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steve king has 111,000. donald trump has carried many republicans to victories in primaries, just in the midterms. so republicans don't want to cross him. they feel comfortable crossing steve king now. and they're sort of making up in their own minds and their own hearts, they're making up for their silence with trump by speaking out against steve king. they're exercising all of the shame they feel about what they've tolerated with trump and about how quiet they've been by speaking out way too late on steve king. >> so it's not about what's right, it's about power and fear? >> well, they're doing the right -- >> and guilt. >> they're doing the right thing now, but it would have been the right thing to condemn steve king a year ago, two years ago, three years ago. so why now -- >> or 16 years ago when he started. >> go ahead. >> if i can follow up on that, frank is right to a degree that republicans running in the primary for president, not only wanted the favor of steve king, they needed it. i worked for the

>> he believes in steve king. he honors steve king. he emulates steve king. he exalts steve king. and so therefore, when steve king says in his height of racism, donald trump actually believes that and will repeat it from time to time. so i don't know -- i can't call on the president. that's another matter, but i do call on the members of the u.s. house of representatives as where steve king actually serves as a member to repudiate, to regurgitate, to indeed censure steve king. his comments should not be given a moment of consideration by this u.s. congress p. from charlotte, north carolina, to charlottesville, west virginia, to the u.s. congress, there's a pattern of racism that has gone way too far in this nation. >> all right. well, i appreciate your time, congressman rush. and of course, steve king even voted -- censuring steve king himself would be quite different. >> a major contradiction of the whole thing. >> absolutely. >> and it meant so little that steve king could so move forward. >> all right. thank you so much. congressman rush, i appreciate your time. >>> next, brea

but, you know, i've been watching steve king for ten years. this is not a new thing for steve king. he's been saying this stuff forever. he was trump before trump was trump. i mean i remember the comment about how illegal, undocumented aliens, you know, all had cavs the size of cantaloupes. >> carrying drugs. >> this has been going on a very long time. i don't mean to be a cynic, and i don't want to leave the impression here that i believe the republican conference or that republicans are inherently racist. but the only difference between what happened to steve king today and 50 other episodes like this is they just got their heads handed to them in an election in november. so, again, i don't want to be cynical, and i'm glad they finally stepped up and said we're not going to tolerate it, but what took them so long? >> yeah. i'm glad you said heads handed to them, because i know what usually goes with that, so i appreciate you doing that. listen, cnn has some new reporting that trump's lawyers rejected mueller's request in recent weeks for an in person interview with the president.

king on that resolution about his language the other day including steve king. he voted against himself, saying you know, i shouldn't have said it. donald trump silent. donald trump the elected republican in washington who has nothing to say about steve king. >> yeah, donald trump this week said he hadn't really followed it. now, he was up to the minute on jeff bezos's divorce. >> yes. >> but he hadn't managed to follow a candidate for congress that he supported in so many ways, said that they were on the same page together, they saw things -- by the way, kevin mccarthy, talk about phony baloney. he gave steve king ten grand last year out of his pac. so if this is something that has troubled him for a long time and he didn't understand why paul ryan hadn't acted, why did he write a $10,000 check to steve king last year for his re-election? all of these guys were there for steve king for his re-election last year. so it really -- >> jason johnson, do you think it's the election results in november that has changed their attitude toward this? >> part of it, yeah.

steve king's comments are deplorable. they deserve to be called out loudly and disrespected and if you don't do that and you're in a place of public trust affiliated with him, you are deplorable. you need to say something and more importantly do something to confirm that this is not what your party is about. now the big question is where is the president? he spends most of his time commenting on what bothers him. he's compromised here, isn't he? why? because he is what king claims to be a nationalist. they both say they're the same thing. he has said similar things and embracing king as some kind of ally in white supremacy and to be honest, he agrees with king about immigrants and migrants and he got a lot of the stuff he's selling you now from steve king early on in the thing. what's the difference? it's all going to do the same thing. demoralize and demean a group of people. the silence tells the story. the president is the head of that party. the head of the gop and one of his own is saying ugly things and he is saying

