Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., has removed a racist post against Haitian immigrants after widespread criticism, even though House Republicans successfully shielded him from an effort to censure him over the remarks.
Higgins, a Louisiana representative who once admitted to voting for former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, previously told colleagues that he’d pray over whether to delete the remarks. His racist post came in response to a Haitian advocacy group filing criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, for their lie-filled anti-Haitian rhetoric, which authorities say has endangered the community.
