King illustrated how alarmed senior Republicans are about the party’s image just two months after they lost 40 House seats, most of them in suburban or diverse districts - including seven in Mr. McCarthy, “You have to do what you have to do and I will do what I have to do.” He pledged to continue to “point out the truth” and serve his district for “at least the next two years.” “Leader McCarthy’s decision to remove me from committees is a political decision that ignores the truth,” he said. He said he had been referring only to “western civilization” when he asked “how did that language become offensive,” not “white nationalist” or “white supremacist.” King remained defiant after losing his committee seats, releasing a long statement insisting that his comments in the Times article had been misunderstood. “Maybe I did not see those, but I disagree with these.”
King’s long public record of similar remarks. King for an hour before the vote, did not say why the most recent comments were a breaking point given Mr. McCarthy, who conferred privately with Mr. “That is not the party of Lincoln and it’s definitely not American.” King, an acknowledgment of the racist language the congressman has used before. “This is not the first time we’ve heard these comments,” Mr. House conference itself, so he can still attend its party meetings, and it was up to Iowans whether Mr.
He said the Republicans are not removing Mr.
Speaking to reporters on Monday night after the House Republican leadership team acted, Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the minority leader, said he was not ruling out supporting a censure or reprimand resolution against Mr. King said: “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization - how did that language become offensive?” But in an interview with The Times published last week, Mr.