Tag: Racism

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, arrives at a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, July 12, 2016.

Steve King slams Liz Cheney, Kevin McCarthy over ‘white nationalist’ comment fallout

Katelyn Caralle · January 16, 2019 2:24 am

Republican Rep. Steve King thinks recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program should be sent to their home countries as Peace Corps volunteers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

A needed aphorism for our times: ‘Better late than never’

Tiana Lowe Doescher · January 16, 2019 12:57 am

Representative Steve King, a Republican from Iowa, speaks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition's "Road to Majority" legislative luncheon in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, June 13, 2015. The annual Faith & Freedom Coalition Policy Conference gives top-tier presidential contenders as well as long shots a chance to compete for the large evangelical Christian base in the crowded Republican primary contest.

Democrats will scold Steve King, but might not censure him

Susan Ferrechio · January 15, 2019 6:24 pm

McCarthy takes control of GOP by punishing Steve King

Al Weaver · January 15, 2019 5:41 pm

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Liz Cheney: Steve King ‘should find another line of work’

Naomi Lim · January 15, 2019 5:38 pm

Shame game targets Paul Ryan after Steve King loses committee posts

Al Weaver, Daniel Chaitin · January 15, 2019 2:52 am

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said he will stick by the president following the idea of him striking a deal with Democrats over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Drew Angerer)

McCarthy strips Steve King of committee assignments after accusations he backed white supremacy

Al Weaver · January 15, 2019 12:49 am

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2018, file photo, Sen.-elect Mitt Romney, R-Utah, center, walks the hallway on Capitol Hill in Washington. Romney is a man in-between. He made it to Washington after all _ but not as president of the United States, the office he sought twice and other men won. Heâs not yet a senator from Utah, either, until heâs sworn in Jan. 3.

Mitt Romney: Steve King doesn’t belong in Congress

Daniel Chaitin · January 14, 2019 11:12 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks during the Kentucky Farm Bureau Country Ham Breakfast, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, in Louisville, Ky.

Mitch McConnell signals it’s time for Steve King to go

Naomi Lim · January 14, 2019 10:07 pm

Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., questions Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as he testifies before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 11, 2018.

Two House Democrats push for Congress to censure Steve King

Naomi Lim · January 14, 2019 8:56 pm

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., listens during a news conference with members of the Progressive Caucus in Washington, Monday, Nov. 12, 2018.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Trump: I ‘got under his skin’ for calling him racist

Naomi Lim · January 14, 2019 6:04 pm

Kevin McCarthy to meet with Steve King to discuss ‘his future and role in this Republican Party’

Naomi Lim · January 13, 2019 4:41 pm