Just last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi said during an appearance on Fox News that Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) needed to dial back her criticism of tech billionaire/unelected POTUS Elon Musk, suggesting that the congresswoman needed to “tread very carefully” after Crockett remarked that she wanted to see “Elon be taken down.”
On Wednesday, Crockett responded to Bondi during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, remarking, “To have her go on Fox News and to then decide that she wanted to send a threat to me, it was wrong.”
“She is the highest law enforcement agent in this country, and people are watching, and they are consuming this information.” the congresswoman continued.
Crockett also put Bondi on notice that she will not be bullied or intimidated.
“And they are believing that simply because I decided that I wanted to exercise my right to free speech, which I am not abridged from doing, that she then wanted to then politicize something that should not be politicized. I don’t like Elon Musk, I’m going to say it 50,000 times.”
But the congresswoman was far from finished lambasting both Bondi and Musk.
“She knew good and well if she watched the entire thing that I specifically told protesters to make sure you consult with lawyers, just like I told protesters over and over and over in the history of me advising people to go out and exercise their constitutional right.”
“The fact that there are other sitting members that have received letters of threat from this new DOJ tells me that they are about retribution, and they are not about following the law,” Crockett concluded.
The congresswoman got a standing ovation on social media.
AG Bondi needs to go back and read the First Amendment to the Constitution. It clearly states that we have freedom of speech in this country. Of course, that’s assuming that she can read above a second-grade level, which remains unclear.
