Congressman: "Hunt them, kill them. For all that is good, kill them all."

[Blue3]

Congressman, on Muslims who might be terrorists:

“Hunt them, identity [sic] them, and kill them. Kill them all,” Rep. Clay Higgins wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday. “For the sake of all that is good and righteous. Kill them all.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republican-clay-higgins-kill-islamic-radicals_us_593582bfe4b0ca5db291eb47?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

[Beet]

My god, this man must resign from Congress immediately.

[TheSaint250]

Is he just talking about terrorists?

[Badger]

"According to a lawsuit, he owes one of his ex-wives over $140k in unpaid child support."

Could be one-sided or not wholly correct, but oh man would that ever fit his Dejarlis-like prototype.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Is he just talking about terrorists?

somewhat vague but he referred to terrorist suspects

[KingSweden]

Despicable. Hopefully some Cajun FF (irrespective of party) runs this nutcase out of office in the 2018 jungle

[Attorney General & Senator Dwarven Dragon]

#AngelleforCongress2018

[Chief Justice Keef]

Oh boy.

[KingSweden]

#AngelleforCongress2018

Preach Brothah! So disappointing he lost the runoff

[hueylong]

Finally, someone in Congress who wants to do something.

/s

[Santander]

People do get emotional and say terrible things after terrorist attacks. I know I thought some pretty horrible things after Orlando, and expressed some of those thoughts in private conversations with friends. In situations like this, I think people deserve a chance to walk back anything they regret saying.

However, it is unacceptable for an elected official and former senior law enforcement officer to say things like this in public, and it is disturbing how his wording seems to be more deliberate than it appears. Subtleties like "Islamic horror" instead of "Islamic terror" and "radicalized Islamic suspect" instead of "Islamic terrorist" are pretty clear if you're listening for them and are not the kinds of word choices made out of emotion or carelessness.

[This account no longer in use.]

The dogwhistling is getting less and less subtle.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

The dogwhistling is getting less and less subtle.

The silver lining of Trump's election is that it's making the GOP feel free to show its true self in public.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

"According to a lawsuit, he owes one of his ex-wives over $140k in unpaid child support."

Could be one-sided or not wholly correct, but oh man would that ever fit his Dejarlis-like prototype.

It's pretty hard to beat Dejarlis too.

[Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God]

yeah.

[Hammy]

The dogwhistling is getting less and less subtle.

The silver lining of Trump's election is that it's making the GOP feel free to show its true self in public.

The problem is this does nothing but help them because they "speak their mind".

[HAnnA MArin County]

Well we know who's gonna get a big speaking slot at the next RNC. Maybe he'll follow Steve King.

Just when you thought you couldn't take a crazier position on Islam than Trump's Muslim ban, this deplorable heehaw shows that you can. Unfortunately, this will probably make him a hero among the Trumptard cultists.

You stay classy, GOP. Jesus is proud of you! 

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Hot temperature tends to increase aggression. If anything, we should feel sorry for this man, who is in an obvious and permanent state of discomfort.

[HAnnA MArin County]

Hot temperature tends to increase aggression. If anything, we should feel sorry for this man, who is in an obvious and permanent state of discomfort.

Throw some holy water on him? Lol

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Congressman, on Muslims who might be terrorists:

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[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Hot temperature tends to increase aggression. If anything, we should feel sorry for this man, who is in an obvious and permanent state of discomfort.

Throw some holy water on him? Lol

I'm not a trained theotician, but I suppose we could contemplate such options should it appear this be the result of possession/vampiricism.

[pbrower2a]

People do get emotional and say terrible things after terrorist attacks. I know I thought some pretty horrible things after Orlando, and expressed some of those thoughts in private conversations with friends. In situations like this, I think people deserve a chance to walk back anything they regret saying.

Thinking horrible things is excusable. Holding a short-term grudge is understandable. But some of us have a responsibility to wait for the evidence to come in before we make definitive, official statements or make contractual commitments.

We should all know that any statement of racial, ethnic, or religious bigotry is invariably suspect.  To put it mildly, this anti-Islamic stuff sounded just as ugly in the original German when the pariahs were called Juden.

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Law-enforcement professionals know when to not say things that might help a suspect get away. Maybe they might leak something that might get the suspect to do something incriminating, like flight or destruction of evidence while under surveillance.

We do not need terror in the form of blanket acts of retribution. Terrorism using Islam as a pretext is no more Islam than terrorism using 'white identity' as a pretext is 'whiteness'. Wise people stop any cycle of violence with a refusal to do harm.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

He just guaranteed himself another term........

[KingSweden]

People do get emotional and say terrible things after terrorist attacks. I know I thought some pretty horrible things after Orlando, and expressed some of those thoughts in private conversations with friends. In situations like this, I think people deserve a chance to walk back anything they regret saying.

However, it is unacceptable for an elected official and former senior law enforcement officer to say things like this in public, and it is disturbing how his wording seems to be more deliberate than it appears. Subtleties like "Islamic horror" instead of "Islamic terror" and "radicalized Islamic suspect" instead of "Islamic terrorist" are pretty clear if you're listening for them and are not the kinds of word choices made out of emotion or carelessness.

Yes, yes, yes. Second Graf is 100% spot on.

[SoLongAtlas]

Idiotic thing to say. Reminds me of this one from 10 years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0IFjjVYDpE