Rep. Steve King has turned to a higher power in hopes that his committee assignments will be restored.
The Iowa Republican on Monday asked constituents to pray for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy to reinstate his committee assignments, the Sioux City Journal reported.
King has been pressuring McCarthy, R-Calif., to reinstate the assignments after he made comments in a New York Times interview appearing to support white supremacy.
Republicans revoked King’s committee assignments last month amid an uproar over his comments to the New York Times, in which he asked why phrases such as “white nationalist” and “white supremacist” have become “offensive.” King previously served on the Judiciary and Agriculture committees.
“The language police are out there day after day after day after day,” King said Monday. “They are searching the Internet for something to be offended by.”
After King’s comments sparked backlash, the Republican said he rejects white nationalism and white supremacy: “It’s not part of any of my ideology. I reject anyone who carries that ideology.”
