Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins walks back racist comments about Haitians after backlash
Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins on Thursday retracted comments he made about Haitian immigrants in a now-deleted social media post.
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'It's All True': GOP Rep Doubles Down After Wildly Racist Tweet Sparks Huge Backlash
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) defended his deeply racist comments about Haitian people even though House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) claimed the lawmaker had prayed about the post and regretted it.
Democrats try to censure Rep. Clay Higgins for slandering Haitians in social media post
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.
GOP Congressman Posts Incredibly Racist Tweet About Haitian People
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) on Wednesday unleashed a racist tirade against Haitian people.
Republicans and Democrats Name Members of Trump Assassination Inquiry
House leaders on Monday appointed 13 lawmakers to serve on a newly formed bipartisan congressional task force to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump, choosing mostly members with significant military or law enforcement experience.
Jamie Raskin Wrecks Republican's 'Illegals' Comment With Blunt U.S. History Lesson
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) schooled Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.) on Wednesday after the Alabama Republican claimed that the Founding Fathers “never anticipated” having a mass number of people “illegally” come to America.
House sinks Johnson-backed FISA renewal after Trump push
More than a dozen House GOP privacy hawks have blocked the House of Representatives from advancing a Speaker Mike Johnson-backed bill to renew a controversial federal government surveillance tool known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
G.O.P. Congressman’s Wild Claim: F.B.I. Entrapped Jan. 6 Rioters
Even by a conspiracy theorist’s standards, the wild claims made by Representative Clay Higgins, Republican of Louisiana, stand out.
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