even to somebody like steve king, he borrowed -- donald trump borrowed from steve king a lot of language that he saw steve king use with his constituents there in iowa. so it's a problem that's much bigger, i think, than steve king. you see in that editorial that tim scott obviously talking about steve king there but also essentially saying without saying that anybody who uses this kind of language, it's a problem, and shame on the gop for being silent. >> yeah. >> you know, and the thing is tim scott had been silent in some ways, and certainly much of the gop had been silent around the birtherism claims that were so popular in the gop, and of course donald trump picked up on those as well. >> yeah. you wanted to respond to the tim scott op-ed, okay, charlie. let's let you do it now. he condemned king in the "washington post," and he writes in part, some in our party wonder why republicans are constantly accused of racism. it is because of our own silence when things like this are said. how big of a problem, honestly, is this in your party? >> well, it's -- i think it's a bigger problem

>> steve king? congressman steve king. >> i haven't been following it. i really haven't been following it. >> well, you know, trump also didn't know david duke, he didn't know about white supremacists. he always says that. he certainly knows about steve king's reputation. as a matter of fact, one of the things that steve king says is that he helped lead trump down the road of supporting a wall. he has been -- >> well, trump has bragged about raising more money for steve king than anyone else, which is a pretty big thing to brag about and not know what he's saying. >> well, there gryou go. so he of course knows what steve king has said. he knows who he is. he knows what he represents. and frankly, i think that part of steve king being so emboldened now is because of the atmosphere that has been created by president trump. >> you know, you mentioned david duke. and obviously, trump today saying that hep doesn't know the steve king story, which obviously, anybody who watches cable news or is on twitter knows it and nobody watches those two things more than

he should denounce steve king. i remember i believe it was after charlottesville when david duke applauded him. was it >>> maybe i'm con flflating two >> jake tapper. >> that's right. two separate times it was asked do you know david duke? and he said i don't know who david duke is. >> he did know david duke. and then after charlottesville, he was applauded by white supremacists. you would think that a president would want to shake that out and say no, no, that's not what i believe. steve king, you know, expel him. >> mitch mcconnell said there's no room in the party for this. there's no room at the top. it should be said from the bully pulpit. >> remembering why donald trump is in public life in the first place. it's not because of the apprentice. it's because for two years he spent spreading a racist lie. this is a feature. not a bug. this is why he's popular. not inspite of his racism but because of it. >> i don't think donald trump is out courting the racist vote. >> i will use this again, andrew gillam used th

there are sort of steve king -- there's like a steve king a valid racist explosions every six months or so and then we get a little version of this but this is not the first and probably won't be the last. >> it seems like there's a little more momentum this time but i personally haven't asked if they would denounce king and they refuse to do so. >> you have been one of the reporters going to members of congress, to the republican congressional committee when he's running for reelection saying put your money where your mouth is. >> i don't get a response. i mean before the elections, did denounce king but only after a poll showed that king might actually lose. of course he didn't. >> which is why he's still there. >> you know, it's also notable to me that this is a -- you said his policy -- this someone whose policy views are a seamless garment of our -- to use a phrase from the catholic church. but you have his views of the superiority of what he calls western civilization and his defense of literally the term white supremacist and those views have taken over the republican party. i

iowa congressman steve king who just won a ninth term this november. and who's made his fair share of controversial comments over the years. but it was this quote of his to "the new york times" last week that set people off. king said, "white nationalists, white supremacists, western civilization, how did that language become offensive?" king's comments don't seem to bother the president whose affinity for king goes back years. 2014, speaking to reporters before a private fund-raiser trump touted king as a special guy, a smart person with really the right views on almost everything. their ideologies are so insync trump said, we don't have to compare notes. wow. joining us now, former democratic congresswoman donna edwards. donna,? >> wow. it's hard to know what to say. i think you're right. it's very tough to find a distinction between steve king and donald trump. and why republicans are coming out now, and frankly, i think that the disapproval that they've just passed against steve king is not enough. if the republican party wants to remove this cold

