CLARKE ISSUES STATEMENT FOLLOWING ANTI-HAITIAN RHETORIC FROM REP. CLAY HIGGINS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
September 25, 2024
MEDIA CONTACT:
e: jessica.myers@mail.house.gov
c: 202.913.0126
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09) issued the below statement following the anti-Haitian, dangerous rhetoric Rep. Clay Higgins recently tweeted regarding the Haitian Bridge Alliance filing charges against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Senator J.D. Vance, for spreading false claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, OH, were eating pets: Haitian group in Springfield, Ohio, files citizen criminal charges against Trump and Vance.
“The recent tweet from the official account of Rep. Clay Higgins is vile and reprehensible. I cannot believe the Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee Chair on Border Security and Enforcement would fathom having such ill and racist words for Haitian migrants. His remarks are cruel, dehumanizing, and have been proven time and again as untrue,” said Rep. Yvette D. Clarke, Haiti Caucus Co-chair.
“Just when you think these MAGA extremists’ xenophobic ideologies can’t get any worse, they continue to spread dangerous falsehoods and threats – endangering the lives of people who are fleeing political persecution and a nation battered from the impacts of climate change. It is simply appalling.”
‘Lol. These Haitians are wild. Eating pets, vudu, nastiest country in the western hemisphere, cults, slapstick gangsters… but damned if they don’t feel all sophisticated now, filing charges against our President and VP. All these thugs better get their mind right and their ass out of our country before January 20th.’
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