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House Floor Gets Heated After GOP Lawmaker Posts Racist Tweet About Haitians

A motion to censure Rep. Clay Higgins over his post may have failed, but the issue is far from settled.

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Rep. Clay Higgins walks through the Capitol. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

It started with a racist tweet. It ended on Wednesday with the House recessing — though that will hardly be the actual end of the ordeal.

Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford tried to bring a censure resolution to the House on Wednesday against Rep. Clay Higgins after Higgins posted on X — and deleted — a tweet that was offensive and false on several levels.

“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.