do you think steve king -- is there a place for steve king considering his rhetoric? ms. cheney: i agree with leader mcconnell. i think he should find another line of work. we've been very clear. i think it was very significant and serious step to remove him from committees. and i think you've seen now repeated this wasn't the first time but his language questioning whether or not the notion of white supremacy is offensive is absolutely abhorrent, it's racist. we don't support it or agree with it. as i said i think he should fine another line of work. reporter: would you support his -- reporter: last congressman censored was charlie rangel. that was from an ethics violation. now the r.n.c. is calling on speaker pelosi to take action against those democrats with ties with -- now, again, this is over a very offensive speech. are we going down the road of a censuring members of congress of being tied to very offensive people at this point? what are your thoughts on that essentially? mr. mccarthy: i think it should be very clear to the american public when there was an indivi

iowa congressman steve king was stripped of his committee assignments less than a week after making a comment to "the new york times" that was widely seen as racist. >> the decision was made by house g.o.p. leader kevin mccarthy, and other top republicans. >> these are not the first time w have heard these comments. that is not the party of lincoln. it is definitely not america. >> he ought to resign and move on and let someone else who represents american values take his seat. >> one republican who did not weigh in was president trump. >> i don't-- i haven't been following it. i really haven't been following it. ( laughter ). >> trevor: you haven't been following it? like, what else are you doing? "i'm extremely busy, folks. do you think a name like jeff bezos comes out of nowhere? ( laughter ) genius like that takes time." but this is a big deal. the republican party has punished one of its own for making racist comments. and if you haven't been keeping up with the story, what happened is in an interview with the "new york times," steve king basically said that he doesn't think ther

so, i have known steve king for a long time. i was a national co-chair with him with the ted cruz campaign. he has spoken at our leadership summit. the within i tweeted this is a bridge too far, this has no place. the people in the district where i grew up, they are good people. they need to be represented and represented well, but not with remarks like this. that's why i wanted to speak out. that does not represent who we are. i'm glad representative king is taking accountability and responsibility. the fact is -- >> is he really? he's saying i'm sorry for the heart burn. i'm an american nationalist. it's not an apology at all. he's saying sorry it caused you problems, but i meant what i said. let me try to say it again. >> there's no doubt about that. even the context that it was in. i'm thinking no matter what context that's in, it's inexcusable, inappropriate. there's no need for it at that time. >> keith, look, it's stunning. you know, when you think about this, why this is happening now, right? okay. steve king has a histo

more. >> we made a decision tonight that steve king will not be serving on committees. >> clear across the country how serious the republican party believes all men and women are created equal. here's the reason republicans are so concerned, look at the midterm elections, they did not perform well with minority voters, the diversity of the house democratic caucus, the freshman class, women, and native americans, a lot of white men in the republican conference here. steve king met with kevin mccarthy and here is part of his statement after that session tonight, mccarthy's decision to remove me from committees is a political decision that ignores the truth. i told him you do what you have to do and i will do what i have to do. there are three official modes of sanction in the house of representatives, reprimand, censure and expulsion. jim clyburn, democratic whip, instituting a resolution of disapproval where the house of representatives would disapprove of these remarks by steve king. a similar tactic clyburn initiated in 2009 when republican congressman from south carolina heckled pres

do you think steve king, is there a place for steve king in the congress considering his rhetoric? >> i agree with leader mcconnell, actually. i think he should find another line of work. i think we have been very clear. i think it was very significant and serious step to remove him from committees, and i think that you have seen now repeated, this wasn't the first time, but his language questioning whether or not the notion of white supremacy is offensive is absolutely abhorrent, it's racist. we do not support it or agree with it. and as i said, i think he should find another line of work. >> would you support his primary challengers? >> yes. >> the last member of congress censured was charlie rangel. >> that was after an ethics violation. >> that was after an ethics violation. now the rnc is calling on leader pelosi to take action against those democrats with ties to louis farrakhan. this is over a very offensive speech. are we going down the road of censuring members of congress over being tied to very offensive people at this point? what are your thoughts on that? >> i think it

and then the steve king think. -- steve king thing. we have heard things coming out of the democrat party that makes me want to get sick. woman you had on here with npr with the barr deal, she sounds like she is a democrat hack from the start. i have listened to npr a little bit. they are all one-sided on everything that they do. host: reed is next from union, washington. the republican line. caller: i agree with the last caller. i watch the program every day and get a lot of value out of washington journal. there is a lot of identity politics that comes from the left that is so far out of bounds. it is so saturated that it is hard to get to the issues that we need to talk about. an interesting mathematical statistic about this country is that if you look this up on the internet, when the nation was founded in terms of the constitution being found -- being signed, the population was 96% white people from europe. the remaining 4% unfortunately were slaves. then there were naturalized native americans. we have gone from 96% white to a pr

