King Claims GOP Leader Will Allow for ‘Exoneration’

Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has agreed to a process by which the nine-term incumbent can get “exoneration” and back on committees that were stripped in January 2019 after King’s controversial published remarks about white supremacy, the Sioux City Journal reports.

Said King: “On April 20, Kevin McCarthy and I reached an agreement that he would advocate to the steering committee to put all of my committees back, all of my seniority. When Congress comes back into session, when the steering committee can (inaudible) together, I have Kevin McCarthy’s word that that will be my time for exoneration.”