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Steve King of Iowa has been stripped of al his Committee assignments. He is basically useless now. Just heard on MSNBC.
King's words and actions have no place in Congress. I hope the man in the White House is listening.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,834 posts)SharonAnn
(13,772 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)Ohiogal
(31,990 posts)Now they need to grow a spine and oust the Racist in Chief.
dem4decades
(11,288 posts)Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)And they cant pretend they didnt understand what he was about or any other bullshit anymore
Initech
(100,068 posts)onetexan
(13,040 posts)bids, yet Iowans have kept this racist in office for many years.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)This is one result of our big Dem House win. Republicans knows which way the wind blows. This is purely a symbolic gesture.
Trueblue Texan
(2,429 posts)...when they were desperate for a distraction bigger than their usual shit. Forget Russian agents, lookee over there at what we did to address racism in our party! Ain't we righteous?
Hypocrites.
littlemissmartypants
(22,655 posts)calimary
(81,238 posts)by throwing us a bone?
And a rather little bone, too, considering the current state of affairs in CON-world.
obamanut2012
(26,069 posts)So, why now?
tblue37
(65,340 posts)obamanut2012
(26,069 posts)I'm glad something has at least been done.
Phoenix61
(17,003 posts)Pelosi don't play.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,342 posts)The gutless GOP are not holding up in polling. Trump/McConnell shutdown and Russiagate are having an effect, therefore, SQUIRREL!
musicblind
(4,484 posts)It makes it much harder to sweep under the rug.
Bettie
(16,100 posts)too blatant. They prefer their racism with a tiny bit of deniability.
dalton99a
(81,481 posts)All he did was cozy up to Nazis and white supremacists
2naSalit
(86,586 posts)in the Iowa early primary-like pre-elections. Maybe that will change now too.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,834 posts)Chichiri
(4,667 posts)struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)Robin Opsahl, Des Moines Register
Published 7:12 p.m. CT Jan. 14, 2019
... Leader McCarthys decision to remove me from committees is a political decision that ignores the truth," King said in a statement Monday night. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, of California, said Sunday he would take action after King told the New York Times: White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization how did that language become offensive?
Since the announcement, many Republicans have spoken out against King's remarks, including Iowa Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst. Both had previously campaigned with King.
The decision to remove King from the judiciary, agriculture and small business committees, metes out a punishment for the Kiron representative that is highly unusual but McCarthy said it is warranted ...
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/14/steve-king-removed-committees-white-supremacy-iowa-us-house-republican-grassley-ernst-nationalism-ia/2572042002/
irisblue
(32,972 posts)Source~~https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/politics/steve-king-house-judiciary-committee.html
Steve King Loses House Committee Seats Over White Supremacy Remark
SNIP--House Republican leaders removed Representative Steve King of Iowa from the Judiciary and Agriculture Committees on Monday night as the party officials scrambled to appear tough on racism and contain damage from comments Mr. King made to The New York Times questioning why white supremacy is considered offensive.
The punishment came on a day when Mr. Kings own party leadership moved against him, with the Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, suggesting Mr. King find another line of work and Senator Mitt Romney saying he should quit. In an attempt to be proactive, the House Republicans stripped him of his committee seats in the face of multiple Democratic resolutions to censure Mr. King that are being introduced this week.
Those measures will force Republicans to take a stand on whether to go along with the House Democratic majoritys attempt to publicly reprimand one of their own.
SNIP--Mr. McCarthy called a special meeting of the Republican Steering Committee to consider removing Mr. King from Judiciary which has jurisdiction over immigration, voting rights and impeachment and Agriculture, which is a prized committee for Iowans. Mr. King also lost his seat on the Small Business Committee. The steering committee vote was unanimous.
RockRaven
(14,966 posts)didn't know who they just elected for the 9th time/have served with for 16+ years.
Only now are they saying anything about it. Too late. You own his behavior.
samnsara
(17,622 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)and the Rethugs Donors are seeing one of their problems.
no_hypocrisy
(46,094 posts)SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,784 posts)THAT has been rendered IMPOTENT.
Next up, he should resign from Congress.
pazzyanne
(6,552 posts)Couldn't happen to a "nicer" fella. I hope this sends a message to more than one or two people. Waiting to see the backlash from Iowa, although I think Iowans are now woke!
LakeSuperiorView
(1,533 posts)He's always been an asshole, Dipshit made him think it was OK to express himself.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,418 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)He needs to be censured.
littlemissmartypants
(22,655 posts)Donnie World. That would be a movie I'd pay to see. It's all black comedy, in the classic sense, from here on out.
Black comedy, also known as dark comedy or gallows humor, is a comic style that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss. Comedians often use it as a tool for exploring vulgar issues, thus provoking discomfort and serious thought as well as amusement in their audience. Popular themes of the genre include death and violence (murder, suicide, abuse, domestic violence, graphic violence, rape, torture, war, genocide, terrorism, corruption), discrimination (chauvinism, racism, sexism, homophobia), disease (anxiety, depression, nightmares, drug abuse, mutilation, disability, terminal illness, insanity), sexuality (sodomy, homosexuality, incest, infidelity, fornication), religion, and barbarism.
