Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, shared what she thought could be the reason behind President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on her, implying that it could be as a result of a Black woman hurting him “in his past.”
Per Fox News, Crockett, 44, fired back at Trump, 79, on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins on Monday after he said that she and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., had a “low IQ” earlier in the day.
“They have Jasmine Crockett, a low-IQ person,” Trump said while on Air Force One. “They have uh… AOC’s low IQ. You give her an IQ test… have her pass, like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed.”
Besides saying that Trump “doesn’t even know what a low IQ is,” Crockett also claimed that he has an obsession with women of color.
“Listen, he’s never been known to be an Einstein,” Crockett continued. “This is not a guy who got in on merit, when it came to going to college. This is someone who, but for him, being born with a silver spoon, probably wouldn’t have gotten into anybody’s institution – unlike me. So, I am not worried about that.”
She added: “And I wish people would look at the fact that you have a president of the United States who consistently is obsessing over two women of color that are members of the House. You are the president. You have a lot more power than we do. But obviously, you consistently feel threatened. And that is why we have seen, the attacks on Black women in general from this administration. I don’t know what Black woman hurt him in his past, honey, but it is really taking him through it.”
Crockett also said she would have preferred that Trump shift his focus from her to his job and leave her constituents to ponder if she has an “adequate IQ,” Fox News reported.
On multiple occasions in his second term, Trump has claimed that Crockett has a “low IQ.” Crockett similarly fires back at him anytime he insults her.
“For you to be in charge of the WHOLE country, you sure do have my name in your mouth a lot,” Crockett wrote in a post on X in May. “Every time you say my name, you’re reminding the world that you’re terrified of smart, bold Black women telling the truth and holding you accountable. So keep talking…”
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