from committee duties over white supremacist

S addressing reporters Monday night after the leadership team of the House Republican Party had acted, the representative of California, Kevin McCarthy minority leader, said that he did not rule out support for a resolution of censorship or reprimand against Mr. King. He said Republicans do not remove Mr. King from G.O.P. He therefore has the opportunity to attend his party meetings and Iowans to decide whether Mr. King should remain in office

"This is not the first time we hear these comments," he said. McCarthy said. Mr. King, a recognition of the racist language that the Congressman has used before. "It's not Lincoln's party and it's certainly not an American."

McCarthy, who spoke privately with Mr. King one hour before the vote, did not explain how the most recent comments constituted a break point given the lengthy public record of similar remarks by M King. "Maybe I did not see that, but I do not agree with that."

The entire Republican conference still has to technically ratify the leader's decision, but Mr. McCarthy brought the case to a close.

Congressional Republicans have continued to embrace the President and his uncompromising immigration policy, diverting them from the glare of his incendiary rhetoric, lest their central voters punish them for their stigma. away from Mr. Trump.

During his interrogation on Monday, the reporter, interviewed by reporters about Mr. King's remarks, said, "I did not follow him."

Republicans are now trying to get ahead of political problem that is changing rapidly as the country is at the center of the country.a long government closure by President Trump over a border wall that, in many ways, inspired his policy of Immigration and his speeches on those of Mr. King.

McCarthy convened an extraordinary meeting of the Republican Steering Committee to remove Mr. King from the Judiciary – Jurisdiction over Immigration, Voting Rights and dismissal – and agriculture, a popular committee for Iowans – Mr. King also lost his seat on the small business committee The unanimous vote of the steering committee

As the Republican authorities quickly resumed King, the part it was also criticized by the black Republican Senator of the Senate, Senator Scott, of South Carolina. He noted that G.O.P. remained silent for a long time in the face of racist remarks.

"Some members of our party are wondering why Republicans are constantly accused of racism – it's because of our silence when such things are said," Scott wrote in a Washington Post. opinion column.

It is unclear whether, if any, the additional steps that Republican congressional leaders will make with Mr. King. The National Republican Congress Commission said Monday that she was not ready to withdraw from him.

"The N.R.C.C. do not participate in the primaries and will not comment on a hypothetical general election in two years, "said Chris Pack, a spokesman for the House lobby group.

Democrats plan to censor or reprimand the Congressman of Iowa, scathing penalty. Among them was the representative James Clyburn of South Carolina, the highest ranking African-American Congress, who presented a measure on Monday night in the form of a resolution of disapproval of Mr. comments. King and white nationalism.

Democratic leaders in the House. They have not yet said what they would do with competing censorship resolutions, but are inclined to authorize a vote of some sort in connection with King's remarks, according to a senior Democratic aide.

In the interview with The Times, King also spoke of the record number of minorities and women in the new Democrat-controlled House. "You can look there and think that the Democratic Party is not a country reserved for white men," he said.

King's rigid immigration policies and humiliating comments about Hispanics foreshadowed Trump's nativist rhetoric during his 2016 campaign, during his two years at the White House, and during the closing of the government by a wall. The king once boasted to Mr. King that he had collected more money for him than anyone else, Mr. King recalled in the article. Times, in which he explained how the MP from Iowa had contributed to the writing of the game book on white identity politics that dominated the Republican Party under the leadership of Mr. Trump.

He has already attracted a serious main opponent, Senator Randy Feenstra, for the 2020 campaign and some reputable Republicans have indicated that they would not accept his reelection.

Ms. Reynolds said she was staying out of the primary "for the moment," but several Republicans in Iowa said the state's top elected officials would probably not approve yet Mr. King and would expect there to be more clarity in the primary field before rallying to one of its members. GOP challengers. Other Republicans from western Iowa should challenge King, who had already escaped the primaries, with the support of his party and his top leaders.

In addition to Ms. Reynolds' criticisms, Iowa Republican President Jeff Kaufmann said the state party would "remain neutral" in King's primaries.

The two Republican senators from Iowa, Mr. Grassley and Joni Ernst, as well as Senator Ted Cruz, of Texas, who had appointed Mr. King to co-chair his president. The 2016 presidential campaign has all blamed Mr King in recent days.

All of them had embraced with enthusiasm in the past because of his status alongside the most conservative voters in the state – key to winning in the national elections in Iowa, which is the first presidential nomination contest of the nation.

Grassley had approved King's re-election in November, even after the House Republican Election Committee Chairman had denounced Mr. King as a white supremacist.

Ms. Ernst, who is due to be re-elected in 2020, participated with King in a rally in his district on the Monday before election day last year, after approving a Toronto-bound mayoral candidate. neo-Nazis.