Another GOP lawmaker calls on Steve King to resign over white supremacy comments

Rep. Chris Stewart (R-Utah) on Monday called on fellow GOP Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) to resign over recent comments he made about white supremacy and white nationalism. 

“I wish he’d resign, frankly,” Stewart said on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time.” “He’s lost the trust and faith of his comrades. For the good of the party, for the good of the American people, I think it’s time for us to make a change.”

GOP @RepChrisStewart calls on his embattled GOP colleague Rep. Steve King to resign from Congress over his racist remarks.

“Mr. King… has become ineffective…. It’s not the first time that he has said things that the party just cringes at… I wish he would re-sign.” pic.twitter.com/6bL2vyKpHw

— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) January 14, 2019

His comments came just hours after GOP leaders in Congress stripped the Iowa congressman from any committee assignments in the new Congress.{mosads}

Stewart said that he “absolutely” agreed with the decision, adding that “without committee assignments … [King] can’t do work in Congress.”

“It’s not the first time that he’s said things that the party just cringes at and says ‘what in the world,’ ” Stewart said, acknowledging that the GOP could have addressed King’s past controversial comments.

King last week prompted outrage from Democratic and Republican lawmakers after he questioned why terms such as “white nationalist” and “white supremacist” were offensive in an interview with The New York Times.