The Dallas freshman congresswoman took to the national convention stage to ridicule former President Donald Trump and extol Vice President Kamala Harris.
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Dallas, speaks at the first general session at the Texas Democratic Convention in El Paso on June 7, 2024., D-Dallas, blasted former President Donald Trump as a “career criminal” while speaking at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, contrasting his record with Vice President Kamala Harris’ career as a prosecutor and former California attorney general.
Crockett’s acumen as a party messenger showed early signs as a state representative, when she was an architect of ato stall the passage of Republican-led voting legislation. Before elected office, Crockett was a public defense attorney practicing civil rights law. “When I first got to Congress, I wasn't sure I made the right decision,” Crockett said. “That chaos caucus couldn’t elect a speaker and the Oversight Committee was unhinged.”
Other Texans who were on the agenda Monday included Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and Democratic abortion rights activist Amanda Zurawski. The first Texan to take the main stage of the national convention was country singer Mickey Guyton, a native of Arlington, who performed “ Zurawski sued Texas over its restrictive abortion laws after doctors refused to end her compromised pregnancy, jeopardizing her life. The Texas Supreme Court ruled against her, galvanizing her to advocate abortion access. She has been a surrogate for the Biden and Harris campaign, traveling with the campaign around the country.“Every time I share our story, my heart breaks,” Amanda Zurawski said. “For the baby girl we wanted desperately.
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