{"id":1934484,"date":"2023-05-20T02:26:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T06:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-higgins-a-former-sheriff-physically-removes-heckling-activist-from-capitol-news-conference\/"},"modified":"2023-05-20T02:27:15","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T06:27:15","slug":"rep-higgins-a-former-sheriff-physically-removes-heckling-activist-from-capitol-news-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-higgins-a-former-sheriff-physically-removes-heckling-activist-from-capitol-news-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Sheriff Rep. Higgins removes disruptive activist from Capitol press conference."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-higgins-a-former-sheriff-physically-removes-heckling-activist-from-capitol-news-conference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1934484&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Sheriff Rep. Clay Higgins Physically Removes Protester from Republican News Conference<\/h2>\n<p>On May 17, a protester crossed into a Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-trump-campaign-holds-press-conference-to-outline-viable-path-to-victory\/\" title=\"Watch Live: Trump Campaign Holds Press Conference to Outline 'Viable Path to Victory'\">news conference<\/a> and approached Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) in a way that Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) described as &#8220;threatening.&#8221; As a former Louisiana sheriff, Higgins took matters into his own hands and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nj-assembly-republicans-defy-statehouses-proof-of-vax-requirement-after-standoff-with-state-troopers\/\" title=\"NJ Assembly Republicans Defy Statehouse's Proof of Vax Requirement After Standoff with State Troopers\">physically removed<\/a> the protester from the conference.<\/p>\n<h3>Opposition to Ongoing Issues<\/h3>\n<p>The news conference was held to express opposition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-killer-vladimir-putin-will-pay-a-price-for-election-interference\/\" title=\"Biden Says \u2018Killer\u2019 Vladimir Putin \u2018Will Pay A Price\u2019 For Election Interference\">ongoing issues<\/a>, and Rep. Higgins was joined by Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), and others. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rep. Higgins&#8217; actions demonstrate his commitment to protecting his fellow representatives and maintaining a safe environment for all.<\/li>\n<li>The Republican representatives at the conference were united in their opposition to ongoing issues and their determination to make a difference.<\/li>\n<li>Rep. Higgins&#8217; background as a former sheriff gives him a unique perspective on matters of safety and security.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, Rep. Higgins&#8217; actions at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-higgins-a-former-sheriff-physically-removes-heckling-activist-from-capitol-news-conference\/\" title=\"Ex-Sheriff Rep. Higgins removes disruptive activist from Capitol press conference.\">news conference serve<\/a> as a reminder of the importance of safety and security in our political discourse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Louisiana sheriff and current Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) removed a protester who approached Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) in a threatening manner during a Republican news conference on May 17. The conference featured opposition from Higgins, Boebert, Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":1934485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[5327,4172,8299,22232,27178,13263,4604,6190,7129],"class_list":["post-1934484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-activist","tag-capitol","tag-conference","tag-disruptive","tag-ex-sheriff","tag-higgins","tag-press","tag-removes","tag-rep"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1934484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1934484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1934485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1934484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1934484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1934484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}