Jasmine Crockett Destroys GOP Rep. Who Made Derogatory Kamala Harris Remark

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) didnt hold back on Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) after he suggested Vice President Kamala Harris was a diversity, equity and inclusion hire.

The Republican lawmaker called Harris a DEI vice president on Fox Business while criticizing her as a possible replacement candidate for President Joe Biden .

If you just listen to what they say, it will tell you everything that you need to know, Crockett said of the comment on MSNBC s ReidOut on Monday. Number one, you can obviously see that hes ignorant as all get-out. Number two, you can see that he wishes he had half the competency of Vice President Kamala Harris.

She continued, Dont talk to me about what a DEI hire looks like, because we know that you have never, ever engaged in diversity, equity or inclusion when it came to your office. So we know that you dont know anything about hiring diversity.

She slammed the GOP governors of Texas and Florida for their efforts to dismantle DEI measures in their respective states, calling on Republicans to come up with actual policies, instead of going after people because of how they look or how they were born.

Instead, they need to focus on taking care of the American people, which means that youre going to take care of people other than just white folk, she added.

Jasmine Crockett responds to Chip Roy referring to Kamala Harris as a DEI Vice President: Number one, you can see hes ignorant.. Number two, you can see that he wishes he had half the competency of Vice President Kamala Harris pic.twitter.com/2ucwCqGgRa

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Jasmine Crockett responds to Chip Roy referring to Kamala Harris as a DEI Vice President: Number one, you can see hes ignorant.. Number two, you can see that he wishes he had half the competency of Vice President Kamala Harris pic.twitter.com/2ucwCqGgRa
Acyn (@Acyn) July 8, 2024

Roy has a history of spouting inflammatory rhetoric. In 2021, he invoked a quote that glorified lynching during a hearing intended to address a surge in anti-Asian violence. His office has called efforts to teach schoolchildren about systemic racism woke, racist indoctrination. Earlier this year, he complained that Democrats are trying to remake America and end Western civilization with their immigration policies.

In response to backlash over his Harris comment, Roy doubled down on The Dana Show Tuesday, arguing that DEI is destroying our country and that nobody looks at Kamala Harris and says, Oh man, thats the best we can do.

Since tanking at the June 27 presidential debate, Biden has been fielding a whirlwind of questions over his health and his ability to win against Donald Trump in Novembers election.

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Should he acquiesce to the growing chorus of calls that he stand aside, Harris is considered the most likely option to take over as the Democratic nominee.