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Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., speaks during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol to recognize law enforcement as part of Police Week, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

GOP lawmaker deletes racist threat

Griffin Eckstein
Clay Higgins, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

2023's most unhinged conspiracy theories

Areeba Shah
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) (Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images)

GOPer claims FBI "ghost buses" on Jan. 6

Gabriella Ferrigine
Supporters of former U.S. President Donald Trump protest outside of Trump National Doral resort as they await his arrival on June 12, 2023 in Doral, Florida. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trumpers fear Miami protest "disaster

Gabriella Ferrigine
U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) speaks during a news conference at the Capitol on May 15, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

MAGA Republican manhandles protester

Tatyana Tandanpolie
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks in front of the U.S. Capitol (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

AOC torches GOPer for demeaning witness

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
Clay Higgins (US Congress/Dana Barciniak)

higgins' reality TV Auschwitz

Matthew Rozsa
(AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Higgins and Auschwitz

Taylor Link
Matt Rozsa (Courtesy of the Author)

The hate crime I survived

Matthew Rozsa
In this June 2, 2016, photo, Clay Higgins, a former Captain for the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's office, and candidate for Congress, poses for a photograph in Lafayette, La. His wristband is printed with the word "redemption." The man dubbed the “Cajun John Wayne” has set his sights on a congressional seat. Higgins, a Republican, is one of seven candidates vying for the seat in Louisiana’s southwestern district, which is being vacated by Republican Rep. Charles Boustany, who is running for Senate. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill) (AP)

GOP congressman: "Kill them!"

Matthew Rozsa
Clay Higgins (CBS)

The fall of "Cajun John Wayne"

Zack Kopplin
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