«Breaking News» Republican Steve King votes to condemn HIMSELF in Congress

Republican Congressman Steve King voted Tuesday for a resolution condemning himself for comments he made about white nationalism and white supremacy.  

'I agree with every word that you have put in this,' King told Democratic lawmaker James Clyburn, who sponsored the resolution, in a speech on the House floor shortly before the vote.

'So I want to ask my colleagues on both sides of the aisle let's vote for this resolution. I'm putting up a yes on the board here because what you say is true, is right and is just,' he added. 

The final vote was 424 yeas and one vote against it.

Republican Congressman Steve King voted for a resolution condemning himself for comments he made about white nationalism and white supremacy

The final vote was 424 in favor and one opposed; Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush said he would vote no because he wants King censured, a much stronger punishment

King, 69, was seen making the sign of the cross as he walked into the well of the House to speak before his colleagues voted on whether or not to condemn him. 

In his six minutes of remarks, King also defended himself, as he has done since his interview with The New York Times was published last week, in which King questioned how the terms 'white nationalism' and 'white supremacy' became offensive. 

'There is no tape for this interview I did. It is 56 minutes long,' King said. 'There's no way to go back and listen. But I can tell you this. That ideology never showed up in my head. I don't know how it would have come out of my mouth.'

He also got in a slam at the newspaper, which is also a favorite target of President Donald Trump's. 

'They make a habit of attacking the president as a matter of fact,' he said. 

The resolution not only disavowed King's comments it also served as a 'condemnation of white nationalism and white supremacy in all forms.' 

Democratic Rep. Bobby Rush said he would vote against the resolution because he wanted to see King censured - a stronger punishment that is one step below expulsion from the House.

'Anything short of censure would be shallow,' Rush said in a statement introducing his censure resolution.  

If censured, King would be required to stand in the House well while his colleagues formally reprimand him. 

A growing number of Democrats' are supporting such a move. 

But Clyburn, the highest ranking African American member of Congress, said Monday he didn't push for censure because he felt that should be reserved for alarming statements made on the House floor. 

House Republicans have already punished King by stripping him of his committee assignments, a move that leaves him virtually powerless on Capitol Hill. 

King served on the House Judiciary, Agriculture and Small Business committees in the last Congress. 

Republican Congressional leaders have also spoken on in condemnation of their colleague. 

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy called King's remarks 'beneath the dignity of the Party of Lincoln and the United States of America'. 

'We will not tolerate this type of language in the Republican party or in the Democratic party,' McCarthy said. 'I watched what Steve King said and we took action.'  

Democratic congressmen Bobby Rush (pictured) wants King to facer a harsher punishment

Republican Congressional leaders Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (left) and House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (right) have condemned King's remarks

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell also denounced King on Monday and even suggested the congressman 'should find another line of work'.   

'There is no place in the Republican Party, the Congress or the country for an ideology of racial supremacy of any kind,' McConnell said in a statement. 

'Rep. King's statements are unwelcome and unworthy of his elected position. If he doesn't understand why "white supremacy" is offensive, he should find another line of work.'  

The uproar began in with King's interview with The New York Times last week.

'White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization - how did that language become offensive?' King asked during the interview.  

'Why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history and our civilization?' he noted.

Since the interview, King denied that he is racist and said his remarks were 'completely mischaracterized'.

 

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