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Clay Higgins
October 31, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
House Republican Tells Food Stamp Recipients to “Stop Smoking Crack”
Millions of Americans are about to go hungry thanks to the government shutdown, but Representative Clay Higgins doesn’t seem to care.
September 11, 2025
Edith Olmsted
MAGA Rep Is Already Weaponizing Charlie Kirk’s Death for Censorship
Representative Clay Higgins is ramping up attacks on the First Amendment.
September 26, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Republican Rep. Doubles Down on Disgustingly Racist Threat to Haitians
Representative Clay Higgins deleted his initial tweet—but promised there’s more to come.
September 25, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Republican Rep. Goes Mask-Off With Racist, Vile Threat to Haitians
Representative Clay Higgins has taken Donald Trump and J.D. Vance’s threat against Haitian immigrants to the next level.
July 29, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Top January 6 Conspiracist to Investigate Trump Shooting
Representative Clay Higgins will definitely have some normal answers.
November 15, 2023
Tori Otten
Republicans Have a New January 6 Conspiracy Theory: Deep State “Ghost Buses”
During a House hearing, Representative Clay Higgins wouldn’t stop talking about the “nefarious” ghost buses.
May 18, 2023
Tori Otten
Republican Congressman Shoves Activist Trying to Ask Questions
The Republican claimed to respect the activist’s First Amendment rights, then began to push him so he would stop his line of questioning.
November 1, 2022
Timothy Noah
“We” Don’t Have a Political Violence Problem. Republicans Do.
The Paul Pelosi attack was no aberration. Only one party counts violent insurrectionists as a constituency it dare not alienate.
July 6, 2017
Paul Blest
Clay Higgins and the Rise of Trumpism in the GOP
The congressman's controversial video from Auschwitz is a reminder that Trump is merely the figurehead of an increasingly extreme Republican Party.
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