14-05-2025
Watch: The Democrat firebrand telling Maga to f--- off
By her own admission, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett likes to create a stir.
'If you've ever paid any attention to me, you know I always have remarks – and then something else happens,' she said in March at a dinner in Los Angeles for Human Rights Campaign, a non-profit.
'You'd better all just pray for me because who knows what I'm going to end up saying.'
Within moments, the 44-year-old former lawyer spoke disparagingly of Greg Abbott, the Texas governor, who has used a wheelchair since he was in his 20s, and called him 'hot wheels'.
Ms Crockett, who is the representative for Texas's 30th congressional district, defended the comment and insisted she was not referring to Mr Abbott's inability to walk, but to 'the planes, trains, and automobiles he used to transfer migrants into communities led by black mayors, deliberately stoking tension and fear among the most vulnerable'.
She also accused her critics of hypocrisy, saying that none of them had ever condemned Donald Trump's apparent mocking of a disabled New York Times reporter during his 2015 presidential campaign.
The most recent 'remark' from Ms Crockett, a co-chairwoman of the Harris-Walz campaign, to hit headlines was her claim that Democrats want the 'safest white boy' to put forward in the 2028 presidential race.
Speaking with Malcolm Kenyatta, the Democratic National Committee vice-chairman, last week on SiriusXM's UrbanView, she said donors were getting ready to back candidates.
She claimed many were keen for the candidate to be a white man.
'It is this fear that the people within the party, within the primary system, will have about voting for a woman because every time we voted for a woman, we've lost so far,' said Ms Crockett. 'I think that that's a natural fear because we just want to win. So there's a lot of people that are like, 'You know what – let's go and find the safest white boy we can'. I mean, I'm just saying.'
The comment sparked controversy, with some suggesting it was sexist and racist, while others applauded Ms Crockett's 'honesty'.
It comes as the party has struggled to find a way forward, with no clear leader, and no agreed message on how the Democrats should try and engage with voters going into the 2026 midterms.
Some potential candidates for 2028, such as Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan governor, say it is essential to work with the president if his policies help Americans.
Others think the fight requires a more combative approach, similar to Ms Crockett's brand of politicking.
Throughout her fairly short career, having first entered politics in 2020, Ms Crockett has frequently clashed with Trump loyalist Marjorie Taylor Greene, a perhaps equally sharp-tongued figure on the right.
In an exchange last year, after the firebrand Republican made a disparaging comment about Ms Crockett's false eyelashes, the Texan accused Ms Greene of being a 'bleach-blonde, bad-built, butch body'.
Ms Crockett revelled in the moment which quickly went viral, branding it 'B6' and touting a line of merchandise she branded the 'Crockett Clapback Collection'.
She branded Ms Greene's comments about her eyelashes 'racist,' meanwhile she was criticised over her use of the term 'butch,' and apologised. 'I meant no harm to anyone in the [LGBTQ] community,' she said.
Earlier this year Pam Bondi, the attorney general, called on Ms Crockett to apologise to Elon Musk and Ted Cruz, accusing her of threatening their lives and safety.
It came after the congresswoman suggested Mr Cruz, the Republican senator for Texas, should be 'knocked over the head, hard' with 'no niceties'.
Ms Crockett had also suggested she would like to see Mr Musk 'taken down'amid a wave of protests targeting Tesla dealerships. Shortly after she made the comments, three explosive devices were found at a dealership in Texas, with Ms Bondi calling on the woman to 'unequivocally denounce the violence'. There is no suggestion the two incidents were linked.
'She's using her public persona, her public platform, to increase her followers, to increase her significance, and she is threatening lives, safety,' Ms Bondi told Fox News.
At the time, a spokesman for Ms Crockett's office said of the attorney general's comments: '[Ms Crockett] would never incite or wish violence on any one person or corporation.
'As a member of Congress, she will remain focused on the work of ensuring our communities, especially in TX-30, have the needed resources to thrive, grow, and remain safe.'
A month earlier, when asked by a reporter if Ms Crockett had a comment for Mr Musk, she responded: 'F–– off.'
Despite having worked on Ms Harris's campaign, the outspoken congresswoman has remained fairly schtum on the Democrat's loss last year. Most recently she suggested Ms Harris struggled to reach black male voters because of her history as a prosecutor.
Speaking on The Chuck ToddCast, she said a prominent black rapper had told her he did not feel comfortable openly endorsing Ms Harris because of her record.
'There was definitely some resume stuff that disallowed her from being able to build the type of rapport of trust within these marginalised communities that historically have been targeted,' she said.
A criminal barrister herself, Ms Crockett had originally planned to become a chartered accountant.
She instead Studied at the University of Houston Law Centre, graduating in 2006.
She was a member of the National Bar Association and of the Dallas Black Criminal Bar Association.
For a number of years she worked as a public defender, and later established her own law firm. Reports suggest she took on several pro bono cases for Black Lives Matter activists.
Ms Crockett, who is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, is among those Democrats who believe it is essential that the party takes a fighting stance against Mr Trump and the Republican Party.
She last week was the target of an attack by the president, who condemned the state of the Democratic Party in an interview with NBC's Meet The Press.
'Look at the Democrats. They're in total disarray,' he said.
'They have a new person named Crockett. I watched her speak the other day. She's definitely a low-IQ person. And they said she's the future of the party.'
Ms Crockett responded that Mr Trump is 'terrified of smart, bold black women'.
