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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPressure 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
PJMcK
(21,916 posts)Permanut
(5,436 posts)probably are as we speak.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)It is not like he is doing something that he hasn't done for the last 10+ years.