The Democrats don’t know when to stop. They’re constantly finding ways to embarrass themselves through their rhetoric.
And this Leftist congresswoman just went on a racist tired that left Republicans seething.
During a contentious House Oversight Committee hearing on the “Dismantle DEI Act” Wednesday, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, passionately criticized her Republican colleagues’ understanding of oppression, calling out what she viewed as a mischaracterization of the term by some members of the committee.
The hearing centered on a bill aimed at curtailing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, which Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., heralded as a “strong response to the oppression of our rights, liberties, and freedoms.”
Crockett found Higgins’ use of the term “oppression” deeply problematic and didn’t hesitate to voice her objections. However, her objections came in the form of a rant against white people.
“You consistently said over and over the word ‘oppression,’ and every time that you said it, it was almost as if I was hearing nails on a chalkboard,” Crockett said, addressing Higgins. “Because it seems like you don’t understand the definition of ‘oppression.’ And I’d ask you to just refer to Google to help you out. Oppression is the prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control. That is the definition of oppression.”
Crockett, a civil rights attorney by trade, criticized Republicans for allegedly downplaying the severity of historical injustices, particularly those faced by Black Americans.
“As I sit here as a Black woman who practiced civil rights, let me tell you the reason that my colleagues wanted to make sure you understood the same Black history that your side of the aisle wants to delete out of classrooms is because you can then misuse words like ‘oppression,’” Crockett stated.
She went on to highlight the historical differences in the treatment of white men and Black Americans, illustrating her point by recounting the violent legacy of slavery.
“There has been no oppression for the white man in this country,” Crockett asserted. “You tell me which white men were dragged out of their homes. You tell me which one of them got dragged all the way across an ocean and told that ‘You are going to go to work. We are going to steal your wives. We are going to r*pe your wives.’ That didn’t happen. That is oppression,” Crockett explained. But she failed to realize that Higgins was never trying to compare the oppression he was referencing to the oppression Black individuals suffered during slavery. Yet she continued in her rant.
Drawing a distinction between enslaved Black Americans and modern-day migrants, Crockett rejected any comparison between the two. “We didn’t ask to be here. We’re not the same migrants that y’all constantly come up against. We didn’t run away from home. We were stolen,” she said. Crockett expressed frustration with white Republican men claiming oppression while holding the majority of political power in the country.
“We are going to sit here and be offended when you want to sit here and act like… and don’t let it escape you that it is white men on this side of the aisle telling us, people of color on this side of the aisle, that y’all are the ones being oppressed,” she said. “You tell me the prolonged, cruel or unjust treatment that you’ve had and we can have a conversation.”
Crockett also noted the disproportionate representation of white men in elected office. Although white men make up just 30% of the U.S. population, they hold over 60% of elected positions, she said, contrasting that dominance with her own milestone as the 55th Black woman elected to Congress.
“I can’t even tell you how many white men have served in this chamber,” she said. “But I can tell you that I am only the 55th Black woman to be elected to Congress. And so when you want to talk about history and pretend as if it was so long ago, it wasn’t.”
Crockett concluded by defending the value of diversity in the workplace and society, calling it a proven driver of success.
“Companies with more diverse workforces are more likely to outperform their competitors,” she said. “Diversity works, and until you can show me data that says otherwise, I think that we need to go back to being a country that listens to experts and gets out of our feelings and recognizes again that racism is real in this country.”
She concluded her rant about racism in this country by stating, “Until we stop pretending that it’s not [real], we will not solve the problems that we are consistently facing,” she said. “And that will bring real unity that we seek when we’re looking for a more perfect union.”
You can watch her insane rant below:
Rep. Jasmine Crockett is currently having an unhinged meltdown against White people pic.twitter.com/SLzAfHpRER
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