Rep.Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) called out Vice President J.D. Vance for his racist dig at her while he was speaking to the conservative Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest convention in Arizona over the weekend, and her remarks have gone viral online.
Vance attacked Crockett, telling attendees, “And Jasmine Crockett. Oh, Jasmine Crockett. The record speaks for itself. She wants to be a senator. Though her street girl persona is about as real as her nails.”
Appearing on MS NOW, Crockett took aim at Vance and hit him with a devastating verbal retort.
“The fact that he said, I have a quote-unquote ‘street-girl persona,’ I’m sorry, but anybody that you talk to knows my credentials,” Crockett said. “They know that I’ve gone to school. They know that I’m educated. I never tried to put on some random story about where I came from. But at the end of the day, I am who I am and I am authentic.”
“And that is actually what they are fearful of is my authenticity,” she continued. “Because it rings true with every single American, whether they’re Texan or not. It rings true that I am fighting for real, everyday people. And instead of talking about policy, when you’re talking about, ‘The record speaks for itself’ — baby, let’s talk about your record, because the only reason you’re the vice president is because the current president tried to have his last [vice] president killed.”
The congresswoman added that Vance and Republicans are trying to use the same playbook they always use when a strong woman of color dares to run for higher office.
“When they can tell me about their policies that are helping Texans, then we can have a conversation.”
“Until then, take whatever shots you want to take at me. Because I have been a Black woman my entire life. I promise you, there are other people just like J.D. Vance, who have tried to do the same racist tropes my entire life, and somehow I ascended and became a U.S. congresswoman. It will not be different when I become a U.S. senator, and we can have a conversation when I get to the Senate floor if he wants to talk.”
Well done, Ms. Crockett! We need more fighters like you to expose the racist asshats who populate today’s GOP.
