Rep. Steve King says he has 'better insight' into what Jesus Christ 'went through for us' after the Iowa Republican was rebuked by the US House and stripped of committee assignments by his own party over his racist comments.
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"And when I had to step down the floor of the House of Representatives and look up at those 400-and-some accusers, you know, we've just passed through Easter and Christ's Passion, and I have a better insight into what he went through for us.
King has been admonished by his party for his past comments about race. In January, GOP members voted unanimously to strip him of all of his committee assignments amid
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