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Iowa Congressman Steve King booted from committees, claims his alleged racist quotes to New York Times “completely mischaracterized”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Iowa’s 4th District Congressman, Steve King, is enduring a hailstorm of consequences after his alleged racist views were exposed in a recent New York Times article, as leading lawmakers strip him of assignments and level stern criticism.

Reportedly, Steve King was told by Republican leadership in the House of Representatives he will not be allowed to serve on subcommittees in the wake of the Times story, in which King used words like White Nationalist, White Supremacist, and Western Civilization. This comes as an Illinois Representatives seeks a vote to censure King. National and local news media have King front and center as top political figures denounce King, with some saying he needs to resign.

King hit back Monday, though, with a statement of his own, seeking to clarify remarks he made to a New York Times reporter that were the basis of a story that has brought on the firestorm he now seeks to weather:

Steve King
(CNN photo)

“Leader McCarthy’s decision to remove me from committees is a political decision that ignores the truth.The truth is as follows:

One of my quotes in a New York Times story has been completely mischaracterized. Here’s the context I believe accurately reflects my statement.

In a 56 minute interview, we discussed the changing use of language in political discourse. We discussed the worn out label “racist” and my observation that other slanderous labels have been increasingly assigned to Conservatives by the Left, who injected into our current political dialog such terms as Nazi, Fascist, ‘White Nationalist, White Supremacist, Western Civilization, how did THAT language become offensive? Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?’…just to watch Western Civilization become a derogatory term in political discourse today. Clearly, I was only referencing Western Civilization classes. No one ever sat in a class listening to the merits of white nationalism and white supremacy.

When I used the word ‘THAT’ it was in reference ONLY to Western Civilization and NOT to any previously stated evil ideology ALL of which I have denounced. My record as a vocal advocate for Western Civilization is nearly as full as my record in defense of Freedom of Speech.

Ultimately, I told him ‘You have to do what you have to do and I will do what I have to do.’ 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.”

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