Mike Johnson defends “dear friend” Clay Higgins’ shockingly racist tweet, calls him “a very principled man”
four times, described Haitians immigrants as “wild,” said they were from the “nastiest country in the Western hemisphere,” and told them to “get their ass out of our country before January 20th,” among other things.The tweet has since been deleted, but a screenshot of it continues to make the rounds on social media:Stay woke with our briefing while staying informed on all things LGBTQ+ entertainment, life, and more!Now, it shouldn’t be hard for anyone to take one look at that tweet and immediately, and without any question or hesitation, condemn it.
Unless, of course, you’re Mike Johnson.When asked about it yesterday, the gay-hating Speaker of the House couldn’t bring himself to simply denounce Higgins’ remarks, instead calling him a “dear friend” and “a very principled man”… who also happens to be a racist piece of trash.When a reporter pushed back and explained that he literally told Haitians to get out of the country by January 20th, Johnson rolled his eyes and said, “Well, OK” before saying the 63-year-old lawmaker has since “prayed about it” and “pulled the post down.”“That’s what you want the gentleman to do,” Johnson continued. “I’m sure he probably regrets some of the language he used.
But you know, we move forward. We believe in redemption around here.”Johnson: Clay Higgins is a dear friend of mine and a colleague from Louisiana, and a very frank and outspoken person.
He's also a very principled man. I didn’t even see it but he tweeted something today about Haitians.Reporter: He told them to get out of the country by Jan 20th… pic.twitter.com/Y0oFz727WOBut in a statement sent to Anderson Cooper yesterday, Higgins expressed that he didn’t regret the tweet, despite Johnson claiming he had prayed about it, saying instead that “it’s all true” and comparing the backlash to… stepping in gum???“I can put up another controversial post tomorrow if you want me to.
