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#Republican Rep #ClayHiggins (LA) published #racist comments about #Haitians on Wednesday — only to delete them after being confronted by #House colleagues.
In a post on social media Higgins called Haitians “thugs,” called #Haiti the “nastiest country in the western hemisphere,” & repeated false & dehumanizing claims about pet-eating.
#Racism #WhiteNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #ConspiracyTheories #StochasticTerrorism #VoteBlue
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/25/rep-clay-higgins-tweet-haitians/
The remarks were called out & he deleted the post, though he has not yet issued an apology.
The sideshow unfolded on the #House floor Wednesday evening as representatives convened to vote on a spending bill to avert a #GovernmentShutdown. Rep #StevenHorsford (D-NV) confronted #ClayHiggins on the floor & asked him to take down the post.
#House Speaker #MikeJohnson, also a #Louisiana #Republican, told reporters #ClayHiggins was approached by colleagues who told him the post was “offensive.” Johnson said he then spoke to Higgins about it, after which Higgins “prayed about it & he regretted it & he pulled the post down.”
“That’s what you want the gentleman to do,” Johnson said. [I want him not to do it in the first place & he’s definitely NOT a gentleman]
#Racism #WhiteNationalism #WhiteSupremacy #StochasticTerrorism #VoteBlue
On the #House floor, Horsford introduced a #censure resolution against #ClayHiggins. In a statement shortly thereafter, Minority Leader #HakeemJeffries (D-NY) said Higgins “must be held accountable for dishonorable conduct that is unbecoming of a Member of #Congress.”
"I want him not to do it in the first place & he’s definitely NOT a gentleman"
But... but... but he APOLOGIZED, surely that means he has repented of his racism