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somehow, steve king again yesterday seemed to be the tipping point. now, you know, he's lost some of his committee positions. >> all of them. >> all of them. so what will happen to him? does he stay in congress? >> the thing to look at, to what extent he will get financing or party support for any bid for re-election. you are seeing lawmakers, we've seen mitt romney come out and saying he should resign. a couple of things caught my attention. president trump, you're right. president trump was asked about this yesterday, at least yesterday, brushed off the question, said, i don't know, i haven't really been paying attention to that. there will be continued pressure on him to speak more forcefully about this. racism is notoriously or racial tension, this broad range of issues is very hard to poll. since charlottesville we know a couple of things. one, democrats overwhelmingly believe the republican party has a race problem. and, two, overwhelmingly, americans from both parties, and who are independents as well say white supremacy and white nationalism a

with steve king. there's been a long list of "the new york times" chronicles of him making those comments back to when he was in the state legislature. so for you to say that you thought he was a good guy and all these things and not -- and then all of a sudden today think wow, steve king's a bad guy -- >> no, it's not just today. since donald trump came along he's given a license to people -- >> but you -- but "the new york times" reports that steve king has been saying this stuff his entire career. >> well, obviously i wasn't aware of that back then. when i worked with him in congress he wasn't saying things like that as bad as it is now. he wasn't glorifying white supremacy for god's sake. >> so there is no -- there should be no cover for any of that stuff, anderson. it should be denounced at every level. so there's no way to say what the president said was right. it's wrong. he should have come out and said look, these guys are thugs, they're bad guys. the people who were stomping the ground and s

can take again steve king, which will be a good step forward. not just for house republicans but the party in general. >> i just wonder though because we've seen this before, isn't this a president who chooses not to comment on this because he doesn't want to upset a base? >> sure. >> because you and i both know he comments on pretty much everything and doesn't hold back. >> sure. of course he does. and if he were able to weigh in here in a positive way, i think a lot of people would be supportive of that. he's not willing to do that or anger his base at all. what i'm focused on and most folks on the hill i've talked to are focused on the steve king situation is what are house republicans going to do, what are steps they can take? what they have learned from the past when they tried to remove republican members from committees and had that blow up in their face to be able to move forward and make sure it's not just dealing with steve king but sending the signal to the party as a whole that this is unacceptable. >> cred it where credit is due. ke

steve king. it was a surprise today. mccarthy, but in fairness, members of your party, decided to take away committee assignments from steve king. do you agree with the move? >> absolutely. mr. king has become ineffective. without committee assignments, he can't do work in congress. it's not the first time that he has said things that the party just cringes at and says what in the world. >> it's the first time you have done anything about it, though. >> well, you know, perhaps we could have addressed it in a more aggressive manner in the past, but i'm glad we're doing it now. >> should he be censured? >> i wish he would re-sign. he can't do the work. he's lost the faith of his comrades. for the good of the party and the american people. it's time for us to make a change. >> it's impressive to the audience to hear a member of the same party come forward and criticize one of their own and the conversation we were just having, the president said, i haven't really been following it. as you and i know he's probably watching u

president, what about steve king's remarks? >> who? >> steve king. congressman steve king. >> i don't -- i haven't been following it. i really haven't been following it. >> come on. we know that's not true. he has been following this. and the terrible part is, he's been following in king's footsteps. trump shares beliefs with king, doesn't he? i hate to say it, but it's true. king even defended himself by saying, wait a minute, you know what i am? i'm a nationalist, the same stained term our president uses for himself. laced with bigotry and false preference. what is new is that not-so-subtle encouragement of people who believe this bigoted b.s. allowing them to get mouthy again. our leaders have traditionally, in the modern era, at least, like bush, shouted down bigotry. let haters know there are not some good people among them. that there is not a "both sides" kind of blame on these issues. that the different are not to be demonized. this country is people by those who rarely look alike, but believe as one that we will all be treated the same. that

