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Congressman Clay Higgins unleashes xenophobia laced tweeter rant – former Louisiana police captain posts call to arms for war of the religions

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><header id&equals;"ra-headers">&NewLine;<h3 id&equals;"ra-headline"><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;808080&semi;"><em>&&num;8216&semi;The free world&&num;8230&semi; <strong>all of Christendom&&num;8230&semi; is at war with Islamic horror<&sol;strong>&period; Not one penny of American treasure should be granted to any nation who harbors these heathen animals&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8230&semi;&period; Not a single radicalized Islamic suspect should be granted any measure of quarter&period; Their intended entry to the American homeland should be summarily denied&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8230&semi; Every conceivable measure should be engaged to hunt them down&period; <strong>Hunt them&comma; identity them&comma; and kill them&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8230&semi; Kill them all&period; For the sake of all that is good and righteous&period; Kill them all&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;span><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0202&semi;"><strong>Congressman Clay Higgins posts call to arms  for Holy War <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0202&semi;"><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;cajun John Wayne” posts call on Facebook for citizens to wage Holy War on radical Islam<&sol;strong><&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0202&semi;"><strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0202&semi;"><strong>Former Louisiana police captain Higgins&comma; 56&comma; eschews the rule of law says &&num;8216&semi;its good and righteous&&num;8217&semi; to hunt down and kill ALL Islamists<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0202&semi;"><strong>Promotes policy of &&num;8216&semi;Travel Ban&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;header>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"ra-body-wrap">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module top h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-196063" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;congressman-clay-higgins51&period;png" alt&equals;"Congressman Clay Higgins5&period;png" width&equals;"595" height&equals;"479" &sol;>Rep&period; Clay Higgins&comma; R-La&period;&comma; has always been known for his &&num;8216&semi;America First views&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<article id&equals;"ra-body">Newly elected Congressman&comma; Clay Higgins &lpar;R-La&period;&rpar;&comma; known as the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Cajun John Wayne&comma;” posted an inflammatory remark on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;captclayhiggins&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Facebook <&sol;a>Sunday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Higgins&comma; 55&comma; called upon Christianity to engage in a Holy War against radicalized Muslims&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Higgins is former captain and public information officer of the St&period; Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office&comma; Louisiana&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In his role as PIO&comma; he made videos for Crime Stoppers which subsequently went viral&period; He resigned from the post because of public outcry over a video&period; He’d also resigned from a law enforcement post with the Opelousas Police Department in 2007 over alleged excessive force&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;theind&period;com&sol;article-24002-Clay-Higgins-resigned-from-OPD-in-2007-on-cusp-of-major-disciplinary-measures&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">The Independent reported<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-195975" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;clay-higgins-ati-muslim-tweet&period;png" alt&equals;"Clay Higgins ati-Muslim tweet" width&equals;"591" height&equals;"674" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Familiar territory&colon; Higgins&&num;8217&semi; xenophobia laced tweeter rant<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>His recent Facebook post reads&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The free world&&num;8230&semi;all of Christendom&&num;8230&semi;is at war with Islamic horror&period; Not one penny of American treasure should be granted to any nation who harbors these heathen animals&period; Not a single radicalized Islamic suspect should be granted any measure of quarter&period; Their intended entry to the American homeland should be summarily denied&period; Every conceivable measure should be engaged to hunt them down&period; Hunt them&comma; identify them&comma; and kill them&period; Kill them all&period; For the sake of all that is good and righteous&period; Kill them all&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Included in the post was a photo of a British officer standing over the body of a terrorist from Saturday night’s London Bridge attack — the U&period;K&period;’s third incident in less than three months&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Clay Higgins is a former captain for the St&period; Landry Parish Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s office and candidate for Congress&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-figure"><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-195966" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;clay-higgings-in-his-2016-campaign-poster&period;png" alt&equals;"Clay Higgings in his 2016 campaign poster" width&equals;"870" height&equals;"579" &sol;>Clay Higgins espouses his leanings in his 2016 campaign poster <&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-figure"><strong><img class&equals;"" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;clay-higgins6&period;png&quest;w&equals;359" alt&equals;"Clay Higgins6" width&equals;"650" height&equals;"719" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;The ult-right cop sports his trademark bonafides<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><strong>&&num;8230&semi; &&num;8216&semi;and he is serving congressman&&num;8217&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong>Higgins&comma; 56&comma; is the former