Posted on 01/16/2019 4:53:06 PM PST by NRx
House Democratic leaders blocked an effort to censure Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) for racial comments, referring the measure to the House Ethics Committee for further review due to concerns that it might set a dangerous precedent for policing members speech.
Censure is the most serious sanction for a House member short of expulsion, and it has been imposed only six times in the past 100 years. Prompted by Kings recent comments to the New York Times questioning the offensiveness of the terms white nationalism and white supremacy, the House adopted a resolution condemning that hatred Tuesday.
But Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) sought to go further by censuring King and pressed for a vote on Wednesday. After the House clerk read the resolution detailing Kings inflammatory comments over the years, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) moved to refer the matter to the Ethics Committee a step that could bottle up the effort indefinitely.
The House agreed on a voice vote.
"I think we have spoken, and we have spoken on both sides of the aisle, that this is unacceptable rhetoric and behavior," Hoyer said beforehand, referring to Tuesdays disapproval measure.
Democratic leaders had feared that a censure of King could open Democrats to Republican retaliation.
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Impeach the mofo is not offensive if you are a democrat.
.......yeah, let's keep this King thing quiet, folks" -- Nabcy Pelosi
What was SO offensive about it. It’s the squishy Republicans who don’t have his back. The woman’s body shutting down affected races outside of Missouri. That’s what the rats are working on. The one who should be primaries is Ms. Cheney.
Where is the interview tape? Are we supposed to actually believe that the NYT reporter did not record the hour-long interview?
Aren’t we done with Kavanaughing people on rumor? Tape or it didn’t happen.
There was nothing offensive about it. It was a pure hit-piece by the NY Times.
What’s a matter with our side. Link these two things together, if it really is on the same level.
Gutless wonders.
"It's a trap!" -- Steny Hoyer
It’s just cover for the POS Muslim Congress critter who mofoed POTUS Trump.
What they claimed he said was perfectly legitimate thing to say in criticizing people taking offence over historical truths.
Nobody should be offended by history, It happened in the pasts. If you can’t talk about it honestly you can’t learn from it Guaranteeing you will repeat it.
House Democratic leaders blocked an effort to censure Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) for racial comments, referring the measure to the House Ethics Committee for further review due to concerns that it might set a dangerous precedent for policing members speech.
Now that's just hilarious.
I’m sure dems have said far worse. They are petrified their own musings from the last couple of decades will come back to bite them in you know what.
MMcCarthy and Cheney are turds.
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