Steve King spins GOP punishment into political weapon
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is mounting an aggressive pressure campaign in response to House GOP leaders punishing him by taking away his committee assignments over his comments about white nationalism.
House GOP leaders are signaling that it is unlikely they'll change their minds about granting King spots on committees in the future, but King is capitalizing on the issue in an effort to force their hands as well as shore up support in his home district.
In the Iowa district he has represented since 2003, King is holding town halls where he presents himself as the target of the media and Washington establishment.
King asked supporters at a recent event to pray for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to reverse the decision about his committee assignments, saying that the leader needs to "separate his ego from this issue and look at it objectively."
McCarthy does not seem moved by King's efforts.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/430860-steve-king-mounts-pressure-campaign-to-restore-committee-assignments
What's he going to do? Sic his white supremist friends on them?
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Dipshit.. 
prayers have always worked before!
do I need this? 
King is about the most transparently cynical fucker ever!
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