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Jasmine Crockett: “I did believe that this was going to cause so much more harm…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

Jasmine Crockett Talks Gun Reform, Charlie Kirk, The Harris Campaign, Texas Redistricting + More

Published September 12, 2025 | Video Starts at 41:34

Like, you put me on the team to talk to you about what I'm getting from the streets now so that we can win. Like, I literally wanted her to win because I did believe that Project 2025 was real. I did believe that this was going to cause so much more harm specifically to black people than anybody else. I did believe that this guy was going to be bad for our economy. I truly believe this. This wasn't me drinking some Kool Aid. This was me reading. (41:34–41:42)

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Asserts belief that Project 2025 would harm black people more than others.

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“There have been 0 school shootings at an HBCU.”
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“Most mass shootings are linked to neo-Nazism or Proud Boys or white supremacy.”
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“They don't even wanna close, like, the gun show loophole.”
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“We should have to have background checks on everybody that's getting a firearm from anybody.”
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“The gun lobby is just very strong.”
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“State and federal government is not doing anything [to stop gun violence].”
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“There are limitations for every single constitutional right that we have.”
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“If you start to incite violence with your words, then you don't get the free speech protections.”
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“The ordinary person would not say that incites violence.”
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“What we saw happen on January 6, and it was propagated by the now reelected President of the United States.”
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“He incited a violent mob, period. And he was indicted for doing so.”
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“There's a group of black women in Congress. We're a little younger. We have a signal chat, and we have that safe space.”
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“People don't understand how much people within our own orbit try to undermine us, including staff.”
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“When I came in, people were like, how you gonna bring this person? I was like, because my name is on the door.”
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“I brought kids that had interned with me, and they were like, they have no Hill experience.”
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“She also was forced into an infrastructure that was built for Joe Biden, and she ain't Joe Biden.”
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“I can tell you that there is no consultant that ever would have approached me or said that I should be who I am and thought that I would…”
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“I did believe that Project 2025 was real.”
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“I did believe that this guy was going to be bad for our economy.”
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“We know that there's the drama about the New York mayoral and all that that is going on.”
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“AOC's favorabilities have obviously shifted because they are not using AOC anymore.”
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“We know that Fox News spends a lot of time trying to drive down my favorabilities by running like junk stories.”
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“Fox News spends a lot of time trying to drive down my favorabilities by running like junk stories.”
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“Democrats have failed to figure out how to fight back.”
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“We've never had this type of dysfunction on the Republican side.”
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“We've never had it where the Supreme Court isn't reining in, you know, people's powers.”
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“Nixon looks like a choir boy compared to Trump.”
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“There's probably more video footage of me working than a lot of members that have been there for a very long time.”
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“We upload everything on YouTube. We've got our clips on TikTok, IG, Facebook, everywhere.”
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