Paul Ryan urged to censure Iowa's Steve King over alleged antisemitism

• Anti-Defamation League writes to House speaker
• Letter cites Republican’s ‘involvements and statements’

The Anti-Defamation League has sent the House speaker, Paul Ryan, a letter requesting that Representative Steve King, the controversial Iowa Republican, be stripped of committee assignments and formally censured for what the organization said was a “disturbing series of involvements and statements … that are anti-Semitic and offensive not just to the Jewish community, but to all Americans”.

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