Bobby Rush Blasts Resolution Against ‘Unrepentant Racist’ Steve King: It Didn’t Go Far Enough
Even though Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) introduced a resolution to censure Steve King over his racist remarks, he voted against the resolution rebuking King that eventually passed the House. But Rush explained to CNN’s Erin Burnett that his “no” vote was because the resolution didn’t go far enough.
Rush was the only member of the House to vote against the resolution condemning King’s remarks — in which he asked “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” — including King himself.
On Tuesday night’s edition of OutFront with Erin Burnett, Rep. Rush explained his “no” vote, and blasted the resolution as meaningless.
Rush said that the resolution “did not go far enough,” and that “it was not worth the paper that it was written on.”
“It became obsolete before the ink on the paper dried,” Rush said. “So it certainly fell far short of what I think the action of the members of Congress should have been… in light of this unrepentant racist Steve King. He has a legacy and a history of saying the most vile things, condemning Americans, and using the official status as a member of Congress, using the well of Congress as a platform to promulgate his vile and racist commentary.”
Burnett then played a clip of Trump being asked about King’s remarks on Monday, to which Trump replied “I haven’t been following it. I really haven’t been following it.”
Burnett asked Rush if he believes Trump’s answer, and Rush replied “Well, yes, I do believe him. He has not been following Steve King, the Steve King story, because he’s been led by Steve King.”
“Steve King is, you might say, one of [Trump’s] philosophical leaders,” Rush continued. “He is in concert with Steve King. He knows exactly what Steve King is saying, because Steve King wrote the president’s playbook in regards to how a racist should really conduct himself. So he is, indeed very versed in the racist antics of Steve King.”
Rush renewed his call to censure King, and pointed out that the resolution that the House passed today “meant so little that Steve King could move forward” and vote for it himself.
Watch the clip above, via CNN.
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