John Derbyshire: Week Of The Weasels—Victims: Jim Watson, Steve King…And Truth, Justice, And The American Way | Articles | VDARE.com

John Derbyshire: Week Of The Weasels—Victims: Jim Watson, Steve King…And Truth, Justice, And The American Way | Articles | VDARE.com
"...Second Weasel Atrocity: Republican leaders in the House of Representatives just removed congressman Steve King from his posts on the House Judiciary Committee and the House Agricultural Committee. 

...In the Senate, at the same time, GOP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told Rep. King to "find another line of work," while Mitt Romney told King he should resign his seat.
This all followed a single remark Steve King allegedly made in a January 10th interview with the New York Times:

White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization—how did that language become offensive?[Before Trump, Steve King Set the Agenda for the Wall and Anti-Immigrant Politics, By Trip Gabriel, NYT, January 10, 2019]

Steve King insists that the last six words ("how did that language become offensive?") applied only to the previous two, "Western civilization." 

The way the New York Times punctuated it, though, it looked as if they covered "white nationalist" and "white supremacist" as well.

Incredibly, and significantly, it appears that no recording exists..."