And of course, our current president.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_comedy
progressoid
(49,988 posts)empedocles
(15,751 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,655 posts)Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)BearThom70
(24 posts)FarPoint
(12,354 posts)watoos
(7,142 posts)What about the Nationalist in the White House?
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,784 posts)Steve King has been an obvious thorn in their sides for a long time.
Remember the "calves the size of Cantelopes" comment when referring to illegals bringing in drugs?
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,784 posts)He too is of Steve King's ilk.
BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)Tar and feather the basturd on live TV.
sakabatou
(42,152 posts)paleotn
(17,912 posts)Response to ProudMNDemocrat (Original post)
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George II
(67,782 posts)ProudMNDemocrat
(16,784 posts)benld74
(9,904 posts)Hoping to avoid shutdown
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Hard to believe they took that step. They must be concerned about being associated with Nazis. I guess the Nazis didn't donate enough money, like Russia did.
BumRushDaShow
(128,924 posts)from the state of Mississippi, who seemed to enjoy "public hangings" -
... although Turtle probably truly doesn't give a damn either way other than the P.R. move of saying it.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Her hatred shows in her face.
Liberalhammer
(576 posts)The rest of the rethugs took an oath to keep is in whispers.
Steve King is the Republican party,
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,784 posts)Racists, mysoginists, crooks, and Liars.
ismnotwasm
(41,977 posts)moondust
(19,979 posts)GOP will always exploit racism to get votes of middle class and poor.
econron
(152 posts)I'm curious who his contributors were for the last election? I'm confident that Wells Blue Bunny Ice Cream is a big fan of KKKing as is Devin Nunes family who lives in the 4th district. Anyone know who else?
BearThom70
(24 posts)Repudiating King, who dared to be honest about his eugenics ideologies, dilutes the argument their policies are racist. They get cover for their support for tRUMP. Denouncing racism and racist words and actions (after all, King is the original architect of the wall) should have happened 1000 times in the last 2-years (everyone remember Charlottesville?!)
Their Machiavellian dickishness knows no bounds.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)His next Chief of Staff?
ffr
(22,669 posts)Because normally, they'd promote such a person.
eggplant
(3,911 posts)AlexSFCA
(6,137 posts)Its great that ge got stripped of all assignments but I doubt hell be expelled from congress cause voters knew exactly who he was and voted for him specifically for his racist views. This should stop others riding on the racist train knowing that they may have limited power if elected.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)TlalocW
(15,381 posts)Damn it, Steve! We have a list of words that we use to communicate to our base that we're going to be screwing the darkies, spics, etc. Was it too hard to USE THOSE? Now we have to use you as a example.
TlalocW
IronLionZion
(45,434 posts)Not enough. King needs to be censured. They need to make an example out of him.
Dems censured and expelled Jim Traficant.
Other people who have been censured in US history: Andrew Jackson, Alexander Hamilton, Charlie Rangel, Gerry Studds, Joe McCarthy, and several more.
Dems have taken plenty of action against Dem members.
Initech
(100,068 posts)ecstatic
(32,701 posts)statement he's made! But by all means, please proceed, republicans. 2020 is coming...
Scruffy1
(3,256 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Next they'll be posturing that they're not a male supremacy party.
But 2020's still coming and they'll now do anything to win, so they'll continue election theft and further undermine democracy by turning people against people and otherwise degrading national understanding and behaviors.
They'll continue their move to authoritarianism to go with that (inevitably furthering sexism, racism), and of course they'll still serve the very wealthy, inflaming rabid social and religious conservatives and left-wing dissidents to power it all.
On the plus side, "Poor Steve" shows they know they're losing right now.
quakerboy
(13,920 posts)Its ok to think, act, and vote for all the things he says, especially in the republican party.
You just cant say them out loud. As an elected official. repeatedly. for 22 years. Or eventually you might get a slap on the wrist, or maybe even a whack on the rear.
ancianita
(36,053 posts)Basement Beat
(659 posts)you have an effectively useless congressman because you love your racists more than anything.
BTW, is it that many stone cold racists out there? I mean you would have to be to vote for King. If you simply turn a blind eye just because he as an R next to his name- guess what, you're still a racist scum bag.
ck4829
(35,070 posts)barbtries
(28,789 posts)if trump tweets his support for King and blasts congress for doing the right thing for once. after all, it was trump who insisted there were good people on all sides and said out loud, I'm a nationalist.
Nitram
(22,794 posts)niyad
(113,293 posts)sandensea
(21,627 posts)and then reinstate Cantaloupe King's committee posts - with possible promotions.
That's how they roll.
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)RainCaster
(10,870 posts)The insincerity of the GOP is amazing.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)but I will take it. Perhaps the pendulum is swinging back in favor of humanity.