Sioux City Journal (Previously Endorsed Steve King) Now: "Steve King should resign"

[kpete]

It's time for Steve King to go. He should resign his seat in the U.S. House. A new election should be held for voters in Iowa's 4th Congressional District to choose a replacement.

After near-universal condemnation from both sides of the political aisle, a vote by House Republicans on Monday to strip him of all committee assignments, approval by the full House on Tuesday of a resolution (King voted for the resolution) rejecting "white nationalism" and "white supremacy" meant to, according to Roll Call, rebuke him and introduction in the House this week of two measures to censure him following his "white supremacy" comment in a Jan. 10 New York Times story, whatever measure of influence or effectiveness King possessed in the House is, in our view, gone. He is today, it appears to us, largely an outcast within the body in which he serves.

Incredibly, King created another controversy about race for himself just two months after the end of a campaign for House in which past controversial comments and actions of his related to race contributed in no insignificant fashion to the narrowest re-election victory of his career.

"Time and again in this space, we have criticized (King) for what we view as inflammatory or questionable comments and expressed concern about the impact of those comments on our district," we said in our Oct. 27 endorsement of J.D. Scholten, King's Democratic opponent in last year's House race. "Each time King immerses himself in controversy, he holds up this district to ridicule and marginalizes himself within the legislative body he serves, neither of which provides benefit to Iowans who live and work here.

If he cares deeply about citizens of the 4th, and we believe he does, King should do what is in their best interests and step down from office.

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https://siouxcityjournal.com/opinion/editorial/our-opinion-steve-king-should-resign/article_eb88ce4b-2a33-5b68-b6a4-62cad82b68f9.html

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[Wellstone ruled]

1. Nothing will happen.

To many like people in his District keep showing up at the Polls.

[rurallib]

2. pretty sure the SCJ endorsed King's opponent (JD Scholten) in the recent election

I suspect this was some kind of a diversion and by next week Steve King will be back under the radar.