Crockett Responds To 'Gov. Hot Wheels' Abbott Remark Backlash, Claims She Was Referring To Migrants On 'Planes, Trains, And Automobiles'
US Representative Jasmine Crockett, Democrat from Texas, speaks on the
first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United
Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19, 2024.
Texas Democrat Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett quickly responded to
the immense backlash she has been receiving after referring to paralyzed
Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott as “Governor Hot Wheels.”
On Tuesday, Crockett (D-Texas.) shared a series of posts on X after her “classless” remarks went viral.
Rather than apologizing to the governor of her state, Crockett
doubled down and claimed that everyone had misunderstood her comment, as
she “wasn’t thinking about the governor’s condition.”
“I was [actually] thinking about the planes, trains, and automobiles
he used to transfer migrants into communities led by Black mayors,
deliberately stoking tension and fear among the most vulnerable,”
Crockett tried to argue.
“Literally, the next line I said was that he was a ‘Hot A** Mess,’
referencing his terrible policies. At no point did I mention or allude
to his condition. So, I’m even more appalled that the very people who
unequivocally support Trump—a man known for racially insensitive
nicknames and mocking those with disabilities—are now outraged,” she
continued.
I
wasn’t thinking about the governor’s condition—I was thinking about the
planes, trains, and automobiles he used to transfer migrants into
communities led by Black mayors, deliberately stoking tension and fear
among the most vulnerable.
Literally, the next line I said was that…
— Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@RepJasmine) March 25, 2025
In a second thread, she then went on to say that “this is yet another distraction.”
“Keep that same energy for all people, not just your political adversaries,” Crockett wrote.
“Finally, this is yet another distraction. Instead of obsessing over
and hanging on to my every word, maybe my political foes should focus on
doing the work of the people who elected us to improve their lives,”
she concluded.
Keep that same energy for all people, not just your political adversaries.
Finally,
this is yet another distraction. Instead of obsessing over and hanging
on to my every word, maybe my political foes should focus on doing the
work of the people who elected us to improve their…
— Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (@RepJasmine) March 25, 2025
“Listen, if you’ve ever paid any attention to me, y’all know that I
always have remarks, and then something else happens,” Crockett began.
“And so we’re gonna do just a couple of remarks and then something else
gonna happen and y’all just pray for me cause who knows what I’m gonna
end up sayin’?”
“I can tell you that Morgan (Morgan Cox, an HRC board of director)
has always been one of those people who will ask ‘What is it that you
need?’ You know, a lot of people see you out front, fightin’, but
nobody’s really asking you, ‘What do you need to maintain that fight?’”
she said a couple of minutes later. “So thank you so much, Morgan,
because we in these hot-a** Texas streets, honey. Y’all know we got
Governor Hot Wheels down there, C’mon now.”
“And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot-a** mess, honey,” she continued.
In 1984, when Abbott was 26-years-old, he went out for a jog and a
large oak tree along his path cracked and fell on his back — leaving him
permanently paralyzed from the waist down after crushing multiple
vertebrae.
“Doctors discovered several crushed vertebrae splintering into his
spinal cord, broken ribs, and damage to vital organs,” Abbott’s website
noted.
Jasmine Crockett managed to incite violence against @elonmusk, mock the disabled, and assault @TheCharlesDowns all in one week's time.
We might have a new winner for worst member of Congress.
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