Rep. Jasmine Crockett facing censure over 'Hot Wheels' remark against Abbott
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() Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is facing censure over controversial comments she made about Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott at the Human Rights Campaign’s Los Angeles Dinner on Saturday. 

“Y’all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there. Come on now,” Crockett said, drawing laughter and applause from the audience. “And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot a– mess, honey.”

Rep. Randy Weber, R-Texas, introduced a resolution Wednesday to censure Crockett, stating she was “stooping to vile levels of discrimination and despicable political attacks are nothing short of reprehensible,” adding, “She must be held accountable for her venomous rhetoric.”

Crockett asserts that she didn’t mock Abbott’s use of a wheelchair but instead was referring to the governor’s policies of sending migrants to Democratic states.

“I wasn’t thinking about the governor’s condition—I was thinking about the planes, trains, and automobiles he used to transfer migrants into communities led by Black mayors, deliberately stoking tension and fear among the most vulnerable,” Crockett wrote in a post on X. “Literally, the next line I said was that he was a ‘hot a– mess,’ referencing his terrible policies.”

It’s unclear if or when disciplinary action against Crockett will be presented to the House.

Abbott: Democrats have nothing to sell but hate 

Abbott, who uses a wheelchair, was paralyzed more than 40 years ago after a tree fell on him. 

He responded to Crockett’s comments, stating, “It’s another day and another disaster by the Democrats.”

“The reality is, they have no vision, no policy. They have nothing to sell but hate, and Americans are not buying it,” Abbott said on Fox News Hannity.

The measure to censure Crockett comes three weeks after the House voted to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, for his protest during President Donald Trump’s address to Congress earlier this month a disruptive display that prompted his removal from the House chamber.

A House censure is a formal reprimand taken by a vote of the House. It is considered a mark on the record of a lawmaker but does not typically carry consequences beyond having the member stand in the well of the House as the resolution detailing their transgressions is read aloud. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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