A Republican congressman upset by some of the social media posts he’s read in the wake of Wednesday’s fatal shooting of far-right activist Charlie Kirk made a really, really extreme proposal.
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) took to X on Thursday and vowed to “use Congressional authority and every influence with big tech platforms to mandate immediate ban for life of every post or commenter that belittled the assassination of Charlie Kirk.”
Higgins said that any social media accounts from people who “ran their mouths with their smartass hatred, celebrating the heinous murder of that beautiful young man” must come down.
The Louisiana Republican also demanded that any users who posted those “belittling” posts be “banned from ALL PLATFORMS FOREVER.”
But Higgins wasn’t finished.
