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'You have to leave': New audio kneecaps House lawmaker's claim journalist never booted

An Atlantic journalist dubbed a "top-notch hater" by Rep. Jasmine Crockett's team and thrown out at Crockett's rally in Lubbock, Texas, on Friday, released audio from the moment she was told to leave the lawmaker's campaign event.

Elaine Godfrey, a staff writer covering national politics for the outlet, was wearing her press badge identifying who she was and had "attempted to join a closed-door press scrum with the congresswoman that was open to the other reporters at the rally," but was turned away. Instead, she decided to start interviewing people in the crowd when a security guard walked up to her and told her she needed to leave, escorting her away.

In the unedited transcript Godfrey reveals what happened during the incident.

Woman: Can you get your stuff? (Speaking to someone else.) Her team wants her to leave, and they’re asking her to leave.

Godfrey: Why are you asking me to leave?

Woman: They just said, ‘Elaine from Atlantic, white girl with a hat and notepad. She’s interviewing people in the crowd. She’s a top-notch hater and will spin. She needs to leave.’ (Speaking to someone else.) I just told her to get her bag and go [unintelligible] that’s from her team.

Godfrey, who needed to get an Uber from the location, was then told by a security guard to go wait outside the event, along the side of a country road.

She got an Uber and then followed up with Crockett directly on Friday.

"After getting picked up by the Uber, I went straight to Lubbock’s famous Prairie Dog Town, where I received a warmer welcome," Godfrey wrote. "I called Crockett directly today to ask about all of this. When she answered, and I told her who was calling, she said, 'Oh!,' sounding surprised, and hung up. She did not respond to my follow-up texts."

Crockett's team has said there is no evidence that a journalist was booted from the rally.

Godfrey told CNN that plenty of people also witnessed what happened — and that she has the receipts to show for it, including the recording.

'Unmitigated disaster' warning for GOP as House pushes Trump law: 'It's going to hurt'

WASHINGTON — When Congress returns to Washington next week, Democrats will be on the defensive, rallying to kill the SAVE Act, a voting reform measure that party leaders say is a key part of President Donald Trump’s plan to seize control of elections.

“Oh, I think it's step one,” House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) told Raw Story. “Or step one, two, three, four — this is part of the plan.”

The SAVE Act would require voters to provide proof of citizenship, end mail-only voter registration, implement photo ID requirements in all 50 states and force new federally-mandated rules to purge noncitizens from state voter rolls.

“This has nothing to do with voter ID laws. This has nothing to do with the nonexistent problem of non-American citizens voting,” Clark said.

“It's all to do with voter suppression and rigging the election.”

‘They don’t want women to vote’

While the Senate is slated to take up the House-passed SAVE Act next week, the 2026 election is already under way.

In states like Texas, voters started casting ballots for Senate this Tuesday, including the highly anticipated Democratic primary between Rep. Jasmine Crockett and Texas state senator James Talarico, both rising stars of the party.

In Washington, the number three House Democrat, Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA), told Raw Story what’s “crazy about this now” is the GOP isn’t even trying to hide that the SAVE Act is an effort to impact 2026 primaries in spots like Texas, because if passed, the measure will take effect “immediately.”

“This is about them wanting to suppress votes in Texas, you know, in real-time right now,” Aguilar told Raw Story.

Aguilar and others say the measure’s requirement that voters produce a birth certificate, adoption papers, naturalization certificate, U.S. Passport, REAL ID or Tribal I.D. are onerous, especially for married people who have changed their last name.

A Pew Research study from 2023 showed more than 80 percent of married women take their spouse's last name. Critics point out the version of the SAVE Act that passed the U.S. House doesn’t allow voters to offer proof of name-change documentation.

Republicans “don't want women to vote,” Aguilar said. “They don't want people of color to vote. They don't want people to vote by mail. That's just kind of where they are, and it's unfortunate.”

‘It’s going to hurt Republican voters’

While almost all Democrats oppose the measure — only one House Democrat, Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), supported it — many say it will actually hit Republicans harder.

“That is an unmitigated disaster for voters across America, Republicans as much as if not more than Democrats,” Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) told Raw Story.

“Wouldn't the SAVE Act codify Trump’s desire to nationalize elections?” Raw Story asked Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA).

“I don't think it'll do that,” Bera said. “But what it will do is, it'll make it really hard for folks to register to vote.

“I also think it's going to hurt Republican voters, right? Because the proof of citizenship usually is your birth certificate or passport. Probably more Democrats have passports than Republicans, right?”

