{"id":2346368,"date":"2024-09-26T15:39:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T19:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-back-higgins-censure-resolution-over-haitian-social-media-post-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T15:41:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T19:41:26","slug":"dems-back-higgins-censure-resolution-over-haitian-social-media-post-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-back-higgins-censure-resolution-over-haitian-social-media-post-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Dems back Higgins censure resolution over Haitian social media post &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fdems-back-higgins-censure-resolution-over-haitian-social-media-post-washington-examiner%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=2346368&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--><p>A \u200cgroup of 40 House Democrats is backing a censure resolution against Representative Clay\u2062 Higgins (R-LA) due\u200d to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chip-and-joanna-gaines-accused-of-going-woke-after-controversial-social-media-post\/\" title=\"Chip and Joanna Gaines face &#039;woke&#039; accusations over controversial social media post\">controversial\u200b social media post<\/a> \u200che\u200d made \u2064about Haitian \u2064immigrants. The resolution, \u200dintroduced by Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford (D-NV), criticizes Higgins \u200dfor making derogatory \u2062claims about \u2064Haitians, including accusations of pet \u200dconsumption\u200c and\u200d promoting negative stereotypes \u2063about Haiti. \u2062The censure\u2062 resolution will\u2063 be addressed after the 2024 elections when Congress reconvenes in November. Pramila Jayapal \u2063(D-WA),\u2062 Chairwoman of the\u2064 Congressional Progressive Caucus, has called for bipartisan support to condemn Higgins&#8217; remarks, citing their harmful impact on immigrant communities. The support spans across various caucuses, including the Congressional Black Caucus and others advocating for racial equality. Higgins\u200b has since\u2064 deleted\u200b the post following backlash \u2062from multiple\u2063 lawmakers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Higgins censure resolution over Haitian social media post gains support of 40 Democrats<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1770300\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Forty <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Democrats<\/a> have joined a censure resolution against Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) over a controversial social media post he made regarding <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/haiti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Haitian<\/a> immigrants.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Congressional Black Caucus Chair Steven Horsford (D-NV) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3166849\/black-caucus-leader-demands-censure-higgins-haitian-immigrants-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>introduced a resolution<\/a> 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 &ldquo;vudu,&rdquo; and criticizing the demographic as the &ldquo;nastiest country in the western hemisphere, cults, slapstick gangsters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The resolution will not be taken up until after the 2024 election, when the House returns to Capitol Hill in November. Congressional Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) sent out a release Thursday urging members of Congress to condemn Higgins&rsquo;s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The vile and dehumanizing rhetoric being propagated by sitting members of Congress leads to real danger for immigrant families and the communities they live in, who are targets of a smear campaign rooted in xenophobia and racism,&rdquo; Jayapal said, adding that the progressives are joining the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus in supporting the measure.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We urge all of our colleagues in Congress to support the Congressional Black Caucus&rsquo; resolution censuring Representative Higgins and holding him accountable for his dangerous comments when the House returns in November,&rdquo; Jayapal added.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution had 41 co-sponsors for a short time on Thursday after the House clerk&rsquo;s office mistakenly added Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA) as the sole GOP original co-sponsor of the measure. Both Garcia and Horsford&rsquo;s offices confirmed to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that Garcia&rsquo;s addition was an error.<\/p>\n<p>Higgins&rsquo;s post has since been deleted after a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lawmakers-leaders-slam-black-history-museum-say-clarence-thomas-exhibit-falls-short\/\" title=\"Black Lawmakers, Leaders Slam Black History Museum, Say Clarence Thomas Exhibit \u2018Falls Short\u2019\">black lawmakers<\/a>, including Reps. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL), the only Haitian American in Congress, approached Higgins on the House floor during votes Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Several Democrats joined Horsford on the floor as he condemned Higgins&rsquo;s remarks, and after much back-and-forth with the speaker pro tempore, he filed the resolution as privileged. House GOP leadership will have two legislative days to decide on the measure.<\/p>\n<p>Original co-sponsors on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaal-bowman-escapes-house-ethics-committee-investigation-for-fire-alarm-incident\/\" title=\"Jamaal Bowman evades House Ethics Committee probe over fire alarm incident\">censure resolution include<\/a> several &ldquo;Squad&rdquo; Democrats such as Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MO), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), as well as Reps. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) and Dan Goldman (D-NY). Cherfilus-McCormick is also a co-sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have been quick to either brush off or play down Higgins&rsquo;s comments. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Higgins &ldquo;prayed about it&rdquo; before deciding to take the post down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s what you want the gentleman to do,&rdquo; Johnson told reporters. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure he probably regrets the language he used. But you know, we move forward. We believe in redemption around here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Donalds said he thought Higgins&rsquo;s post was &ldquo;not a good statement&rdquo; and said it was a &ldquo;credit to him&rdquo; that the Louisiana congressman listened to his fellow lawmakers and made the &ldquo;appropriate decision.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1770300\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1770300\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>40 Democrats back censure of Rep. 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