Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D‑TX) slammed President Trump on CNN’s The Source, calling him a “wannabe Hitler” and alleging he “has a problem with people of color.” Crockett argued that Republicans are twisting themselves into loyalty to the president despite these concerns.
Crockett said GOP lawmakers appease Trump rather than confront him, referencing the redistricting battle in Texas which she claims is a form of voter suppression. She also addressed Trump’s recent “low‑IQ” insult directed at her, suggesting the derogatory label is a racially coded attack often aimed at minorities.
Crocket said the following on air:
“They are twisting themselves into a pretzel to appease this wannabe Hitler that we have in the White House. But I think he’s actually creating a bigger problem. I think people now, first of all, understand what gerrymandering looks like and why it’s so problematic. I think people are finally waking up to the fact that Texas is a majority minority state. So when we say that it’s not really a red state, but we just are a voter suppression, voter apathy, and underinvested state. People now are starting to understand that, especially when the only way that he could get these seats was by depressing the voices of black and brown people in this majority minority state.
“He has nothing of substance to contribute when it comes to critiquing me. There’s a lot that I talk about. For instance, we’ve just had an entire conversation about gerrymandering, and redistricting, and why it’s bad. And instead of him being able to elaborate on the fact that I’m unable to make a cogent argument, or something like that, and then back into his argument that I’m low IQ? He just knows how to throw that insult. But it’s a common insult when it comes to people of color. He just threw the same exact insult as Charlamagne tha God. And so, I want people to see him and understand who he is. This is a person that has a problem with people of color, period.”
This latest attack on President Trump comes amid Texas’s raging 2025 redistricting battle, where more than 50 Democratic lawmakers, including Crockett, fled to Illinois—a state notorious for its extreme Democrat-led gerrymandering, including district maps nationally criticized for manipulating minority voting blocs.