king in either way when steve king and the wink and the nod is he's not against steve king? >> well, look, the president doesn't disagree with things that steve king is saying. the real challenge in the republican party is you don't want steve king to be in your casa cortez. there are other things they want to talk about in 2020 and this year. they don't want steve king to become the face of the party. donald trump is bad enough. but you don't want that sort of additional problem. really, you know, his flirting with white nationalism and comments, they're not only dangerous to sort of american public discourse, but they're an insult to the large number of republicans that don't feel that way. >> we didn't say what he said, white nationalists, western civilization, how did that language become offensive and then suzanne, he pushed back on and implied that the times is trying to make him look bad but you never denied the quote. he said i'm a nationalist. he is trying to say, you know, just don't pay attention to the word white. >> you don't need to make steve king look bad bec

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what's happening here goes well beyond steve king. it represents the further devolution of political debate in this country. tim scott, senator from here in south carolina, i think was eloquent in his condemnation of steve's remarks. the bigger question is what romney raised. romney said his comments aren't appropriate for polite company. are you kidding me? what's interesting about that is where is the outrage when donald trump says crazy things or racist things? where is the outrage when maxine waters says, let's go after the kids of cabinet members. where is the outrage when a recently elected senator from mississippi says put me on the front row of the lynching mob. what you can't have in politics is selective outrage. we say we are outraged at this but we'll turn a blind eye to all this other. what i find a little bit wanting, if you will, is romney's comments in light of his quietness with the exception of the recent op-ed on trump. a lot of other people in congress have given trump a complete blank slate, no, we're not going to

republican steve king won't be serving on any committees this congress.. the house of representatives solidly voting 424 to 1..for a resolution of disapproval of white supremacy and white nationalism after king made racist comments to the new york times..sen. mitch mcconnell, (r) senate majority leader: "i haven't been following every utterance of congressman king but i certainly followed this one and i think the house republican conference did the right thing."king even voted for the resolution.rep. steve king (r) iowa: "this resolution at the house of representative once again rejects white nationalism and white supremacy and hateful expressions of intolerance that are contradictory to the values that define the people the united states. i agree with that language i've said." the only congressman that didn't vote for it was democratic bobby rush of illinois..saying he thought the resolution didn't go far enough.there is now growing pressure from both republicans and democrats for king to resign.sen. mitt catching bad drivers... a look at where our state

he's seen kings an easy target donald trump so tough target they went after steve king or frey to donald trump guys amy to start with you know we go to c.n.n. when's the shutdown going to end. oh boy larry i don't know any better that you do or bill or even the rest of washington lindsey graham the senator from south carolina has said that he thinks the sides are dug in he's trying to bring together a bipartisan group to fund the government for three weeks on the promise that there will be discussion about funding the border wall and finding some sort of compromise but it seems like both sides think that they're winning this thing i don't think that they are i don't see how this ends other than through compromise which has even been suggested by the washington post editorial page five point seven billion dollars for the border wall which by the way we already have seven hundred miles of so this whole argument that it's immoral is just silly and belies the fact that democrats have voted for border barriers in the past in return for some pats legalization for minors who were brought to the

he said that voters should go and fire steve king now. but also he said he has no intention of voting for donald trump again. he said he's a life-long republican. and i want to pay specific attention to that point because donald trump and mike pence, they stood alongside steve king, along with the likes of the senators here. chuck grassley, joanie ernst and kim reynolds. the republican party in the state has long stood by steve king. i've spent more time here than anywhere else and steve king has long been a staple in the state because the republican party has known he brings in specific republican voters. and yet who has not spoken out against steve king's latest comments? mike pence and donald trump. mike pence called him just this last fall a man of icntegrity, man of principle. there is silence. that's something the republican party should pay attention to because of voters like laverne. >> i sincerely appreciate it. i love getting out of this newsroom and for you talking to the american people. >>> still to come -- more oufr top stor

