Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) claimed that black voters, even if their values leaned in a conservative direction, could not bring themselves to associate with Republicans because they “can’t hang out with the KKK.”
Crockett, whose congressional seat may be in jeopardy if Republicans in her state succeed in passing their newly-redrawn district map, claimed that black voters might agree with Republicans on issues but would vote against them because they believe the party writ large is “racist.”
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“Most black people are not Republicans simply because we just is like, ‘Y’all racist. I can’t hang out with the KKK and them.'”
“Most black people have very conservative values — but the reality is that, like, we just can’t side with, like, the… pic.twitter.com/RofjGp28Jk
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“I talk to black folk all the time, as somebody who’s the child of a preacher,” she said. “Listen, most black people are not Republicans simply because we just is like, ‘Y’all racist. I can’t hang out with the KKK and them.'”
“That’s really what it is,” she continued. “But when we think about who we are as black people, and we think about where we come from — most black people have very conservative values, right? But the reality is that, like, we just can’t side with, like, the neo-Nazis and them!”
“We like, ‘We not dealing with y’all like that,’ right?” she concluded.
It’s not the first time that Crockett has attempted to tie Republicans to the white supremacy of the Ku Klux Klan, despite the group being founded by southern Democrats in 1865 to resist Republicans. In early May, she claimed that Republicans were predisposed to violence.
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NEW: Rep. Jasmine Crockett says Republicans are “inherently” violent because the KKK aligns with the Republican Party.
Dumbest woman in Congress.
“Bebe, bebe, y’all got the white supremacist galore, okay? Like, all of them, you got the proud boys, you got, you got the neo… pic.twitter.com/UNDbAuco8D
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“So like inherently in, like, who you are, y’all are violent like, y’all. And, and most of your violence has to do with people that’s got a little bit of melanin,” she claimed.