For our September 2024 issue, Whoopi Goldberg introduces us to Jasmine Crockett, the Texas Democrat bringing down the house.
“Bleach blonde, bad built, butch body.” Truer words have never been spoken. As a refresher: In May, during a tense House Oversight Committee meeting, Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene unleashed an unwarranted personal attack on the physical appearance of her colleague, freshman Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. In a clapback that was tweeted around the world, Crockett stood up for herself, refusing to let Greene’s vile brand of maliciousness go unchecked.
GOLDBERG: And people seem to be gleeful about that idea. I always think if you’re concerned about what your kid is doing in school, you should go talk to the teacher, talk to the librarian. If my mother didn’t want me to read something, she would go to the library and say, “Don’t give my kid this book.
CROCKETT: I think the message has permeated, for sure. Actually, she skipped the first hearing that we had after that, and we’ve not had another hearing together. I only saw her for the first time on the floor, one day last week, and she literally walked right next to me. Baby, she ain’t even want to look at me, and she should probably keep it that way.
CROCKETT: I don’t think people ever really ask that question. They just listen to whatever radical rhetoric surrounds it. Affirmative action has never been about giving someone a leg up. It’s about making sure that you take a look at me. It’s about opening your eyes to the possibility of me. When people talked about the good old boys club, it was always about white men.
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