Posted on 01/14/2019 8:41:15 PM PST by yesthatjallen
Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) on Monday called on fellow GOP Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) to resign over recent comments he made about white supremacy and white nationalism.
"I wish he’d resign, frankly," Stewart said on CNN's "Cuomo Prime Time." "He’s lost the trust and faith of his comrades. For the good of the party, for the good of the American people, I think it’s time for us to make a change."
His comments came just hours after GOP leaders in Congress stripped the Iowa congressman from any committee assignments in the new Congress.
Stewart said that he "absolutely" agreed with the decision, adding that "without committee assignments... [King] can’t do work in Congress."
"It’s not the first time that he’s said things that the party just cringes at and says 'what in the world,'" Stewart said, acknowledging that the GOP could have addressed King's past controversial comments.
King last week prompted outrage from Democratic and Republican lawmakers after he questioned why terms such as "white nationalist" and "white supremacist" were offensive in an interview with The New York Times. “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” King, who has served in Congress since 2003, asked. “Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) vowed to take action over the remarks on Sunday. He announced a day later that King would not serve on any committee in the new Congress.
King had been a member of the House Judiciary, Agriculture and Small Business committees. He had also served as chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice in the last Congress.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) was the first Republican in Congress to call for King to resign on Monday, telling reporters that "Congress ought to make it very clear he has no place there."
King has defended himself amid the backlash, saying he is not a white supremacist or white nationalist and was not suggesting either were acceptable in the interview. He said in a statement Monday that the GOP's decision to strip him of committee assignments was a "political decision that ignores the truth."
What prize idiot!
Stand firm Steve King.
That’s two now from Mormon Land. What’s next...concurrence from CNN’s new “contributor” the former congress critter and fraud.... Mia Love?
this is simply disgusting.. the circular firing squad.
Just how far would Mormonism ever have gotten without American Wester Civilization and the Bill of Rights (the original one, not FDR’s contrivance addition of world rights, sheesh)?
Comrades ? This isn't the Soviet Union. How 'bout you resign, too, Stewart. Take your scumbag, Willard, with you.
Useful idiots.
I called the cretin out on twitter, not that it will matter.
I sent him the link to King’s statement. King said nothing wrong.
https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/1083438780504264709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Romney butt kisser. WGAF
So Mormons are lining up to condemn King. They must be trying to make up for the shabby treatment of blacks by their church elders back in the ‘70s.
King is trying to spin the story, but he violated the cardinal rule when being interviewed. A republican must always bring their OWN recording equipment whenever doing an interview. It is critical to remember what is left on the cutting room floor is more important than what they use. The media lies. Always. Have your own complete copy.
“Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) “
Figures. Another of the Romney and Flake gang.
Eating their own! How about chastising those Democrats that are foulmothing our President or are they afraid to do so!
He’s being railroaded by his own party. Which ones are the idiots?
McCarthy is just another Uniparty cuck. Maybe even worse than Lyin Ryan. Why can’t we get get good leadership in the repub party?
There’s a very strong streak of victimology in Mormon culture/religion. Their recitation of their founding history begins with them being hounded & oppressed by the rest of America.
It’s Roy Moore all over again. Mass hysteria devoid of facts. To the benefit of progressive corportist Republicans, naturally
If he actually said what they are implying, they would have a point.
This is classic leftist boilerplate BS. The New York Times says “Jump!” and all these feckless Cxxxs say “How high?” It’s really pathetic.
Know them by the company they keep. Only haters of conservatism go on Chris Cuomo's show. You made the list Stewart.
There simply is no purpose whatsoever in the existence of the GOP.
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