Rep. Jasmine Crockett: Republicans Want To Inflict Harm On Anyone That Doesn’t Speak “The Chosen Language”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) told Politico’s Dasha Burns that President Donald Trump deceived Americans into believing that the hardships they face and the things they lack are the fault of other people.
DASHA BURNS, POLITICO: I’m curious what you think the Democratic Party’s brand is right now, how voters see it, and what you say to people who think that the Dems are not fighting hard enough. REP. JASMINE CROCKETT (D-TX): We are not perceived as fighters, and we are perceived as weak. And this isn’t me. This is someone who traveled the country on behalf of not only Joe Biden, but Kamala Harris, and had real conversations. Don’t just put me in donor rooms trying to get money. Put me out in the streets. Let me talk to the people. It’s tough to have that perception. And I think it is because we’ve been the party of empathy. I mean, we care. We are fighting now, really, really hard about health care because we care. And so there are those that look at that as weak. They are looking for the people that will give you this rhetoric around how, you know, immigrants are evil and we’ve got to crush them, right? Like they’re looking for that type of stuff, but you know, it’s only because they’re supposed to be criminals. And now people understand the reality is that, no, you just have some people that have decided that they wanted to inflict harm on anyone that did not speak the chosen language or who had maybe a little too much melanin or whatever the case may be. And even as you brought up Marjorie, she even has diverged on this point as well and talked about this is not the way to do immigration [enforcement]. Now she’s complaining about her construction business and her friends that have construction businesses. But these are very real realities. They have continued to disparage people that have contributed to this country. And so I think the reality is starting to set in that maybe all that macho stuff isn’t necessarily what we want. What we need is people that are going to be strong and fight for the most vulnerable amongst us. And I think that that is the brand that I have set out for myself, is that I want to fight for the American dream. I believe that it shouldn’t matter what zip code you were born into, you should have an opportunity to ascend. And I think that the con man in charge conned people into believing that all the ills that you’re experiencing, whether it is crime in your community or whether it’s the jobs that you don’t have, it is because of these other people.
