Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett rambled about race for over three minutes during a Tuesday podcast, ultimately claiming her opponents would “throw [her] back in chains” if they had the chance.
Crockett, who is campaigning to become the next ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, vowed on “Inside Texas Politics” Sunday to conduct an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump if she becomes chair. On “Outlaws,” host TS Madison said she was “so afraid as a black trans woman” and asked Crockett for her opinion of the current state of the country, prompting a racially charged tirade.
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“I like to say they hate you because they can’t be you. So every little hate that they spew your way, my way, it is because they know that they see how beautiful we are inside and out, and we walk in that greatness every single day,” Crockett said. “And there is nothing that they can do that will diminish us or make us feel less than, even though that’s what they want us to believe we are. So let me just say thank you for living your truth, because that really takes courage.”
“And the sad part is that it should never be courageous to be who you are — that should just be what is the norm, right? And the reason I say it’s courageous is because you know that the attacks are coming. Like you listed it off, right?” she continued. “Like, you started with the blackness that you were born into — like, that that is a situation. Being trans, right? Like, that is a situation. It’s a situation for attack in this country and it’s coming from the people that we have elected to protect us — the people that have been entrusted to protect us.”
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Crockett then said she reflects on the history of racism in the U.S. whenever individuals are outraged at people who aren’t wealthy elderly white men, drawing a comparison to modern times.
“And the idea that, you know, when people get all riled up about anybody, right, that is not old, white, male and rich — anytime they get very riled up, I just think about and I wonder: what did the struggles look like back in the day? When we had not enjoyed things such as the passing of the Civil Rights Act, when we did not enjoy some of the freedoms, where we acknowledged things like Jim Crow was wrong,” she said. “And I think about the fact that when they justified not treating us as a whole person, when they justified us being somebody else’s property, when they justified, you know, separate but equal, and not allowing us to learn together, not allowing us to eat in the same places or drink out of the same facilities — when I think about those things, I think about the fact that they justified it, number one, through the Bible.”
“And then I think about the fact that they also had this justification as if we were different, as if we didn’t all bleed the same and we weren’t the same,” she continued. “And so as the attacks seem new, they really are tired and old, and we’ve been through them before. And I can recognize the hate no matter if we’re talking about in the ’50s or if we’re talking about in 2025.”
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Crockett ended her rant by expressing optimism about overcoming discrimination, while asserting it is still extremely intense to the point where she thinks people want to enslave her.
“And so with me, I know that we’ve persevered past them. We have still been able to accomplish so much despite them,” she said. “And I truly believe that as we walk into this next season — this losing season for the haters — I think that we will again be able to transgress and show that, like, we are great, we are normal. We are actually — if anything — we got superpowers, as far as I’m concerned.”
“So it is easier, in my opinion, to do what’s right every single day that I go in and serve and do right for everyone. Because at the end of the day, I know that there was a time and a place, and if they could, they would throw me back in chains,” she added. “Somehow, those that came before us managed to break loose of the physical chains, even though we still have a bunch of systemic chains that we are still kind of wrangling with.”
Crockett has surged to prominence in part because of her racially-charged rants. If she is elected ranking member on June 24 and Democrats secure a majority in the House after the 2026 midterm elections, she would assume the chair role on the Oversight Committee.
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