Steve King in The Huffington Post

On Principles & Values: When did "white nationalist" become offensive language?

Republican leaders have stripped Rep. Steve King (R-IA) of all of his committee assignments for the current Congress following a new wave of outcry over the lawmaker's vast history of white supremacist viewpoints and racist rhetoric. "We will not be seating Steve King on any committees in the 116th Congress," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said after a meeting of the GOP Steering Committee. The decision was unanimous.

King responded, "McCarthy's decision to remove me from committees is a political decision that ignores the truth. I will continue to point out the truth and work with all the vigor that I have to represent 4th District Iowans for at least the next two years."

The controversy was reignited last week after King gave an interview to The New York Times in which he asked: "White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization--how did that language become offensive?"

King held seats on the House committees on agriculture, the judiciary and small business.

Source: Huffington Post, "Committees", on 2019 IA-4 House incumbent Jan 14, 2019

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