House Republican leaders on Thursday stepped forward to criticize Rep. Steve King for defending white nationalism, breaking their months-long silence on the Iowa Republican and his history of inflammatory remarks. “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” King said in the interview, which was published Thursday. Steve King asks how terms 'white nationalist' and 'white supremacist' became offensive | TheHill https://t.co/yL23avpNFB — Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) January 10, 2019Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) later attempted to walk back his comments to the New York Times defending white nationalism. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP/file)She was soon followed by House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La. At the time, Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), then the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, was the only member of House GOP leadership to rebuke King.

Source: Washington Post January 11, 2019 01:48 UTC