Jasmine Crockett Threatens Unconstitutional Action Against Supreme Court
An elected representative — who has endorsed the use of deadly weapons in racially motivated attacks and who has insinuated that, since we no longer have blacks like herself as slaves to pick cotton, we need illegal immigrants to be those slaves — has an important ethical concern. Although, you will be surprised to discover, it is not about herself.
No, there was not a Damascene road somewhere between Washington, D.C., and Phoenix, Arizona, on which the scales fell from Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s eyes — and she’d probably be awfully peeved to be associated with a miracle from a member of the Christian patriarchy, the Apostle Paul being pretty problematic in woke circles. Instead, she had deep ethical concerns about the Supreme Court and promised to do something about it.
Not that she can, or that her party can, or that this is even close to constitutional, but why let facts get one’s way? Crockett wouldn’t have a career were that the case.
In footage that went viral on Monday from a Sunday event in Phoenix hosted by progressive group MoveOn (they’re still around?), Crockett decided to get everyone’s attention through her usual vulgarity schtick and then basically straight up admit that she has no idea about this whole Constitution thingy.
“The Supreme Court has paved the way for half the stuff that we see that’s going on,” Crockett said in the viral clip.
“Listen: Donald Trump is a piece of s***. OK, we know that,” she said to predictable applause. “Yes, yes. He is. He is. He is. But in a functioning democracy he still would not be able to get away with this.
“But he’s been able to get away with this because the House Republicans are complicit. He’s been able to get away with this because Senate Republicans are complicit,” she continued. “But most importantly, the courts, especially the [U.S.] Supreme Court, is complicit. …