WASHINGTON — Republicans are dialing up the pressure on Rep. Steve King, with one GOP leader suggesting that the nine-term Iowan leave Congress after the latest in a string of what she calls his “racist” comments.
“I’d like to see him find another line of work,” Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-highest Republican in the US House of Representatives, tells reporters.
It was the most explicit call from a senior Republican for King to leave and the latest GOP effort to inspire him to quit over his quote in The New York Times last week questioning how white nationalism and white supremacy became offensive terms.
Republicans looking to avoid worsening the party’s relationship with blacks and minorities quickly condemned King’s remarks as racist. Sen. Tim Scott, a South Carolina Republican, wrote an op-ed saying that any GOP silence in the face of King’s remarks would be a blemish on the party and the nation. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky condemned King. And tellingly, Republicans refused to say whether they support King’s re-election effort.
— AP
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