Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., arrives for the House Republican Conference caucus meeting in the U.S. Capitol on June 4, 2024. | Source: Bill Clark / Getty
Suspected white supremacist and Republican Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins was shamed on Wednesday into deleting a racist social media post about Haitians, prompting Democratic Nevada Rep. Steven Horsford to call out his “hatred” while also moving for a formal censure against the conservative lawmaker.
In case you missed it, Higgins dug deep in his bag of racism when he posted on X, formerly Twitter, disparaging remarks about Haitians in the U.S. while trying to lend credence to a widely debunked racist conspiracy theory championed by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his vice presidential running mate JD Vance.
Higgins’ post came one day after a Haitian group filed a criminal complaint against Trump and Vance for helping to spread the nonsensical lie that Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, were stealing residents’ pets and eating them.