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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 09:13 PM Oct 2018

Pressure grows on House GOP to denounce Steve King

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and other GOP leaders are facing mounting pressure to speak out and take action against Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) for his public support of white nationalist candidates and racially offensive comments.

The pressure comes just days after a deadly shooting in a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh and as King, a staunch conservative and immigration hard-liner, suddenly finds himself in his first competitive race in years.

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday urged GOP leaders to formally censure King and called on Ryan to strip King of his subcommittee chairmanship. And Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla), a Hispanic lawmaker, said on MSNBC the same day that he would never vote for someone like King.

“His comments and his actions are disgusting,” said Curbelo, who is facing a tough reelection fight in a heavily Hispanic district in South Florida.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/414168-pressure-grows-on-house-gop-to-denounce-steve-king

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Pressure grows on House GOP to denounce Steve King (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 OP
Don't hold your breath (n/t) PJMcK Oct 2018 #1
I'm sure they'll be all over this.. Permanut Oct 2018 #2
Why would they go after him now? Blue_true Oct 2018 #3
Ted Cruz called Steve King today and conveyed support .99center Oct 2018 #4

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
3. Why would they go after him now?
Wed Oct 31, 2018, 09:41 PM
Oct 2018

It is not like he is doing something that he hasn't done for the last 10+ years.

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