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Jasmine Crockett: “My papa would, like, grow all kinds of food and then bring…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:02

And so My grandmother was a cook, and she had been, like, a cleaning lady as well. She used to cook and clean when I was super small for some very wealthy families in St. Louis. But My papa would, like, grow all kinds of food and then bring it in, and my granny would cook it. So here it is where, like, they were inner city St. Louis, but it was a little bit of their Arkansas roots. And my papa, every once in a while would load us up in his van and take us fishing. (06:02–06:14)

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Asserts that [Jasmine Crockett's grandfather] grew food in inner city St. Louis, reflecting their Arkansas roots.

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