Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) defended his deeply racist comments about Haitian people even though House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) claimed the lawmaker had prayed about the post and regretted it.

Its all true, Higgins told CNN Wednesday, even though he ultimately deleted the widely condemned tweet. 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.

Its not a big deal to me. Its like something stuck to the bottom of my boot. Just scrape it off and move on with my life, he added.

Earlier Wednesday, the lawmaker had expanded on the racist lies pushed by Republican nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, posting on X (formerly Twitter) that Haitians are eating pets and come from the nastiest country in the western hemisphere.

All these thugs better get their mind right and their ass out of our country before January 20th, he wrote in the post.