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In response to the London terror assault, Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) had an excessive proposal: kill anybody suspected of being an Islamic radical.
On his marketing campaign Faceboook web page, Higgins, a former police officer, posted this message:
The free world…all of Christendom…is at warfare with Islamic horror. Not one penny of American treasure must be granted to any nation who harbors these heathen animals. Not a single radicalized Islamic suspect must be granted any measure of quarter. Their supposed entry to the American homeland must be summarily denied. Each conceivable measure must be engaged to hunt them down. Hunt them, id them, and kill them. Kill all of them. For the sake of all that’s good and righteous. Kill all of them.
The submit went up early on Sunday morning. On Saturday night, suspected terrorists killed seven folks throughout an assault on London Bridge. ISIS has claimed credit score for these murders.
Together with his declaration that Christendom is “at warfare with Islamic horror,” Higgins was embracing a theme of the far proper: the combat towards extremist jihadists is a part of a basic conflict between Christian society and Islam. And on this Fb submit, he was calling for killing not simply terrorists discovered responsible of heinous actions, however anybody suspected of such an act. He didn’t clarify how the USA may decide easy methods to determine radicalized Islamists so as to deny them entry to the USA. It was unclear whether or not his proposal to disclaim any help to any nation that harbors “these heathen animals” would apply to England, France, Indonesia, Spain, and different nations the place jihadist cells have dedicated horrific acts of violence.
Higgins workplace refused to permit a Mom Jones reporter to talk to a spokesman for the congressman. However in an e mail, his spokesman confirmed the Fb submit was genuine.
In late January, Higgins delivered a fiery ground speech attacking Democrats and the “liberal media” for opposing President Donald Trump’s Muslim journey ban. He declared that “radical Islamic horror has gripped the world and…unbelievably…been allowed into our personal nation with wanton disregard.”
Shortly earlier than working for Congress, Higgins resigned from his submit as the general public data officer of the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Workplace, the place he had earned a repute because the “Cajun John Wayne” for his tough-talking CrimeStopper movies. Higgins abruptly stop after his boss, the sheriff, ordered him to tone down his unprofessional feedback. “I repeatedly instructed him to cease saying issues like, ‘You don’t have any mind cells,’ or making feedback that had been completely disrespectful and demeaning,” the sheriff mentioned.
“I don’t do properly reined in,” Higgins famous on the time. “Though I like and respect my sheriff, I need to resign.”
Replace: Higgins’ marketing campaign spokesman, Chris Comeaux, instructed Mom Jones in an e mail: “Rep. Higgins is referring to terrorists. He’s advocating for searching down and killing all the terrorists. That is an concept all of America & Britain must be united behind.”