Why does this congressman keep winking at militia types on Twitter?
Plus: The House tries to censure Adam Schiff.
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Clay Higgins, a Republican congressman whose tough-talking videos from his earlier job as a captain in a Louisiana sheriff’s office earned him the nickname “Cajun John Wayne,” has been winking at Trump-supporting militia types on Twitter lately with a series of cryptic, vaguely militaristic tweets.
After news broke that Trump was to be indicted last week, Higgins tweeted the following:
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