Clay Higgins, Haiti and Louisiana
Louisiana Democrats, ACLU speak out against Higgins’ social media post on Haitians
Louisiana Democrats and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana are speaking out against Rep. Clay Higgins after he belittled Haitian immigrants in a post he made on social media.
Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins walks back racist comments about Haitians after backlash
The Republican congressman has been criticized for amplifying false claims about Haitian immigrants. "You never want to intentionally hurt someone’s feelings," he apologized in part on Thursday.
Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins repeats false claims about Haitians, tells them to get out of the US
Lafayette, reacted on X to the Haitian Bridge Alliance, a nonprofit, filing “disrupting public services” criminal charges against former President Trump and running mate JD Vance for spreading false rumors that Haitian immigrants ate the pets of the people of Springfield.
Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins' Haitian tweet draws sharp criticism as racist
Louisiana Republican Congressman Clay Higgins has deleted a tweet about Haitians after coming under intense criticism from his colleagues in the House accusing him of being racist.
Democrats try to censure Rep. Clay Higgins for slandering Haitians in social media post
House Democrats attempted Wednesday to quickly censure a Republican congressman who slandered Haitian immigrants in a post he made on social media, but GOP leadership stamped out the effort. Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana described Haitians in racist terms Wednesday afternoon,
Louisiana's Clay Higgins Under Fire Over 'Racist' Tweet On Haitians: 'Full-On Bullhorn'
House Rep. Clay Higgins faced backlash for a now-deleted tweet regarding the Haitians in Springfield. He described Haiti as the "nastiest country in the western hemisphere" and labeled Haitians in Springfield as "slapstick gangsters" and "thugs.
ACLU of Louisiana calls for censure of Clay Higgins following now deleted racist tweet
Higgins posted a now-deleted tweet on X Wednesday afternoon repeating debunked claims about Haitians eating pets among other statements.
Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins’ ‘overtly racist’ tweet sparks calls for censure in U.S. House
Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford of Nevada took to the U.S. House floor Wednesday night to condemn an “overtly racist” tweet against Haitians and Haitian Americans by Louisiana Republican U.
Steven Horsford Calls For Censure Over Rep. Clay Higgins ‘Overly Racist’ Comments About Haitians
After Horsford condemned racist remarks about the Haitian community, Higgins admitted he would do it again because of freedom of speech.
Opinion
Louisiana’s Higgins is sorry example of U.S. representative
La., could not have proved two points more handily last week if he had tried. First, he proved the spreading of vicious lies about an immigrant community in Springfield, Ohio, has indeed led to the kind of hostility that puts those people (and their entire community) in danger.
Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins faces a censure vote for his post about Haitian immigrants
In November, Acadiana U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins likely will receive a vote on being censured by the House for a social media post about Haitian migrants that drew
Republican Confronted on House Floor for 'Offensive' Post About Haitians
The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Nevada Representative Steven Horsford, called for a censure in response to ...
Republican calls Haitians 'wild' 'gangsters' from 'nastiest country in the Western Hemisphere' in racist post
His post came in response to an Associated Press report describing criminal charges filed by the Haitian Bridge Alliance ...