"A gentleman"
GOP congressman posts, then deletes, racist comments about Haitians
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Higgins called Haitians “thugs,” called Haiti the “nastiest country in the western hemisphere,” and repeated false and dehumanizing claims about pet-eating. The remarks were called out and he deleted the post, though he has not yet issued an apology.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, also a Louisiana Republican, told reporters Higgins was approached by colleagues who told him the post was “offensive.” Johnson said he then spoke to Higgins about it, after which Higgins “prayed about it and he regretted it and he pulled the post down.”
“That’s what you want the gentleman to do,” Johnson said.
Higgins’s post referenced the falsehood spread in recent weeks by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and running mate Sen. JD Vance that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pets. The claims prompted bomb threats that closed schools and necessitated the deployment of state troopers and left Haitians fearful for their safety.
Ohio’s Republican governor, Mike DeWine; the town’s mayor; and other elected officials have refuted and condemned the false claims. But most Republicans have been reluctant to directly criticize Trump and Vance for repeating the accusations, and neither candidate has walked back the claim.
In the post, Higgins threatened that Haitians should get “out of our country before January 20th.” He also ridiculed a lawsuit against Trump and Vance brought by the leader of a Haitian nonprofit over their false claims.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...-haitians/
GOP congressman posts, then deletes, racist comments about Haitians
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Higgins called Haitians “thugs,” called Haiti the “nastiest country in the western hemisphere,” and repeated false and dehumanizing claims about pet-eating. The remarks were called out and he deleted the post, though he has not yet issued an apology.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, also a Louisiana Republican, told reporters Higgins was approached by colleagues who told him the post was “offensive.” Johnson said he then spoke to Higgins about it, after which Higgins “prayed about it and he regretted it and he pulled the post down.”
“That’s what you want the gentleman to do,” Johnson said.
Higgins’s post referenced the falsehood spread in recent weeks by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and running mate Sen. JD Vance that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pets. The claims prompted bomb threats that closed schools and necessitated the deployment of state troopers and left Haitians fearful for their safety.
Ohio’s Republican governor, Mike DeWine; the town’s mayor; and other elected officials have refuted and condemned the false claims. But most Republicans have been reluctant to directly criticize Trump and Vance for repeating the accusations, and neither candidate has walked back the claim.
In the post, Higgins threatened that Haitians should get “out of our country before January 20th.” He also ridiculed a lawsuit against Trump and Vance brought by the leader of a Haitian nonprofit over their false claims.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/...-haitians/
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