Higgins censure resolution over Haitian social media post gains support of 40 Democrats

Published September 26, 2024 1:54pm ET



Forty House Democrats have joined a censure resolution against Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) over a controversial social media post he made regarding Haitian immigrants.

Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford (D-NV) introduced a resolution Wednesday to censure Higgins for a post to his official lawmaker X account that pushed claims that Haitians are eating pets in Ohio, engaging in “vudu,” and criticizing the demographic as the “nastiest country in the western hemisphere, cults, slapstick gangsters.”

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