GOP Rep. Steve King loses committee posts over racist remarks

(Charlie Neibergall | Associated Press file photo) Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, speaks in Des Moines in 2014. King has been blocked from committee assignments for the next two years after he lamented that white supremacy and white nationalism have become offensive terms. Washington • Veteran Republican Rep. Steve King will be blocked from committee assignments for the next two years after lamenting that white supremacy and white nationalism have become offensive terms.

King, in his ninth term representing Iowa, will not be given committee assignments in the Congress that began this month, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Monday night. King served on the Agriculture, Small Business and…