Two candidates, theyre dueling economic messages and the former president s claims about the two attempts on his life and iran, plus the very latest on Hurricane Helene now forecast to reach category four heading for the Florida Panhandle good evening. Thanks for joining us. We begin tonight, keeping them honest with politics specifically the brand of it, which runs on falsehoods and fear. And frankly, racism the latest example, louisiana republican Congressman Clay higgins, this guy, now it doesnt have much of a record of accomplishment in the house, but today, hes certainly got noticed this is what he posted on social media, quoting the congressman now, lol, these haitians are wild, eating pets, voodoo, Nastyas Country in the western hemisphere, colts slapstick gangsters, but if they dont feel all sophisticated now filing charges against our president and vp, all these thugs better get their Mind Right and their out of our country before january 20. So a couple of things to unpack here, voodoo, other ways, a Streaming Service thats owned by fandango, he obviously meant the religion voodoo, but just knows nothing about it. More importantly, he is slurring an entire Country And Everyone from that country men, women, and children people who are in this country legally, and americans of haitian dissent. He seems particularly riled up that a haitian american organization would have the temerity to have taken legal action if they dont feel all sophisticated. Now he tweeted late today, he took down that tweet and how Speaker Johnson said that higgins regrets the post he was approached on the floor by colleagues who said that was offensive. He went to the back. I just talked about it. He said he went to the back and he prayed about it and he regretted it and he pulled the post down. Thats what you want a gentleman to do. Im sure he probably regrets some of the language used, but, you know, we move forward. We believe in redemption around here yeah. He went to the back and he prayed real hard about it and he regrets it. Nevertheless, house democrats brought a motion to censure the congressman which drew this objection from Majority Leader steve scalise. For what purposes, gentleman from louisiana seek recognition first of all, the tweet has been deleted already in remove, but i object to what purpose do the motion and if we want to to spend every kind of mumbled out on the other side, well be happy to do it on them and has not been recognized the Censure Motion has been pushed back until after the election. Now, clay higgins, language might surprise difficult to figure out these sorts of his inspiration about haitians eating their pets in springfield. Theyre eating the dogs. The people that came in, theyre eating the cats. Theyre eating, theyre eating the pets of the people that live there of course, no evidence that has been debunked. But again, these are not original ideas. Congressman higgins is coming up with like when he said they better get their assets out of the country. We all know where that came from two do you think springfield will ever be the same . I dont think the fact is and ill say it now you have to get them the hell out gaffe to get them out. Im sorry again them out can have destroyed it before Congressman Higgins was in congress, he was in local Law Enforcement in louisiana. Thats right. He had the power to arrest people. And if you read up on him, youll see he has something of a Track Record on outrageous statements and other things as the cofounder of harvard universitys niemann Media Lab discovered, the congressman has cited in a Newspaper Article in the Bayou Brief back in 19 in 92 when he was voting for former kkk grand wizard, David Duke to be the governor of louisiana. Now back then, there were a lot of people who said they just didnt believe that duke was the racist. He was being made out to be in the liberal media and they were going to vote for him, but apparently not clay higgins. He knew full well and voted for him anyway, he told a reporter, quote regardless of the fact that davids a homeboy and all that the boys or nazi and thats a real problem. Then the reporter noted that mr. Higgins voted for mr. Duke anyway, in the governors race, joining us now is congressman steven horsford, a democrat of Nevada And Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus congressman. Thanks for being with us when you read this post from the congressman, what was your initial reaction thank you for having me on when i read it, i thought of the haitian immigrants Haitian Americans all throughout this country, those in springfield. And in my district in nevada and all across the country who are living today in fear who feel harassed, who feel singled out and targeted by the former president Donald Trump by 16 j. D vance, by representative higgins. And its this type of racist intolerance. This divisive rhetoric that must stop its why i have filed a resolution to Censure Representative higgins. Its time to turn the page as the Vice President , Kamala Harris is set against this divisiveness that pits one group of americans against another Congressman Higgins has told cnn that he stood by his comments adding quote, its all true. I can put up another controversial Post Tomorrow if you want me to. I mean, we do have freedom of speech. Ill say what i want. He also said, quote, its not a big deal to me, its like something stuck to the bottom my boot, just scrape it off and move on with my life Speaker Johnson claims he prayed about it and regretted it and took it down. Maybe he had another talk with jesus and decided hes standing by it do the Censure Motion, is that thats now off the table until after the election. I mean, does that kind of finished . No, its not. And its not about The Next election its about the fact that this type of divisive racially charged hateful rhetoric needs to stop