Bera pointed to GOP efforts to end vote by mail since Donald Trump’s defeat by Joe Biden in 2020.

“That backfired on Trump as well, because Republican voters used to be better vote-by-mail voters, then all of a sudden he said don't do it, and then that helped us in the election.

“You win or lose elections based on your ideas and so forth, and, you know, Trump ran on a lot of the right things, I think, but he's clearly delivering the wrong messages. So it's an opportunity for us to correct that record.”

‘I trust Trump to be devious’

Democrats continue rallying the base around efforts to derail the SAVE Act, in part because of the unprecedented efforts Trump has already made to stay in power — as witnessed most viscerally on Jan. 6, 2021, when his supporters attacked Congress itself.

“Calling for nationalization is a terrible idea, a dangerous idea and a, very frankly, undemocratic idea,” Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) told Raw Story. “And for a president who refuses to accept the court's judgments as to the validity of the election, a very scary alternative.

“And he told people to come down here, take over the Capitol, commit insurrection and treason so he could win the election. Any suggestions he makes about elections are without foundation or grounds or good intent.”

That’s why Democrats aren’t merely shrugging the SAVE Act off as politics-as-unusual.

“I trust Trump to be devious, smart,” Garamendi said, “and screw up this entire country.”

While Democratic leaders see the Constitution as on their side, they remain skeptical of the conservative Supreme Court.

“Do you trust the judiciary as the last backstop?” Raw Story asked House Whip Clark. “Or how nervous are you?

“We're going to keep pressing our case in courts and here [at the Capitol], but the SAVE Act isn't passed,” Clark said, “And we're going to make sure it doesn't get there.”

'Extremely effective': How Dem star Jasmine Crockett flexes in face of GOP rants

WASHINGTON — Republicans from Austin to the White House have been snickering since viral progressive phenom Jasmine Crockett announced her bid for one of Texas’ two U.S. Senate seats.

“It's going to be very entertaining,” Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) told Raw Story through a hearty laugh.

Democrats are laughing too — at today’s increasingly unpopular GOP.

They say Republicans’ racist-tinged arrogance is on full display, because they don’t think a Black woman can win in a state Democrats are eager to flip.

The race is being closely watched by the Democratic base, both locally and nationally, which means millions in donations are already flooding Crockett’s digitally savvy campaign.

“She's going to win,” Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) told Raw Story.

While Republicans are giddy, Democrats are gearing up for what could be one of the most expensive Senate races next year.

After all, in 2024, the state shattered fundraising records as GOP Sen. Ted Cruz and former Democratic Congressman Collin Allred raised a collective $192 million.

While Allred lost by eight points, supporters say Crockett has a few tricks up her sleeves.

‘Psyop campaign’

Crockett may be a phenom on left, but among Republicans she’s dismissed as a joke.

“It's a weird choice,” Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) told Raw Story. “Collin Allred’s obviously a better candidate.”

Crockett’s entrance into the Senate race seems to have scared off Allred, a more moderate, former three-term Congressman — which Republicans claim was by design.

“So there was a, what we would call a psyop campaign,” Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) laughed while puffing a stogie on the Capitol steps. “I was out there doing everything I can, encouraging Jasmine to run.

“They're trying to just anoint her, the Democrat, the far-left nuts have anointed her, and I think it's fantastic for Texas. That just says that they've lost their way. The Democrats have lost their way. They have been overtaken by the far-left nuts.”

“We've got them up here. You know who they are. Jasmine's one of them, but Texas ain't going to put up with any of her bullsh—. They're just not.

“We're really, really excited. We're excited. I was going to send Jasmine $100 bucks to say, ‘Get in this damn thing because you're going to be great.’”

Republicans report President Donald Trump is especially eager to defeat Crockett, one of his biggest critics.

“You guys are kind of, like, chomping at the bit, right?” Raw Story pressed McCaul.

“Yeah, I think some are. I think the president really is,” McCaul said. “I'm more worried about the primary.”

Democrats are praying the GOP primary descends into an expensive MAGA-establishment brawl, as four-term Sen. John Cornyn fights off controversial Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

‘Not very smart’

Crockett’s only been in the Senate contest a couple weeks, and already Texas Democrats are calling foul.

“What do you make of all these Republicans kind of laughing her off in kind of racist tones, it seems?” Raw Story asked.

“Yeah. I think it's crazy,” Congressman Veasey said.

Besides Crockett’s national appeal, Veasey says Republicans are kidding themselves if they think the contest is in the bag.