police captain who resigned from his post in 2007&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;theind&period;com&sol;article-24002-Clay-Higgins-resigned-from-OPD-in-2007-on-cusp-of-major-disciplinary-measures&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">dodging major disciplinary measures<&sol;a> for excessive use of force&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Before winning special elections to congress last year&comma; Higgins&comma; he was best known for a series of local Crime Stoppers <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;tz95O1OQCH0" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">videos<&sol;a> where he appeared in uniform berating wanted suspects&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The videos got him the nickname of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;cajun John Wayne” and their content earned him the ire of his boss&comma; Sheriff Bobby Guidroz&comma; who&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;repeatedly told him to stop saying divisive&comma; disrespectful or demeaning things&period;” Even the ACLU chimed in to criticize Higgins’ use of religious terminology when describing his work&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;After he was forced to resign&comma; in a defiant press conference&comma; the former Louisiana sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s captain told the media that he was &&num;8220&semi;not forced&&num;8221&semi; to resign&comma; but &&num;8220&semi;rather&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;ve turned in my badge as a matter of conscience&period;&&num;8221&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;However as <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;theind&period;com&sol;article-24002-Clay-Higgins-resigned-from-OPD-in-2007-on-cusp-of-major-disciplinary-measures&period;html">The Independent <&sol;a>reports&comma; his disciplinary account details a pair of general orders in the police code of conduct Higgins was accused of violating and recommended four actions&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Demotion from Patrolman First Class to Patrolman<br &sol;>&NewLine;Reassignment to a Patrol Shift for more direct supervision and training<br &sol;>&NewLine;Immediate removal from the SWAT Team<br &sol;>&NewLine;160 hours suspension from duty without pay<br &sol;>&NewLine;On May 31&comma; 2007&comma; Perry Gallow&comma; then the police chief in Opelousas&comma; informed the mayor and city council that&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;May 18&comma; 2007&comma; Police Officer Clay Higgins rendered all equipment&sol;property in his possession to Assistant Chief Smith&sol;Opelousas Police Department”&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The council two weeks earlier had approved the disciplinary measures during a special council meeting&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Three days after the council approved the discipline&comma; Higgins turned in his gear and resigned from the department&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"ra-module h">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"ra-figure"><figcaption>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-196031" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;clay-higgins5&period;png" alt&equals;"Clay Higgins5&period;png" width&equals;"711" height&equals;"458" &sol;>Former St&period; Landry Parish Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Captain Clay Higgins calls out gangs in the controversial 2016 video that went viral for it&&num;8217&semi;s language<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Describing his work as a mission from God&comma; Higgins said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;I will not kneel to violent street gangs&period; I will not kneel to murderers&comma; or the parents that raised them&period; I will not kneel to a discredited wanna-be black activist that doesn&&num;8217&semi;t really have the best interest of his people in mind&period;&&num;8221&semi; It was unclear who he was referring to&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Shortly after Higgins was drafted to run to run for office representing the Third District of Louisiana&comma;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He came in second in the primary&comma; before defeating his opponent&comma; Scott Angelle&comma; in a runoff election on Dec&period; 10&comma; with 56&period;1 percent of the vote&period;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6 class&equals;"ra-caption"><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-195972" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;06&sol;house-speaker-paul-ryan-left-administers-the-house-oath-of-office-to-rep-clay-higgins-right-r-la-during-a-mock-swearing-in-ceremony-on-capitol-hill&period;jpg" alt&equals;"House Speaker Paul Ryan &lbrack;left&rsqb; administers the House oath of office to Rep&period; Clay Higgins &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; R-La&period;&comma; during a mock swearing in ceremony on Capitol Hill" width&equals;"1200" height&equals;"800" &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;Jan&comma; 2017 &&num;8211&semi; House Speaker Paul Ryan &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; administers the House oath of office to Rep&period; Clay Higgins &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; R-La&period;&comma; during a mock swearing-in ceremony on Capitol Hill<&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p>The election&comma; it seems&comma; came at an opportune time for Higgins&comma; with the election of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;outsider” Donald Trump to the presidency&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Higgins is a supporter of the Trump administration and backed the president’s controversial and currently blocked travel ban&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;gizmodo&period;com&sol;congressman-calls-for-holy-war-on-muslims-on-facebook-1795815124" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Gizmodo<&sol;a>&comma; Higgins wore bracelets reportedly promoting his online merchandise during a mock swearing-in ceremony&comma; alongside Speaker of the House Paul Ryan&comma; in January&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;article>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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