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On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
the oaths that I took in my life were not to a company commander or a general or a sheriff or a chief or a marshal; they were to the Constitutionalist principles that my oath represented.
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Clay Higgins
Republican · Louisiana

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Higgins emphasizes his commitment to constitutional principles over authority figures.

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