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he wouldn't push back on steve king. his approach to politics, issues related to race, in part, created trumpism as we know it. >> thank you guys all for coming in. we'll see you later today, filling in for andrea mitchell. appreciate that. we'll be right back with today's big picture. big picture. your brain changes as you get older. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. the nation's largest senior-living referral service. for the past five years, i've spoken with hundreds of families and visited senior-care communities around the country. and i've got to tell you, today's senior-living communities are better than ever. these days, there are amazing amenities, like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars, and bistros, even pet-care services. and nobody understands your options like the advisers at a place for mom. these are local

steve king is. and what steve king said, reportedly, was highly racial. >> your senate majority leader schumer had to put the kibosh on an anti-bds bill, because he knew the number of democrats that would vote against protesting this bds movement against israel. schumer did that! he killed a vote on the antihfas bill. >> i don't know the motivations of what schumer did, so i can't back it up. but you've got to call it fair straight down the line. if you're sitting next to farrakhan and playing up his politics, you're a problem. >> i agree. >> that's somebody who's looking at an exclusivity of who's good and who's bad and it's wrong, just how we call out about steve king. paul begala, thank you very much. niger ennis, appreciate you both. >>> there's someone who might know exactly where the president's head is on all of this. anthony scaramucci. we got lucky. had him lined up for tonight. i didn't know this news was going to come. so we'll talk about this "new york times" report. we'll talk about ste

i'm no fan of steve king. i am sorry, they did not amount to racism. >> martha: go through these -- as you said there are two sides to the story. as you say, you are no fan of steve king, this is been going on for a long time. kevin mccarthy said he just heard this, and for the first time. he has a history of same things that are controversial. as journalist covering the story, that is what you can say. you can say that some of these comments have been viewed as racist and lay it out there and let people look at what he said decide what they think. when a newspaper says that, so everybody can see this. steve king racist remarks and divisive actions a timeline. >> you put your finger right on this. the best thing to do is to quote what he said accurately and with the people of united states who have no taste for racism make up their own mind. if an opinion commentator comes along, like even myself and wants to say that, that is his or her business. to distract your journalist to fling around for a term like tha

steve king is like i'm a nationalist. all of this sort of playing with linguistics is this way to sort of mainstream this idea of white nationalism. when steve king says i'm a nationalist, it's like r kelly saying i like kids. we know what you're talking about, right? you're not following anyone at this point. and i think it's important for anybody who is concerned about the health of this democracy, let alone people who live in iowa, has to recognize that white nationalists are basically terrorist sympathizers. the only way you can get rid of all the black and brown and tan people in this country is to treat them with violence, to refuse to give them an opportunity to participate in the american experiment. so anyone who says, well, i don't really remember what steve said or maybe it's bad now or ben shapiro coming out and saying, well, this crosses a line. you've been letting him and people like him cross a line in the party for years and now you have to view it as a national security issue, not just a political damage

steve king has a little bit of a point today. he's like you know who i am. i've been here for 60 years. why all the sudden did you turn on me? >> it's like a charlottesville moment. you can be racist in policies, racist in the things you say about yourfulo americans and human beings. but you just can't say i'm a racist and he said why isn't it so bad to be a white nationalist? what's wrong with western civilization? i thought it was the best. that is it the only him to republican party will actually give you some sort of censure. not literally. but in terms of broader meaning of the word, it's like charlottesville. it really is. in fact the house resolution that was passed was basically saying we condemn white supremacy again and what it was harping back to was in charlottesville. you should be able to be held accountable for your racist policies and actions without just saying i'm a racist. >> as someone who worked for the republicans when they were in the majority staff, government oversight, there's -- am i wrong that inthe republicans had a majority of t

sure, steve king has been reprimanded for this. why not donald trump? >> i think it's why steve king thinks he can survive this. it's been going on for a while. president trump defined all the republican wanted to do. the republican party spent thousands of dollars researching how to expand their base and appeal to african americans. how to appeal to latinos. president trump comes in and starts calling mexicans rapists and criminals and becomes president of the united states with that rhetoric without ever saying i'm sorry. without ever saying i condemn these things that people think i believe. >> he has condemned white nationalism. >> but he hasn't condemned the criminalization of immigrants. government is shutdown for what some people, some people, a wall. some people think it's a racist political tool to keep brown immigrants out. six suspected immigrants caught on the southern border in the first part of 2018. 20 on the northern border. some people think it's about brown immigrants coming to the future of america. as a reporter there are people who

