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MAGA Rep. Clay Higgins to Face Censure Vote for Racist Tweet About Haitians

HeadlineSep 26, 2024

The Congressional Black Caucus is calling for Louisiana Republican Congressmember Clay Higgins to be censured after he posted — then deleted — a racist diatribe criticizing Haitian immigrants as “thugs.” On Wednesday, Higgins mocked the nonprofit Haitian Bridge Alliance after it filed criminal charges against Donald Trump and JD Vance in Ohio for their repeated lies that Haitian immigrants in Springfield are eating their neighbors’ pets. Higgins wrote on social media, “Lol. These Haitians are wild. Eating pets, vudu, nastiest country in the western hemisphere, cults, slapstick gangsters… but damned if they don’t feel all sophisticated now, filing charges against our President and VP. All these thugs better get their mind right and their ass out of our country before January 20th.” Lawmakers are set to vote on the censure resolution when the House returns from its recess in November.

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