‘She Wanted to Fight Me?!’: MAGA Critics Accuse Jasmine Crockett of ‘Ghettoizing Congress’ As She Claps Back at GOP’s Nancy Mace for Threatening to ‘Take It Outside’

Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett took to X to respond to a viral threat made against her during a House committee meeting this week. GOP Rep. Nancy Mace asked Crockett whether she wanted to “take it outside” during The House Oversight Committee meeting Tuesday. But despite her fighting words, critics took to social media to trash the Black congresswoman from Texas for her behavior with racist innuendos. U.S. House Reps. Jasmine Crockett, left, and Nancy Mace, right. (Photos: Getty Images) “Jasmine Crockett has ghettofied Congress,” one X user wrote. “Hooked on Ebonics,” another person proclaimed. pic.twitter.com/SnQQjjMCWH— Jessica Daugherty (@kissit7513) January 15, 2025 The heated exchange came after Crockett called for re-establishing a subcommittee on civil rights and bashed Mace’s rant about transgender people. “I can see that somebody’s campaign coffers really are struggling right now. She gonna keep saying ‘trans, trans, trans, trans’ so that people will feel threatened, and child, listen —” Crockett said. “I am no child, do not call me a child, I am no child,” Mace interjected as committee chair GOP Rep. James Comer attempted to call for order. “If you want to take it outside, we can do that,” Mace said, challenging Crockett. Rep. Maxwell Frost,...