Former Republican Rep. Mark Sanford Asks Why We Don't Hold Trump to Same Standard as Steve King

[DonViejo]

by Colby Hall | Jan 15th, 2019, 10:29 am

Amidst the bipartisan rebuke of Rep. Steve King’s (R-IA) racist comments revealed in a New York Times, for which he just lost all his committee assignments, Trump-critic and former GOP Rep. Mark Sanford wondered on CNN Tuesday why Republicans don’t also rebuke President Trump.

Host Alisyn Camerota jumped right in with the question when the interview began, asking Sanford directly, “Should Congressman Steve King resign?”

“Not my call to make, but effectively, given what the House did last night, his resignation has already taken place,” said Sanford, who himself resigned as Chairman of the Republican Governors Association in 2009 after his own scandal when he was governor of South Carolina before becoming a member of Congress. “Committee assignments are where the real work gets done in Congress. That’s where any individual member has real leverage in the political process. With that taken away, effectively his legs have been cut from beneath him.”

Camerota brought up remarks from Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) on Monday, who said that King should “resign and move on.”

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[madaboutharry]

1. Giving credit where it's due.

If I recall correctly, Sanford was a never Trumper from the start. It cost him his seat.

[Bleacher Creature]

2. That cold day in hell has finally arrived. NT

[marble falls]

3. Never thought Mark Sandford would say something I'd agree with.

[Freethinker65]

4. Good Fucking Question, Mark. Easy answer though..GOP supported you after the "trail" fiasco

[NewJeffCT]

5. Fear

Fellow Republicans don't fear Steve King's anger.

They live in terror of being mean-tweeted at by Donny Dollhands, though. Because a Mean Tweet directed at them leads to stochastic terrorism - Death Threats, Family being stalked/threatened, and possibly worse.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. and being "supported" by Donald means election loss

See midterms.

The gutless GOP will go down with Moscow Mitch because they're all scared of Twitler.