Holy conspiracy theory, Batman, break out the Batmobile, Clay Higgins is up to his old tricks!
You remember Clay Higgins, right? He’s the dangerously deranged congressman from Louisiana’s zany Third District who alluded in a committee hearing a few years back to the thousands of arrests he’d made as a law enforcement officer (his former boss, St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz, said he could recall only two or three “at most”).
He’s also the one who violated protocol – and any shred of decency and respect – when he made a political video outside AUSCHWITZ back in 2017.
Higgins had a habit of EMBARRASSING himself and law enforcement agencies for which he worked, however brief his tenure might have been..
And oh, he’s also one of only two Louisiana members of the US House who just yesterday voted no on the emergency funding bill so as to avert a government shutdown at midnight Friday (Garret Graves, inexplicably, was the other to vote nay).
Social security recipients, federal employees, active military, retired veterans and anyone else potentially affected by a shutdown might want to remember that.
(By the way, over in Mississippi, two of that state’s three House Republicans voted nay while its only Democrat member voted in favor of the bill while the third, Republican Mike Ezell, went fishing and did not vote. All four of Arkansas’s Republican delegation voted in favor.
But not Higgins and Graves. With Clay (“Cajun John Wayne,” as he likes to be called) Higgins, nothing else was expected. It’s what one might anticipate from a moronic mindset. Graves? Frankly, I’m surprised. Perhaps he will be forthcoming with his reasoning in the days ahead.
But as important as those votes were, that’s not what this is about.
It’s about “ghost buses” that Higgins purports to have the inside skinny on.
It seems, according to photos just now coming to light, that white “ghost buses” furtively transported FBI INFORMANTS into Washington on January 6, 2021, to mingle with and to stir Capitol demonstrators’ emotions to frenzied heights in order to cast those thousands of otherwise peaceful tourists into disrepute as so many hooligans and ruffians.
Such a diabolical effort to undermine the very foundations of democracy! To prove the indisputable truth of his allegations, Higgins waved pictures in front of FBI director Christopher Wray last Wednesday that depicted buses in the Union Station parking garage that were (gasp!) painted completely white, which damned well removed all doubt as to their being of the “ghost” consignment.
Wray, whose job it is to track questionable activities, was flummoxed at the new term, which is now destined to become the new Republican buzzword, ranking right up there with “fake news,” “witch hunt” and “MAGA.” Wray was forced to admit, that he was “not sure” that he’d used that term before. It must’ve been embarrassing for him not to be on the cutting edge of the latest conspiracy theory.
But, hell, Higgins had the proof right there in his hands – the same hands that had slapped the cuffs on thousands of dangerous criminals during his storied career as the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office’s PIO. And just so we’re clear, that’s not private investigations officer – it’s public information officer. He was a PR hack. You don’t arrest many perps sitting in front of a computer terminal (and lest anyone try to make the obvious comparison, I’ve never laid claim to arresting thousands of criminals, so there’s that).
Higgins, undaunted, persisted. “These buses were nefarious in nature and were filled with FBI informants dressed as Trump supporters deployed unto our Capitol on January 6,” he asserted.
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Georgia), chairman of a House subcommittee investigating the investigation of Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi), former co-chair of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol (or was it merely a tour of the Capitol?), was confused at Higgins’s claim.
Loudermilk, when first asked by a reporter about the Higgins claim of the ghost buses, thought the reporter was asking about the movie franchise Ghostbusters.
He could certainly be excused for that misunderstanding. After all, just about any subject might be broached at any given time in Washington and when you think about it, Discussions are already taking place inside the Beltway about space aliens, so, Ghostbusters probably makes as much sense as ghost buses.
Why hasn’t St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz spoken out recently about Higgins’ demented comments? As powerful as Sheriffs are, you’d think Guidroz could help elect a sane representative to replace Higgins.
Sheriff Guidroz has his own political problems: https://www.katc.com/news/st-landry-parish/ethics-board-files-charges-against-st-landry-parish-sheriff
Higgins is a four-term Congressman. He is how “Republican” voters in the third district want to be represented. That tells you everything you need to know about “Republican” voters in the third district.
I don’t know, “Where” he was a “Four Term Congressman”. But he was only elected to his first (and hopefully, final) term in 2017.
A congressional term is only 2 years. So, I believe pualspillman is correct.
Every side has their zealots. Based on your logic, should we assume that the plurality of voters in Tlaib and Omar’s districts are anti-Semitic, Islamofascists? Are you more proud of that representation than we should be of clay Higgins? Go ahead and defend that glass house.
BRAIN FART CLIFFORD, THANKS
Crazy as an outhouse rat
Interesting that the pipe bomber was never captured. All this surveillance and he just vanished. Poof.
In Portland, lefties seized a federal building for months. In major cities, BLM looted, assaulted police and even annexed part of a city.
But Jan 6th. The insurrection where not one person as gone to jail for insurrection. 3 of the 4 casualties were the “insurrectionists.” The capitol police death was undetermined.
Why hasn’t there been any coverage of the 2020 anarchy?
Don’t know where you got your information, but 366 persons have gone to jail for their part in the insurrection.
