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Pressure grows on House GOP to denounce Steve King | TheHill

posted onNovember 1, 2018
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Article snippet: Speaker MORE (R-Iowa) for his public support of white nationalist candidates and racially offensive comments. The pressure comes just days after a deadly shooting in a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh and as King, a staunch conservative and immigration hard-liner, suddenly finds himself in his first competitive race in years. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday urged GOP leaders to formally censure King and called on Ryan to strip King of his subcommittee chairmanship. And Rep. MORE (R-Fla), a Hispanic lawmaker, said on MSNBC the same day that he would never vote for someone like King. “His comments and his actions are disgusting,” said Curbelo, who is facing a tough reelection fight in a heavily Hispanic district in South Florida. The condemnation from the ADL and Curbelo follow announcements from several companies — including Intel, Purina Petcare and Land O'Lakes — that they were halting campaign contributions to King. National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Chairman MORE also issued a rare repudiation of King just a week before Election Day. “Congressman Steve King’s recent comments, actions, and retweets are completely inappropriate,” tweeted Stivers, a GOP congressman from Ohio and a member of Ryan’s leadership team. “We must stand up against white supremacy and hate in all forms, and I strongly condemn this behavior.” But other top GOP leaders have remained silent about King. Spokespeople for Ryan, Majority Leader MORE (R-La.) did not re... Link to the full article to read more

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