Iowa Republican Steve King had his committee assignments stripped over racist comments and associations with hard-right and neo-Nazi politicians.
The primary comes as the United States is grappling with a wave of protests over police brutality toward minorities sparked by the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black Minneapolis resident who was seen on
gasping for air and saying “I can’t breathe” as a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes last Monday.With Feenstra as the nominee, Democrats may put fewer resources into vying for the seat, which wasThe other big winner in Iowa on Tuesday was real estate executive Theresa Greenfield, who won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate with backing from much of the Democratic Party establishment.
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