And D.B. Cooper was never caught either. What’s your point?
Lefties get a pass and the DC trespassing becomes an assault on democracy.
The Jan 6 insurrection *was* an assault on Democracy – the express purpose of it was to to Nancy Pelosi and to overturn the result of a democratic election.
This comment is a reflection of the ability of people to post anything anywhere and for “news” outlets, politicians and others to present information they know to be untrue and which people like you use to present your arguments with impunity. If we were to rise up about anything, it should be this “freedom to lie.”
As my fellow WF parish resident, Paul Spillman, points out, Higgins did not ascend to his current position by magic – his constituents elected him and apparently believe and like what he says despite his utter ineffectiveness as their U. S. Representative.
If you want to blame Higgins, Santos, MJT, Boebert, Gaetz, Jordan, and other extremists in the so-called House “Freedom Caucus”, you better look again. They all got enough votes to be elected – so you have no choice but to blame the people who elected them.
There have always been and will always be extremists, but they certainly shouldn’t be elected. And, in addition to those who voted for these people, you should blame those who didn’t vote at all – including you, if you’re guilty.
This whole thing is shameful, but shame is no longer in fashion.
We can criticize another politician, BLM, Jan. 6 rioters, etc. but this thread was about Higgins. If your defense of Higgins is “whatabout” Talib, Omar, or anyone else then you have no defense of Higgins. The “whatabout” excuse means you don’t believe in anything for its own sake. Is Higgins acceptable to you or not? Not in relation to someone else. Just on his own. If you want, after discussing Higgins, to discuss someone else then have at it. But Higgins doesn’t get a pass just because you think Talib and Omar are worse. See, either you have principles that apply to everyone all the time, or you don’t.
I am in the 3rd district and voted for Rep Higgins. He totes the Republican party line which is what he is expected to do. His charisma can be debated but he represents the values of Acadiana well.
Can we talk about Adolfa Tlaib or AO Cortex now? Or the rest of the Hamas Caucus members?
You can talk about anyone you like. I had nothing to say about any of them earlier nor do I have anything to say about them now, They aren’t my representatives; we don’t even live in the same state. I will say this though – if Higgins represents your values “well” then you don’t have anything to say I care to listen to.
Is Higgins your rep? May have painted yourself in a corner.
I do not live in the third district but I do live in Louisiana. When Higgins is identified as “Republican” from Louisiana it reflects on all Louisianans. That gives me standing to comment on Higgins and the voters of the third district. But I know you want to pin sympathy for the “Hamas Caucus” on me so I’ll add that personally I have little patience with Palestinians who have had ample opportunity to self-govern and live in peace with their neighbors. And while all Palestinians aren’t Hamas terrorists they allow those who are to mingle among them. Thus they all get painted with the same brush. Some liberals are unwilling to acknowledge that truth. But none are outright supporters of Hamas or terroristic acts. I won’t engage in any other alternate reality.
Numerous people have gone to jail for the 2020 anarchy.
For example, during the George Floyd riots, a police station was burnt down. The following people were sentenced over it to 3-4 years’ jail each PLUS $12million restitution:
Branden Michael Wolfe, Bryce Michael Williams, Davon De-Andre Turner, Dylan Shakespeare Robinson.
By comparison, the January 6 treason people have gotten off very lightly.
Seriously Mark? Dude, were you even watching the “trespassers” that day? You’re delusional.
Did you see the blm riots that lasted for weeks? Or CHOP annexation? Or Portland federal court siege that last a few months? Just pointing out the hypocrisy. I certainly don’t see mainstream media playing the BLM riots over and over every day to remind us. It’s like they never even happened.
But everybody knows the media is part of the Dem party and only the capitol riot serves a political objective.
I’m late to the party in the comments. I suppose I could defend Higgins if I compared him to George Santos. Then again, Santos has stated he will not run for reelection while Higgins has been elected twice. Both, of course, are Republican con artists. How do we educate the voters?
Educate voters to vote for who? Are we highlighting sham politicians? Like Richard Blumenthal? The fake Vietnam Vet? Or Biden who makes up personal stories about train rides and Cornpop? Or Bernie, who has this imaginary biography of being this great, 1960s civil rights icon?
If you are looking for role models, I’d focus away from Congress.
I’m guessing that by “educate voters” he meant that it might be nice if the voters would stop electing people who peddle crackpot conspiracy theories which seem to encourage violence and represent a very real threat to Democracy and to the Constitution.
Report on Higgins figment:
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/nov/21/clay-higgins/why-a-republicans-claim-about-ghost-buses-of-fbi-i/
Clay Higgins is absoultly correct with the FBI hired bus of crisis actors and 6 were dressed up like captiol police with filmned fake badges on. Ray Epps was one of them. Did any of these actors get arrested? HELL NO, NOT ONE! WRAY will hang for this one day in the future at Gitmo, for treason to the USA!
Of course you will erased my comment of TRUTH for you are all hired liars. LIARS end up in the Lake of Fire.
Creative use of future and past tenses in same thought (“will erased”).
Indeed. Back to the future.