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Mar 13, 2026

Crockett Pressed to Defend ‘Slave Mentality’ Comment About Latinos

Rep. Jasmine Crockett Faces Questions Over Past Remarks About Latino Trump Voters

 

Rep. Jasmine Crockett is facing renewed scrutiny after previously controversial remarks about Latino voters resurfaced following her announcement that she intends to challenge incumbent Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn for a U.S. Senate seat.

During a recent segment on CNN, host Jake Tapper confronted Crockett about comments she made in a 2024 interview with Vanity Fair. In that interview, Crockett suggested that some Latino voters who supported Donald Trump demonstrated what she described as a “slave mentality.”

Tapper pressed the congresswoman on the remark, pointing out that roughly one million Latino voters in Texas supported Trump in the 2024 election.

“Do they all have slave mentality?” Tapper asked.

Crockett pushed back on the characterization, saying her comment was being taken out of context.

“No, and that’s not what that said at all,” she replied. “It did not say that every Latino has that type of mentality.”

Tapper clarified that the question was specifically about Latino voters who supported Trump’s immigration policies.

Crockett responded that many voters may not fully support the outcomes of the policies they vote for.

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