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Close personal friend of House Speaker Mike Johnson and purveyor of racist lies Republican Rep. Clay Higgins is back on his unhinged social media game, threatening to block all federal funding to the New Orleans Health Department because it is promoting the use of vaccines and accusing city health officials of being sorcerers.

It’s been a while since we’ve heard from the decidedly anti-science Higgins. Back in September 2024 Higgins got in a very stern talking to from his “dear friend” Johnson and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise after he posted wildly racist lies about Haitian people online. Later that year he threatened his colleagues in the House, part of a long history of often-racially motivated threats and violence.

After seeing a Health Department post promoting the need for kids and adolescents to get the COVID-19 vaccine, Higgins took to X to drop some of his patented pearls of wisdom.

Higgins called vaccines a “state sponsored weakening of the citizenry, absolute injury to our children and calculated decline of fertility” before threatening to block federal funds from the department and the “writhing band of sorcerers” who work there.

Higgins anti-sorcerer rhetoric is surprising. In the past Higgins has claimed his wife practices some form of magic that allows her to see the future – though as far as we know, none of her visions have actually come to pass.

New Orleans' Health Department has long been one of the only bright spots in city government, using science to help protect citizens from infectious diseases.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 days ago

Block this man from receiving any and all medical treatment. Let him fend for himself and find out how good we’ve got it in modern times.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

He just wants to lay hands on little boys. Cure em with incantations and unseen spiritual energies. Ya know, like a sorceror who diddles kids.

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I challange you to find a single doctor who's upset about being called a wizard, mage, or sorcerer

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Any sufficiently advanced tech is magic, so, like. It’s not the tech’s fault he’s a moron.