GOP Congressman Posts Incredibly Racist Tweet About Haitian People

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) on Wednesday unleashed a racist tirade against Haitian people.

“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,” Higgins wrote in a now-deleted tweet on X (formerly Twitter). “All these thugs better get their mind right and their ass out of our country before January 20th.”

The post came in response to the news that the Haitian Bridge Alliance, a nonprofit organization that advocates for immigrants, is suing Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), for inciting violence with their lies about Haitian immigrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

Higgins deleted the post late Wednesday afternoon after being confronted by colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, called for Higgins to be censured.

Horsford told reporters that he had asked Higgins to delete the post and that he initially refused to do so.

“He actually told me, no, he would not, and then that’s when we started the action on the floor,” Horsford said. “It’s vile. It’s the type of rhetoric that continues to divide people against each other. We have Haitians and Haitian Americans who are literally under threat.”

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) told reporters he had advised Higgins to remove the post. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Higgins had “prayed about” the post and then removed it.

The underlying noxious claims about Haitians gained traction on Facebook earlier this month, and Trump and Vance spread it even more widely. Trump amplified the