House Republicans are criticizing a fellow GOP lawmaker for making what they say are "racist" comments.
Rep. Steve King of Iowa was quoted in The New York Times as saying: "White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?"
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House Republican, tweets that King's remarks are "abhorrent and racist and should have no place in our national discourse."
And Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan says: "This is an embrace of racism, and it has no place in Congress or anywhere."
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King later tweeted that he regards white nationalism and white supremacy as "evil."
He's already in line to face a primary challenger in 2020. Randy Feenstra, a Republican state senator, announced on Wednesday that he plans to run against King.