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.
“I don’t believe that the people that voted for Trump believe in what they’re actually getting,” she said. “Trump said he was going to kick out the bad guys. That’s what I was referring to.”
Trump’s immigration platform included deporting violent criminal offenders who were in the country illegally, but it also emphasized broader “mass deportation” policies targeting undocumented immigrants—an issue that drew strong reactions across the political spectrum.
Crockett said her perspective came from time spent campaigning in South Texas while supporting former Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke.
According to Crockett, some voters she spoke with believed strict immigration enforcement would mainly target criminals rather than broader immigrant communities.
Meanwhile, Crockett is also facing criticism over a financial issue involving a property she owns in Dallas.
County records reviewed by Fox News show that a lien of more than $3,000 was placed on her condominium by the Westside Condominium Association in April 2024 due to unpaid assessments. The filing indicates the balance totals $3,047.79.
The lien gives the homeowners association a legal claim on the property until the outstanding amount is paid. As of this week, officials at the Dallas County Clerk’s office confirmed there is no record showing the lien has been released.
Political observers say the developments could become a factor as Crockett moves forward with her Senate campaign in Texas, where the race against Cornyn is expected to draw significant national attention.
My Sister Hit My 6-Month-Old Baby at Christmas Dinner—Then My Husband Stood Up and Said 2 Words
My Sister Hit My 6-Month-Old Baby at Christmas Dinner—Then My Husband Stood Up and Said 2 Words
The entire table went silent.
My mother looked down.
My father said nothing.
No one moved.
Except my husband.
He rose from his chair slowly, calm and completely in control, looked my sister straight in the eyes, and told her to leave.
She never came back after that night.
Christmas dinner at my parents’ house had always been loud, crowded, and slightly exhausting.
But that year felt different from the moment we arrived.
My husband, Captain James Walker, had only recently returned from a long deployment.
Our daughter, Emma, was six months old.
She wore a tiny red Christmas onesie with little reindeer stitched across the front.
It was her very first Christmas.
For us, that alone made the night special.
Then my sister Lauren showed up.
Late, as usual.
She walked through the door carrying a bottle of wine in one hand and a list of complaints in the other.
She barely looked at Emma.
Dinner was already halfway over when Emma started getting fussy.
Nothing unusual.
She was tired, overwhelmed by the noise, and surrounded by people she barely knew.
I stood beside the table, lifted her into my arms, and gently rocked her against my chest.
Lauren immediately rolled her eyes.
“She’s already spoiled,” she said.
“You pick her up every single time she makes a sound.”
I looked at her.
“She’s six months old, Lauren.”
Lauren pushed back her chair and stood.
“Give her to me.”
Before I could answer, she reached for Emma.
I hesitated.
But Lauren had already put her hands out.
The moment Emma felt herself being pulled away from me, she squirmed.
Then she started crying harder.
Lauren’s face tightened.
And before I fully understood what she was doing—
she slapped my baby.
It wasn’t hard enough to leave a visible mark.
But it was hard enough.
Hard enough to make Emma scream.
Hard enough to make every person at that table freeze.
Hard enough to make something inside me snap.
“What did you just do?”
My voice came out louder than I intended.
Lauren stared at me like I was the one behaving badly.
Then she gave a careless little scoff.
“Oh, relax.”
“It was a tap.”
“You’re overreacting.”
I immediately pulled Emma back against my chest.
She was crying so hard she could barely catch her breath.
My hands started shaking as I held her.
My heart pounded against my ribs.
I looked around the table, waiting for someone—anyone—to say something.
My mother stared down at her plate.
My father cleared his throat but never looked at Lauren.
My uncle shifted uncomfortably in his chair.
No one defended Emma.
No one confronted Lauren.
Nothing.
“That was my child,” I said, fighting to keep my voice steady.
“You just hit my baby.”
Lauren folded her arms.
“Oh my God, you’re so dramatic.”
Then she actually laughed.
“Children need discipline.”
I stared at her in disbelief.
“Discipline?”
“She’s six months old.”
Lauren shrugged.
“Then maybe she should learn early.”
Still, nobody at the table said a word.
The silence hurt almost as much as what Lauren had done.
And then—
a chair scraped sharply across the floor.
Everyone turned.
James stood up.
He didn’t slam his hands on the table.
He didn’t shout.
He didn’t curse.
He simply rose to his full height and looked directly at Lauren.
His posture was straight.
His expression was unreadable.
I had seen that look before.
At military ceremonies.
During difficult phone calls.
In moments when everyone around him understood that the conversation was over before he even raised his voice.
“Get out,” James said.
Lauren blinked.
Then she gave a nervous laugh.
“Excuse me?”
James didn’t move.
“You struck my child.”
His voice remained quiet.
Controlled.
“You will leave this house.”
“Now.”
Lauren looked around the table, clearly expecting someone to jump in and defend her.
Nobody did.
Her smile disappeared.
“You’re seriously kicking me out over that?”
James held her gaze.
“I’m telling you to leave because you put your hands on my six-month-old daughter and then laughed about it.”
Lauren’s face reddened.
“This isn’t even your house.”
James took one slow step forward.
“No.”
“It isn’t.”
Then his eyes briefly moved across the silent faces around the table before returning to hers.
“But that is my daughter.”
“And you will never touch her again.”
Lauren opened her mouth to argue.
James didn’t give her the chance.
“If you don’t leave immediately,” he said calmly, “I will…”
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