‘What An Idiot’: MAGA Critics Fall Apart After Rep. Jasmine Crockett Lashes Out At White GOP Member for ‘Misusing’ Oppression to Argue Against DEI Initiatives

Rep. Jasmine Crockett pulled no punches when speaking about oppression in a U.S. House session on Wednesday. Crockett delivered the fiery remarks during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee markup session about the “Dismantle DEI Act,” in response to fellow Congress member Rep. Clay Higgins, who advocated that the bill is a “strong response to the oppression of our rights, liberties, and freedoms.” The Texas congresswoman contested the Louisiana Republican’s use of the word “oppression,” and explained what the word really means. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing titled “Overdue Oversight of t “You consistently said over and over the word ‘oppression,’ and every time that you said it, it was almost as if I was hearing nails on a chalkboard because it seems like you don’t understand the definition of ‘oppression,’” Crockett began. Adding, “And I’d ask you to just refer to Google to help you out. Oppression is the prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control. And so, as I sit here as a Black woman who practiced civil rights, let me tell you the reason that my colleagues wanted to make sure you understood the same Black history that...