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The Young Turks

Rep. Steve King Stripped Of Power And What Took Republicans So Long To Hold Him Accountable?

The Young Turks

TYT Network

Politics, Government, News

3.95.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Rep. Steve King is finally facing congressional backlash for his history of racist comments. Republicans are taking action against the congressmen with many calling for his resignation. Get exclusive access to our best content. http://tyt.com/GETACCESS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.6

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0:09.2

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0:17.4

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0:20.8

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0:27.1

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0:28.5

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0:50.8

To

1:06.8

most people who can think for themselves would deem racist.

1:10.2

And we're going to show you examples of that in just a minute.

1:12.5

But during a recent interview with the New York Times, King couldn't understand why white

1:17.8

nationalist was something offensive.

1:19.7

In fact, he was quoted as saying in this Times piece, white nationalist, white supremacist,

1:24.5

western civilization, how did that language become offensive?

1:29.4

And then he said, why did I sit in classes teaching me about the merits of our history

1:32.8

and our civilization?

1:34.6

Now following that statement, a number of Republican lawmakers have been calling on representative

1:40.3

King to resign.

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