“This is going to be a good year for Democrats,” Veasey said. “For them to look past any of our candidates is not very smart.”

Besides Crockett’s appeal to her Dallas-area constituents, the Congresswoman is a rising star on the left who has been tapped to help rally national Democratic opposition to Trump 2.0.

Crockett’s appeared with former Vice President Kamala Harris in six states, including swing states. Many of her congressional colleagues report she’s a hit with their voters too.

“She's been incredible in motivating the base in my district,” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) — a member of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s progressive “Squad” — told Raw Story while waiting for a Capitol elevator. “My base love her. The Democratic base in Michigan love her.”

Still, Crockett has rubbed many in her party’s old guard the wrong way.

For example, she’s one of roughly 100 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, but one of the group’s two former chais, Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), doesn’t have anything nice to say about her.

“What has Jasmine Crockett meant to the party?” Raw Story asked.

“I don't have much of a comment around that area,” said Pocan. “I don't usually deal in these areas.”

Pocan endorsed four Wisconsin candidates last month and backed Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris in their presidential runs.

Like it or hate it, there’s a changing of the guard afoot in today’s Democratic Party, and to enlivened young voters, Crockett’s become a face of this new, restive and more progressive generation.

‘Extremely effective’

Crockett has become known for melting the internet, by going toe to toe with the likes of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and even President Trump.

But she’s a lawyer by trade.

Her colleagues see her serious side, but when the party’s locked out of all power across Washington, there’s little else Crockett can do but attack, attack, attack.

“Has she been a serious lawmaker up here?” Raw Story asked. “Like, she's always going viral, but that's all people really know.”

“In the minority, it's hard to get much passed at all,” said Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-MD). “Certainly, from the oversight perspective, she's been extremely effective.”

While Crockett’s ruffled feathers across the proverbial aisle, she’s growing on some veteran members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

“Clearly, she has a good voice that gets a lot of attention,” Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) told Raw Story. “They have some performative members, and so we need to be able to meet them.”

Dem star Jasmine Crockett sounds alarm on Trump move: 'Something seriously wrong with him'

A popular rising star in the Democratic party on Saturday sounded the alarm about Donald Trump, saying "something is seriously wrong with him" after a recent move.

Rising Dem star Jasmine Crockett, a candidate for senate in Texas, issued a panicked plea after the president ordered foreign military strikes. The New York Times reports, "The United States launched a number of strikes against the Islamic State in northwestern Nigeria, President Trump announced on Thursday, the latest American military campaign against a nonstate adversary."

For Crockett, there are too many questions, and not enough evidence being provided from the administration.

"Trump says fishermen are drug lords who should be killed… (no evidence)," she wrote. "Trump says the unaffordability is a democratic hoax. (Only evidence to the contrary). Now Trump is saying that Isis is in Nigeria & decides to launch an attack… do you believe he has evidence for this?"

She then added, "NONE OF THIS SHOULD BE NORMALIZED… nor the Epstein Coverup!"

Crocket concluded, "Something is seriously wrong with him but more disturbingly, something is wrong with those that sit idly by and enable this!"

These signs show a new force is coming to clean out the White House

The media is freaking out over a new Rasmussen poll that found:

“A majority of voters under 40 want a democratic socialist to win the White House in the next presidential election.

“… 51 percent of Likely U.S. Voters ages 18 to 39 would like to see a democratic socialist candidate win the 2028 presidential election. Thirty-six percent (36 percent) don’t want a democratic socialist to win in 2028, while 17 percent are not sure…

“Among the youngest cohort (ages 18-24) of voters, 57 percent want a democratic socialist to win the next presidential election…

“Among those who voted for Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election, 78 percent would like to see a democratic socialist candidate win the 2028 presidential election…” (emphasis added).

I was on Ali Velshi’s MSNOW show discussing this, along with Michael Green who recently wrote a thought-provoking article about how the official poverty line in America is completely out-of-date and out of touch with the needs of most Americans. I shared a few statistics from my recent book The Hidden History of the American Dream: the Demise of the Middle Class and How to Rescue Our Future:

When, in 1957, my dad bought the house I grew up in, the average cost of a single-family home in America was about 2.2 times the average annual wage. Today it’s more than ten times the average wage.
When my Boomer generation was the same age as today’s Millennials, we owned a bit over 22 percent of the nation’s wealth; Millennials today control only about 4 percent of the country’s wealth (and it’s the same for Zoomers).
From the 1930s right up until the Reagan Revolution, it was possible for seniors to live comfortably on Social Security alone; Reagan undid that with his “reforms” so today that’s nearly impossible.
When I ran my first seriously successful business in the early 1970s, it cost me around $35/month for comprehensive health insurance for each of my 18 employees; at that time hospitals and health insurance companies were required by Michigan law (where I lived; most other states were identical) to be run as non-profits. Today, health insurance can be as much as one-fifth of a company’s payroll expense.
When Reagan came into office in 1981, a single wage earner could support a family with a middle-class lifestyle, and fully 65 percent of us were in the middle class (up from around 20 percent in the 1930s). Today, after 44 years of Reaganomics, it takes two full-time people to achieve the same status, which triggers huge childcare expenses, which is part of why only 43 percent of us are middle class .

