On Sunday , Louisiana Congressman Clay Higginsposteda interrupt subject matter on his verified personal Facebook page anticipate for “ all of Christendom ” to hunt down and kill every single “ radicalized ” Muslim suspect :
The free world … all of Christendom … is at war with Moslem horror . Not one centime of American treasure should be grant to any nation who harbor these heathenish brute . Not a undivided radicalized Moslem suspect should be granted any measuring rod of tail . Their signify ledger entry to the American motherland should be summarily deny . Every conceivable measure should be engaged to hunt down them down . Hunt them , identity them , and vote out them . Kill them all . For the interest of all that is good and righteous . shoot down them all .
The message was tie to a photo of British police place upright over the bodies of the terrorists responsible for the recent terrorist fire in London .
Using a Facebook Emily Price Post to publically call for the racial extermination of an full religious chemical group would be unthinkable for most congresspeople — not because they ’re specially saucy or moral , but because they seem to relish getting reelect . For Louisiana ’s Clay Higgins , however , this hardly constitute the bad maltreatment of mightiness in his myopic lived career serving the public .
Higgins is former law captain who free from his office in 2007,dodging major disciplinal measuresfor inordinate use of effect . Before claim agency , he was better known for a series of local Crime Stoppersvideoswhere , like a K - Mart David Clarke , he appeared in uniform berating wanted suspects . The videos got him the nickname of “ cajun John Wayne ” and their content earned him theire of his genus Bos , Sheriff Bobby Guidroz , who , “ repeatedly told him to blockade saying divisive , disrespectful or demeaning thing . ” Even the ACLU chime in to criticize Higgins ’ use ofreligious terminologywhen describing his work .
“ Bigoted meathead ” is a familiar trope in policing . But Higgins is much more and so much bad .
Emails prevail by Salon last year break Higgins demanded to be devote in cash for these various appearances — gain which he convenientlyleft off his revenue enhancement returns . Yet somehow with these varied income flow , the representative allegedly has not pay child funding to one of his ex - wivesin over a X , and now owes in excess of $ 140,000 .
Higgins is a petty , self - serving tyrant who considers law and geopolitics as a holy war , but that could easily describe Steve Bannon , Stephen Miller , or Donald Trump — and it ’s unsurprising Higgins is a fan of the current governing . Trump ’s outsider win helped pave the way for his own , and the two shared a stage at the annual NRA pattern this year , along with current Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Sheriff David Clarke . How , when dogged with this many scandals , Higgins manages to remain in office is a question all too familiar for anyone read the headlines about those in power in Washington .
We ’ve reached out Rep. Higgins and Facebook for comment and will update if we hear back .
Update 6/5/17 1:00pm ET : reach by e-mail , a Higgins representative take the representative was advocating for the extrajudicial killing of all suspect Muslim terrorists , not all suspicious Muslims , stating , “ Rep. Higgins is referring to terrorists . He ’s advocating for hunting down and belt down all of the terrorist . This is an idea all of America & Britain should be unite behind . ” Some of Rep. Higgins ’ other societal mediapoststell another story .
Update 6/5/17 4:26pm ET : A Facebook spokesperson reply to Gizmodo to posit that Rep. Higgins ’ post does not breach the site ’s standards on hate speech . Their official stance is that Higgins ’ opinion is not take at all Muslims . Sure , that place does n’t quite view as up to scrutiny , but neither does the troupe ’s owninternal manualfor moderator .
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