https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...remove-steve-king-from-committee-assignments/
Summary: King gave an interview with the NYT, obviously a bad move on his part. He made a reference to liberals' habit of slandering people they disagree with as "racists", and noted that other labels are now being used including white nationalist, white supremacist and western civilization and that he could not understand how "that language" became offensive. He has argued his reference was to "western civilization", not white supremacy, but this is like using the words NFL quarterback and black in the same sentence. It's ok for libs but a death sentence for a conservative.
King is a pariah among democrats and establishment republicans because he is a strong defender of immigration laws and staunch opponent of amnesty. The usual suspects from both parties jumped at the chance to attack him for his remarks. Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy then stripped King of committee assignments.
A cowardly attempt to placate vicious enemies in the opposing party and media is nothing new for republicans, particularly when they can also damage someone in their party who is not on script with their Koch Brothers message. They generously forfeited a safe Senate seat in Alabama following this course.
Meanwhile the democrats have elected new House members who include a muslim woman who called the president of the United States a motherfucker, another who calls pretty much everyone a racist, and a Somali woman who has openly threatened whites. They join a clown car caucus of rabble rousers and demagogues personified by Maxine Waters. The democrats have never apologized for any of these loathsome people and don't have to worry about it because republicans don't have the stones to even challenge them. They prefer to throw one of their own off the back of the wagon.
Summary: King gave an interview with the NYT, obviously a bad move on his part. He made a reference to liberals' habit of slandering people they disagree with as "racists", and noted that other labels are now being used including white nationalist, white supremacist and western civilization and that he could not understand how "that language" became offensive. He has argued his reference was to "western civilization", not white supremacy, but this is like using the words NFL quarterback and black in the same sentence. It's ok for libs but a death sentence for a conservative.
King is a pariah among democrats and establishment republicans because he is a strong defender of immigration laws and staunch opponent of amnesty. The usual suspects from both parties jumped at the chance to attack him for his remarks. Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy then stripped King of committee assignments.
A cowardly attempt to placate vicious enemies in the opposing party and media is nothing new for republicans, particularly when they can also damage someone in their party who is not on script with their Koch Brothers message. They generously forfeited a safe Senate seat in Alabama following this course.
Meanwhile the democrats have elected new House members who include a muslim woman who called the president of the United States a motherfucker, another who calls pretty much everyone a racist, and a Somali woman who has openly threatened whites. They join a clown car caucus of rabble rousers and demagogues personified by Maxine Waters. The democrats have never apologized for any of these loathsome people and don't have to worry about it because republicans don't have the stones to even challenge them. They prefer to throw one of their own off the back of the wagon.