FDR’s great — and successful — Democratic Socialist experiment following the Republican Great Depression was to drive the economy from the bottom up, reversing the “Horse and Sparrow” trickle-down economics and deregulation of the Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover administrations that provoked the Great Crash.

He did that by:

Expanding the notion of the commons — the stuff we all collectively own and is administered or funded and regulated by government — to include free public education nationwide (and cheap college), old-age retirement (Social Security), and public power and transportation systems (Tennessee Valley Authority, federal support for local transit, roads and highways).
Legalizing unions, an effort that was so successful that when Reagan came into office fully a third of us had good union jobs and, because they set the local wage floors, two-thirds of Americans had the equivalent of a union wage and benefit package.
Establishing a minimum wage on which a single worker could raise a family of three and still stay above the federal poverty level (today’s federal minimum wage is $7.25: adjusted with the Consumer Price Index, that $1.60 minimum wage in 1968 is equivalent to about $14.90 an hour in 2025 dollars).

In the years since, we’ve continued to expand the commons by establishing national single-payer healthcare systems for low-income people (Medicaid) and retired people (Medicare), both of which came out of LBJ’s Democratic Socialist program that he called The Great Society.

Meanwhile, Republicans and a few neoliberal Democrats have pushed back against these Democratic Socialist programs that made the American middle class the first in the history of the world to exceed more than half the population.

Reagan’s war on unions has cut our union membership down to well under 10 percent in the private sector.
His gutting federal funding for education has exploded college costs to the point where three generations are saddled with over $2 trillion in debt that can’t be discharged by bankruptcy.
Reagan’s tax cuts for the rich (from 74 percent down to 27 percent) and corporations tripled the national debt (from $800 billion to $2.4 trillion) just in his eight years; since then the four GW Bush and Trump tax cuts have, when combined with Reagan’s, produced a $38 trillion national debt so big that we now spend more on servicing their debt than we do on our defense budget or would on administering a national healthcare system.

Back in the 1940s, after the incredible success of the New Deal, President Roosevelt wanted to further expand the commons by expanding the scope of his Democratic Socialist programs. Just before he died, he proposed a “Second Bill of Rights” that included:

“The right to a useful and remunerative job in the nation’s industries, shops, farms, or mines. (Unionization and an above-poverty-level minimum wage.)
“The right to earn enough to provide adequate food, clothing, and recreation. (Ditto and government as the employer of last resort.)
“The right of every farmer to raise and sell products at a return that gives his family a decent living. (Don’t manipulate farm prices with stupid tariff wars, etc., and make the government the purchaser of last resort.)
“The right of every businessperson, large and small, to trade free from unfair competition and domination by monopolies. (Break up the giant corporations and encourage average people to start small businesses, including with loan supports.)
“The right of every family to a decent home. (Today this would mean no more corporations, hedge funds, and foreign billionaires owning single-family homes to squeeze us dry by jacking up rents.)
“The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to enjoy good health. (FDR favored a single-payer healthcare system like Medicare for All.)
“The right to protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment (i.e., robust Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment insurance).
“The right to a good education.” (Free or inexpensive college, quality public schools in every community.)

Much to the chagrin of my Republican-activist father, my grandfather (a 1917 Norwegian immigrant) frequently and proudly described himself as a socialist. When I asked him what he meant, he always pointed me to FDR, the New Deal, and his proposed Second Bill of Rights.

And here we are again.

My grandfather’s generation saw up-close and firsthand the tax-cutting and deregulation binge of the Roaring 20s (which were only “roaring” for the morbidly rich), and then had the lived experience of watching FDR put the country back together and create the world’s first widespread middle class.

Millennials and Zoomers today are seeing the same thing, between the Bush Housing Crash of 2008, the botched Covid Crash of 2020, and the GOP’s relentless program to drive the wealth of the nation into the money bins of the billionaires who own that party.

