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That post was removed on Wednesday evening after BuzzFeed News asked whether it also went against the platform's policies. The Facebook spokesperson said the second post also violated "our policies against inciting violence."
Rob Anderson, a Democrat running against Higgins in 2020, said in a statement that his campaign informed local, state, and federal law enforcement about Higgins’ posts and also contacted Republican and Democratic leadership in Congress.
“No elected official in this nation in any office should be responsible for drumming up violence where there is no violence,” Anderson said.
Clay higgins for congress signs
“To do so is literally to break the oath he took to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution. … What Congressman Higgins has done with his words inciting violence is to rally those who believe his words to arm themselves, and come into our district looking for war.
This is absolutely the most reckless, negligent, and irresponsible thing a public official could do. If he had a shred