And as soon as he did that, as soon as, as the news broke, those of us, I was in republican leadership at the time, immediately, you know, Steve King was stripped of his committee assignments immediately [after making comments indicating support for white nationalism]. And if you just look at the difference between the way, you know, that was Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise and I were the top three officials at that point, the way we dealt with Steve King. (19:21–19:36)
CLAIM
Asserts that Steve King was stripped of committee assignments for comments supporting white nationalism.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.