They see the example of most European countries, where the commons includes college (many will actually pay you a stipend to attend), healthcare, and daycare/preschool, and union density is often well above 80%. Housing is subsidized or heavily regulated, leading several to have essentially ended homelessness. Giant corporate monopolies are prohibited and local small businesses are encouraged.

Europeans call these programs Democratic Socialism or social democracy, and young Americans clearly are enthusiastic about bringing the “European Dream” to this country.

My sense is that — much like in the 1930s — a significant majority of Americans are sick of the neoliberal “let the rich run things because they know best” bullshit that Republicans, “Tech Bros,” and a shrinking minority of on-the-take Democratic politicians embrace.

Meanwhile, nobody’s sure why the Democratic National Committee (DNC) is refusing to release the autopsy they did of the 2024 election, producing speculation it may have uncovered examples of Russian and Republican manipulation of both voters and the vote, but I’m guessing the real reason is that the neoliberals who largely run the DNC saw feedback that reflected the Rasmussen poll I opened this article with.

The exploding popularity of progressive politicians from Zohran Mamdani to Bernie Sanders, Jasmine Crockett, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez aren’t an anomaly; they’re a signpost to both electoral and governing success for the next generation of genuinely progressive Democratic politicians.

'Can't take the heat': Ex-Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed after resignation

A Democrat has hit out at Marjorie Taylor Green after the ex-Trump ally resigned from her position in Congress.

Jasmine Crockett, the Democrat representative for Dallas, Texas, said that Greene "can't take the heat" of being on an opposing side to Donald Trump. Speaking to CNN, Crockett said, "Honestly, I was like, you've got to be kidding me. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat.

"Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes, to not only be on the opposite side of him, but to have people like her who are constantly fanning the flames." The pair had clashed frequently in Congress though the resignation from Greene comes after she voiced her support for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Despite being at odds with the president on the Epstein files issue and defecting from her position as one of his most dedicated allies, Trump paid tribute to her work in a post to Truth Social.

He wrote, "Marjorie 'Traitor' Brown, because of PLUMMETING Poll Numbers, and not wanting to face a Primary Challenger with a strong Trump Endorsement (where she would have no chance of winning!), has decided to call it 'quits.'"

"For some reason, primarily that I refused to return her never ending barrage of phone calls, Marjorie went BAD. Nevertheless, I will always appreciate Marjorie, and thank her for her service to our Country! President DJT."

His post comes just a short while after previously describing Greene as a "traitor". A four-page statement from Greene confirmed her resignation while also taking aim at Washington DC. She wrote, "I've always represented the common American man and woman as a member of the House of Representatives which is why I've always been despised in Washington DC and never fit in."

"Americans are used by the Political Industrial Complex of both Political Parties, election cycle after election cycle, in order to elect whichever side can convince Americans to hate the other side more."

"No matter which way the political pendulum swings, Republican or Democrat, nothing ever gets better for the common American man or woman."

Ted Cruz blasts rising Dem star as 'crazy' as she eyes Senate seat after GOP redistricting

WASHINGTON — A longtime Texas Republican senator Thursday called a rising Democratic star and a prominent critic of President Donald Trump eyeing a Senate seat "crazy."

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was asked about Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), who said this week she is "strongly" considering a run for Senate and has drawn attention in initial polls to potentially challenge Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), whose term ends in January 2027.

"Well, the polling I've seen shows her leading the Democrat primary," Cruz said. "I think sadly, today's Democrat(ic) Party, has no shortage on crazy."

If she joins the race, Crockett is likely to face off against several Democrats, including former U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, who lost in 2024 to Cruz and has built a following across the state, Politico reports.

Another opponent would be state Rep. James Talarico, who announced he would join the race in September, and astronaut Terry Virts, according to Newsweek.

The potential move follows Texas Republicans' redistricting of her House seat to make it more competitive for Republican candidates — something she referred to as karmic — in an interview Wednesday on SiriusXM’s The Lurie Daniel Favors Show.

"If you want to take my seat of 766,000 away, I feel like there has to be some karma in that to where I take your seat that is for 30 million away. So we are, you know, the primary is the primary. That's cool, but you got to win the general. So we are doing some testing here shortly to see if I can expand the electorate," Crockett said.

"The question will be whether or not we believe that we've got enough juice to expand the electorate and looking at those cross tabs and looking at which demographics are more inclined to come out, who normally do not vote. If we can expand the electorate, then I will strongly be considering hopping in the Senate race,” Crockett said.

