Ex-Bush ethics chief calls for Steve King expulsion after he posted meme of potential civil war
Richard Painter, the former chief ethics lawyer for the George W. Bush administration, on Monday called for Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) to be expelled from the House after he shared a meme that imagines a modern day civil war.
"This is treason," Painter, who switched parties and ran in a Democratic primary for a Minnesota Senate seat last year, tweeted. "Steve King should be expelled from the House immediately."
The forceful condemnation from Painter came just days after King posted a meme featuring an image of what a civil war between Democratic and Republican states may look like.
"Wonder who would win....," King said in a Facebook post on Saturday, followed by a smirking emoji. The post included an image of Democratic-leaning states fighting with GOP-leaning ones.
"Folks keep talking about another civil war. One side has about 8 trillion bullets, while the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use," the meme reads, which appears to be a reference to Democrats' support of gender-neutral bathrooms.
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