right now. There are children who, are haitian immigrants who are Haitian Americans who do not feel safe going to school because they are targeted right now, my colleagues representative Sheila Cherfilusmccormick and Fredricka Wilson and Ayanna Pressley and maxwell frost, who are members of the haitian caucus, joined with the Congressional Black Caucus and other remembers, just earlier this week to push back on j. D. Vance. And these madeup stories that its not even true, what theyre saying and its time for this to end. But guess what its this type of divisiveness that is actually tearing our country apart. I understand that according to sources who witnessed the interaction you and Congressman Higgins had a heated exchange on the House Floor can you say what what did he tell you when you talk to him . Well i was supporting my colleagues who were trying to compel him to understand how his words are affecting the lives of actual people today. People who contribute to our communities, who are entrepreneurs, who are nurses and doctors people who dont deserve to be targeted. Lets just start with that. They didnt do anything wrong. And i asked him specifically to remove his post and hes like im going to pray about it. What do you need to pray about . Just do what is right and stop this hateful rhetoric. That is causing people to feel targeted. He told me no and that is when i said, if you refuse, i will take this to the floor. We will move for a resolution to censure you, and that is exactly what we did. And sadly, the republican leadership were more focused about silencing me. Then holding him accountable. And he used his official platform the property of the house of representatives. He probably thought he was posting on truth, social but in fact, he told everyone exactly what it is. He believes we are going to follow through on this. It is not about The Next election. It is about every day people in America Feeling targeted. Today. Its the haitians who will it be tomorrow . Will it be you will, you know, whats interesting about this is, i mean he in the statement to cnn, hes certainly seems sort of proud of this, or is it bluster, which is hes made a career of it when he was in Law Enforcement and sort of, you know, being the tough talking sheriff guy, despite moving around a lot from different departments. But this is just i mean, theres a long history of this in this country and in many countries of demonizing immigrants of, i mean, it was irish, it was italians in the early days of mass immigration to the united states. I mean, there have been there have been people like this throughout our history who have said exactly these same things. Its remarkable that this continues that in this Day And Age this still i guess it continues because it works. It works to demonize a group like haitians clearly, Donald Trump thinks that works, j. D. Vance thinks it works because thats why theyre continuing to do it. And this guy thinks that works too. Well. The majority of americans are ready to turn the page against this the Vice President Kamala Harris is set at time again were tired of people dividing us targeting one community and pitting them against another. We want to build up our communities, not tear them apart. And i know haitian immigrants, i know haitianamericans and my Home State of nevada and people all across this country who are here, theyve been vetted. Theyve gone through a legal process to be here its comprehensive. They have children who are trying to attend school. They are nurses and teachers and first responders in our community it is this type of of racist hateful intolerant rhetoric that must end. Whether it is against haitian immigrants or anyone else, we should be against all forms of hate. And what is so astounding to me is that republicans in congress just dont get it were over them and were ready to turn the page and move our country forward towards one that represents a multiracial multigenerational society that reflects all of us and the contributions that we make congressman steven horsford. I appreciate your time tonight. Thank you. Joining us now, cnn political commentators, ashley Allison And David urban, also washington those national columnist, Philip Bump ashley, what does it tell you about the climate right now that a sitting congressman and felt comfortable enough to post something like this. And apparently stand by what he said well, its a reminder that Racism And Hatred is still very much alive and well in our country its also a reminder that there is a Leadership Vacuum in the republican party right now. And i say that because the reason why he had the gall to post that and then have to sign id whether or not he was going to take it down is because his leader was the one who came up with it, or his leaders Running Mate rather came up with it and so when you dont have leaders who tell you what is right and wrong, you end up with situations like this. Now the thing that is so unsettling about this is you mentioned in your piece, anderson, is that this . Animals Law Enforcement, this man had the power. He carried a gun. He had the power to walk in the street and enforce the law. And most likely have the Justice System behind him he now can make laws that are rooted in racism and discrimination and so in this moment there is an opportunity in november for us to decide which direction we want this country to go. When you do not have to like every policy of commonly harris, but at least Kamala Harris wants to be in conversation about the direction the positive direction, and work together, right and left, black and white. So theres an opportunity here to begin to turn the page. Its not going to end the book of racism in our country, but there is a chance to turn the Page Page and say enough with this nonsense, enough with this racism. Lets move forward to a better day in this