Rep. Al Green (D-TX) told Raw Story that if she runs, Crockett could mobilize voters.

"I think she can," Green said. "I think the state is changing. I think we're having young people register to vote. She appeals to young people. I think she can bring out those young people and I do think that people are concerned about the future of our state.

“When we have the Guadalupe River taking these many lives and the state did not take actions … then you've got the president who has cut FEMA. These things are things of concerns. So I think there's some issues that she can raise that would appeal to the very young as well as the very conservative."

Crockett's potential campaign could help target a particular group, he explained.

"She will bring out new voters. I'm talking about new voters who are young and voting for the first time, but new voters who have been out of the system for some time but are eligible to vote," Green added.

Sen. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) described Crockett as "tireless" in her work supporting Democrats and her constituents in an interview with Raw Story.

"She's provided a real spark and a charismatic voice to get our message across for Democrats," Castro said.

'Not honoring that': Rep. Crockett blasts GOP praise of man who 'targeted people of color'

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said she opposed a Republican House resolution honoring Charlie Kirk because he "targeted people of color."

During a Sunday interview on CNN, host Dana Bash asked Crockett why she was one of 58 House Democrats who voted against the resolution.

"For the most part, the only people that voted no were people of color," the Democratic lawmaker explained. "Because the rhetoric that Charlie Kirk continuously put out there was rhetoric that specifically targeted people of color."

"And so it is unfortunate that even our colleagues could not see anything how harmful his rhetoric was specifically to us," she noted.

Crockett recalled that Kirk had recently spoken negatively about her on his podcast.

"So if there was any way that I was gonna honor somebody who decided that they were just gonna negatively talk about me and proclaim that I was somehow involved in the great white replacement," she observed. "Yeah, I'm not honoring that kind of stuff, especially as a civil rights attorney and understanding how I got to Congress knowing that there were people that died, people that were willing to die that work to make sure that voices like mine could exist in this place."

"So to me, just like we wanted to make sure that those Confederate relics were taken down, the idea of a new age relic being propped up was something that I just could not subscribe to," she added. "And it is unfortunate that more of my colleagues, even on my side of the aisle, could not see the amount of harm that this man was attempting to inflict upon our communities."

'I see slave patrols': Jasmine Crockett warns Supreme Court just set dangerous precedent

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said she was reminded of the history of "slave patrols" after conservatives on the U.S. Supreme Court gave Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents the ability to target people based on their ethnicity.

During a Sunday interview on MSNBC, Crockett criticized President Donald Trump's crime-fighting strategy.

"So listen, if we want to figure out how we are going to be safer, we probably need people that have actual intelligence and actually will pay attention to data and facts," she explained. "But what they're doing right now, it almost feels like, you know, I've seen the memes about the purge and all these things."

"But as somebody who understands history, when I see ICE, I see slave patrols," she continued. "But if you know the history of policing in this country, then you understand that they were born out of slave patrols."

"And now with the Supreme Court saying this, it's almost like you can just go grab them up. And that is a problem. We all should have a problem with that."

Crockett pointed out that an effort to remove Black history from schools added to the problem.

"When you don't want to teach American history that includes Black history, then you lose out on the benefit of understanding that we have been down this road before," she remarked. "And it was not good. And we fixed it once. And it is a shame that we are relitigating this. And we are going to have to fix it again."

Jasmine Crockett fires back at Marjorie Taylor Greene for 'challenging my blackness'

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) responded after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) suggested that the Texas Democrat did not understand the "black American struggle" because she went to college.

In an interview with right-wing podcaster Megyn Kelly this week, Greene lashed out at Crockett.

"So she claims to be, you know, from her people," Greene remarked. "She puts on this image that she understands the black American struggle. But let's face it, the girl went to private school. She went on to, you know, I don't know what college and law school."

"She's a complete fake. She's as fake as her eyelashes. She's as fake as her hair. She's as fake as her fingernails. And she is such a massive fraud," the Republican lawmaker added.

Crockett responded in a Wednesday post on X.

"It is funny that MAGA cultist want to challenge my blackness because of my education," Crockett wrote. "Y'all are a joke. Walk a day in my shoes where your white supremacist friends send me hateful emails, death threats, DMs, & posts, and then you can tell me if I'm truly living the black experience in this country, UNTIL then mind your business."

"ALSO 'being black' has nothing to do with education… (BUT for the record, if it did, just know that the MOST educated demographic in THIS country is BLACK WOMEN 🎤 so stop pretending like we are inferior in ANY WAY!)" she insisted.