According to footage from the Daily Call News Foundation, Texas Democrat Jasmine Crockett was hiding behind a police officer when he was faced with questions.
“Do you regret previous comments about Gov. Greg Abbott?” Daily Caller News Foundation reporter Myles Morell asks the 43-year-old Crockett in the video. The police then step between the lawmaker and the camera as they enter the elevator without acknowledging the question.
It looks like @Repjasmine I’m currently running around with additional security@dailycaller pic.twitter.com/dr5qhn658v
– Miles Morell (@mylesmorell) March 26, 2025
This comes after Crockett called Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott the “Governor Hot Wheels” in his speech on Monday at a Human Rights Campaign in Los Angeles. (GOP officials say they will introduce a solution that denies Jasmine Rockett in the “hot wheel” comment.
“I know we got Hot Wheels Governor there. Come now. And the hot thing about him is that he’s a hot ass mess,” she said in a speech to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group.
watch: Rep. Jasmine Crockett calls Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “Governor Hot Wheels.”
Abbott is paralyzed beneath his waist and has been using a wheelchair for over 40 years. pic.twitter.com/jczosyf8om
– Daily Caller (@dailycaller) March 25, 2025
That’s what Abbott is, at 67. I was paralyzed According to his website, he was 26 years old and had fallen from his hips when the tree fell on his back while he was running. Republican Texas Rep. Randy Weber announced Tuesday that he intends to introduce a resolution denounced her for her comments about the governor.
Crockett has previously supported the “refund police” movement. speech It was posted on Facebook in May 2021 when Crockett served in the Texas House of Representatives.
“‘Refund the police.’ Because someone who has never sat with a single activist has chosen to define in one way or another the movements that have emerged from police brutality,” she said in her speech.
Crockett seemed to criticize him. Texas House Building 1900the aim was to financially punish the metropolitan city if it cut police budgets. bill In response to George Floyd’s death, he called for the subsequent riots and police to be refunded.
WASHINGTON, DC – June 11: Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) questions witnesses during a Roundtable discussion of the Supreme Court ethics conducted by Democrats on House Oversight and Accountability Committee at the Rayburn House building held in Washington, DC on June 11, 2024. (Photo: Accountability for Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Court)
“The refund movement aims to actually bring healing and ultimately invest in the community to make them safer, address the underlying causes of crime, and allow experts to do their job.
In the video caption, Crockett wrote that the movement is a response to “fraud and inaction.” She argued that diverting police funds to other public services would reduce crime and face officers.
May 2020 YouGov Opinion survey He said only 16% of Americans support police refunds. 65% said they were against the proposal, but 19 Precent said they were not sure.
Jasmine Crockett’s office did not respond to requests for comment from Daily Colener.