It was a little more than a year ago that Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), already one of the most vocal nationalist members of Congress, defended white supremacy, asking in a New York Times interview what was so offensive about such terms as “white nationalist, white supremacist and Western civilization.”
His Republican colleagues, already weary of dealing with years of racial-driven controversies involving King — who had become more emboldened with President Trump’s election — stripped him of his committee assignments, making it difficult for King to have an impact on legislation.