Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday condemned Rep. Steve King’s (R-Iowa) racist remarks in The New York Times last week, but refused to say he wouldn’t support the openly racist lawmaker in the future. Cruz, who picked King to co-chair his 2016 presidential campaign, railed against King’s comments published in the Times on Thursday, which questioned why the terms “white supremacist” and “white nationalist” are considered offensive. I think all of us ought to be united regardless of party in saying white supremacist, white nationalism is hatred, it is bigotry, it is evil, it is wrong. ”But asked whether he would support King in the future, Cruz deflected. “What I’m going to do is urge everyone to stand for principles that matter,” Cruz said.

Source: Huffington Post January 13, 2019 19:18 UTC