country. I mean, it filled again theres a reason why this is being repeated by by trump and vance. I mean theres a long history of this. It does tap into something thats very primal and very i guess effective. Yeah. I mean, the Trump Campaign has long been, i mean, his motto literally make america great again, is a call back to america used to be better used to be different and its very much there was an unsubtle appeal to white american families getting together and not having to worry about immigrants in their communities so on, so forth. That has always been an undercurrent too. His politics and its something that he reinforces and weve seen polling as well. I think this incident is fascinating in part because weve reached this point where unless youve say The N word, people like, well, im not sure if thats race, its not like you cant you dont get much more explicitly racist. And what just happened there. And yet republican Leadership Isnt willing to hold them to account. I mean, even just a few years ago, we saw Stephen King from iowa who is this . Just sort of dabbling and white nationalist mean you sort of ahead of the trend if you will, in the gop. And hes held to account by republican leaders in and eventually lost his gop primary, which, which was seemed like a sort of rejection by the party. But now of course you have donald Trump And J. D. Vance. And theres a poll came out yesterday from kff three and ten immigrants they feel as though their lives have been made worse because of Donald Trumps rhetoric david, i mean, is i mean, youre republican. Does this is this what who is this guy . I mean, is this something that the league less standing by no. No, i understand. Look, the guy its a clown assure markets. Its hateful, despicable, full stop, right . Theres no theres no defending that remark. Its it is the worst of america. Its not the best of america. Its the worst. And hes a member of congress. He should be ashamed same for put it out. Listen, there are legitimate concerns about immigration, about illegal immigration, legal immigration, but immigration, their concerns about the town of springfield being overwhelmed, their School District not being able to do get there legitimate concerns. We should have discussions about it here on nantucket, a tiny island about 15,000 be around residents. This passed last week the ice came over and took for sexual predators, gotaways who are here on the island, raped two kids, two children were raped by these gotaways sexually assaulted two others, two other gentlemen who had sexually assaulted women here on the island were taken away for for gotaways on this tiny island, picked up and pluck that, taken away by ayesh, it is a real problem in communities across america. We should be having a fullthroated discussion about it in an intellectual way, in a constructive way, there is a problem we need to figure out how to get illegal immigrants out of the country. They should not be here, right . Legal immigration is a great thing. Were not going to deport everybody whos here i know thats a plan, but we need to think about there are lots of violent people here in america who are committing crimes right now. And if the congress wanted to focus on that, laken riley, theres a long list every day and go through and talk about real incidents would not making things up in demonizing an entire as you know. Actually, violent crime is its down Anderson Car Robbery shoplifting has been up saying, as you know so it migrates generally commit do not commit crimes at the same level, commit crimes at a lower level. They understand the u. S. Population i im not im saying it is an Issue Hsu and the immigrant community here on the target of two young children raped two other women, were sexually assaulted im telling you its a problem here. Ive talked to folks in the community. They are concerned, theyre nervous. There may be other folks like that here. So while it may not be a big deal for lots of people, its a big deal in lots of different communities of color across america as well. Yeah ashley, what do you make of that . Look what david just described is awful. I dont know those cases and we do have an immigration policy, but they republicans dont want to have that conversation because if they did, then j. D. Vance and Donald Trump would not be talking about the lie about immigrants eating pets, but thats what theyre doing. They are not setting a hey, theyre saying deport them all so lets have this conversation, but we have to have it in good faith. We have to have it and actually let the winwin bills come up that a conservative senator wants to pass, that your candidate doesnt kill the bill if you actually want to have immigration. So i respect david, but i dont take the remarks that are actually we being applied that maybe how you feel, but that is not how the leader of your party is moving right now. And so what we need in this moment is to hold him accountable. There was an opportunity for it not to be the person that would spread these lies, but thats why you all went with so its kind of hard to say. We want to have a policy discussion, but then were here talking about lies and hate we need to do it. We all need to do better. We got to take a break and just ahead a live update on the hurricane. Theres heading for florida and could be a category four storm soon later, a special report, Kids On Politics with the voters of tomorrow, make it the campaign today. Whats the first word that pops into your head when you hear The Name Kamala Harris liar. Whats the first word that pops into your head when you hear Donald Trump . Pure evil feel like a spectator in your own life with Chronic Migraine 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting four hours or more. Botox prevents headaches and adults with Chronic Migraine before they start and treatment is four times