Punishing Rep. Steve King: Do not be fooled

It’s an extraordinary event when a major party condemns one of its own leaders as Republicans did by removing Steve King from his House committee assignments over overt racist language. Do not be fooled by their damage control. Mr. King was not condemned for being racist but for not sufficiently concealing the underlying racism and xenophobia that are the foundation of today’s Republican Party. Mr. King used racist language that was too obvious to ignore.