there are sort of steve king, like steve king racist explosions every six months or so. and then we get a little version of this. but this is not the first and probably won't be the last. >> we've seen this news cycle before where people get enraged then nothing happens. it seems like there's a little more momentum this time. but i personally over the last year have asked multiple republican congress people and our nrcc if they would denounce king and they just kind of refused to do so. >> what do they do? you have been one of the reporters going to members of congress, to the republican congressional committee saying put your money where your mouth is. what do you think of that? >> right. most of the, i just don't get a response. and i mean, the before the election, steve did denounce king, but only after a poll emerged showing that king might actually lose. of course he didn't. >> which is why he's still there. >> exactly. >> you know it's also note to believe me this is a totally, you said that his policy, this is someone whose policy views are kind of seamless garm e

disapprove of the remarks by steve king. this is a similar tactic that clyburn initiated in 2009 when joe wilson, the republican congressman from south carolina heckled president obama on the house floor. bobby rush is a democratic congressman from illinois. if he doesn't think that this goes far enough. he has introduced a censure resolution. center the congressman. >> show him physically who is superior, i would. but that would mean that i would be brought down to his level. >> there's only been a few times that they have actually censured people here in congress. 23, to be specific. the last being charlie rangel in december of 2010. if the house can adjudicate all of its members, it would take a full house vote but we are expecting at a minimum this revolution atomic resolution of disapproval, that takes two-thirds vote. >> shannon: thank you very much for working late. great to see you and we will discuss with the panel coming up. a fox news alert now. governments from guatemala city to mexico city and here in washington

. >> steve king voted with you. what do you make of that? >> i sat in front of him while he was talking and he looked at me and told me he thought he could agree with everything i put in the resolves and he would vote for it and i was pleased to see that, however then going and raising that, i tend to focus on deeds rather than words. we will see how he conducts himself going forward rather than what he said in the house today. >> you are not bring up an official censure? >> if a vote were to come to the floor, i would vote for it. i would not advocate putting that on the floor just yet. >> why is that? >> the problem i've god is he was not on the house floor when he made these comments. he was not acting on behalf of the house of representatives. he was talking to reporters with the "new york times." i want us to be careful about whether or not we are stepping across the line and trying to censure or constrain speech. i don't want that to happen. we will see. if we were to say the same thing on the floor, i would be for censuring. >> democr

it reads like steve king could have talked about it. we have to fight against consolidated government, which was there term for centralized government. this is about white supremacy now, not slavery, and within the quarter century, right, 55 years ago in my native region we lived under functional apartheid. it took the work of lyndon johnson, it took dr. king, rosa parks, john lewis, it took this remarkable protest far from the centers of power to reach the centers of power, but there is something in the american character and certainly in the european character that this flames up, and it's why it requires eternal vigilance. because if you don't stomp it out in the beginning, it gets bigger. >> by way of thanking you, it's not lost on us this would have been the 90th birthday of the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. had he been allowed to live old enough to brush gray hair. give me 30 seconds on what he might have been like in old age. >> taylor branch has the great line. he called dr. king a 20th century founding father, a modern fo

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and, you know, kaytalking about how well he did in steve king's district. i mean, a l of the sort of quantitative analysis that we've seen since the 2016 election really does show that a number people who were president obama supporters who then became donald trump supporters did switch because of identity politics or racebased issues. this is not just me talking off the cuff on anecdotal interviews we've done. we have researchers who havloe ed at this really analytically and have found that a number of people, sort of one of the most consstent reasons we saw the shift was largely because of people who identified with what we call a white grievance, right, this idea that folks feel thathite peopl have it worse than anybody else in society. and so when yad have the r of the republican party as it is, in the form of donald trump right now, who is really capitalizing on that sentiment, i think it's really hard to assess what's happening below, whether it's in the form of congress or even at a local republican club member that's different because what we're ara