Iowans are speaking out following the white supremacy and white nationalism comments that US Congressman Steve King made last week and the consequences that he’s faced because of it.

On Monday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and the House Steering Committee voted to remove King from his committees including agriculture, judiciary and small business. Then on Tuesday, the House voted 424-1 to rebuke the comments that King made in a New York Times article on white supremacy. Even King urged all House members to vote in favor of the measure. “Let’s vote for this resolution. I’m putting up a ‘yes’ on the board here because what you state here is right, and it’s true, and it’s just.”

The resolution and King’s removal from his committees came after he made comments last week in a New York Times article saying in part “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?”

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds rejects King’s comments and says it doesn’t represent what Iowa is all about.

“I do not agree with what he said. I do not believe that this is reflective of Iowans and our state and who we are. Words matter and there are consequences and it’s not reflective at all of who we are, our state or our (Republican) party and that’s why this is playing out.”

Greene County Democratic Party Chair Chris Henning gives her party’s statement following the recent actions against King.

“Congressman King has for too long been a lackluster representative for Iowa’s 4th (Congressional) District. Greene County Democrats call upon Congressman King to resign and to allow the election of a person who can fully represent Iowans of the 4th Congressional District. Resignation would be the path of an honorable person and to the benefit of all of us in Greene County.”

King narrowly defeated his Democrat challenger in the November general election JD Scholten by three-percentage points.