Now that Republican officials have finally taken long-overdue measures to condemn and diminish the power of Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, a new line of critique from the Left has emerged: Why not President Trump?

“They’re taking on King instead of taking on Trump. It’s safer,” wrote New York Times columnist Frank Bruni. “The sacrifice of one wretched bigot to atone for the indulgence of another; an opportunity for moral preening after so much moral surrender.”

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