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Jasmine Crockett: “The Republicans specifically tried to take me away as their…”

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

Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing

Published October 2, 2025 | Video Starts at 23:40

I will tell you that those people that have been left in 30, they are not concerned. They are pissed off that The Republicans specifically tried to take me away as their representative for 30. and they know that I know the entirety of the district and they trust me to continue to fight in earnest for them. But literally, I wouldn't be able to vote for myself. (23:40–23:44)

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Asserts that Republicans attempted to remove her as the representative for district 30.

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“Rural America uses more SNAP benefits than urban America.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 01:46-01:50
“We have a record number of farmers that are filing for bankruptcy right now because of the idiocy that we see around the tariffs.”
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“Historically, every time someone has challenged maps in the state of Texas, they have been found to be intentionally discriminatory.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 12:42-12:51
“The state of Texas has more African Americans by raw numbers than any other state.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 19:46-19:51
“Their voices [African Americans in Texas] are going to be worth approximately one fifth of what an Anglo Texan's voice is worth.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 19:51-19:59
“We know that when Beto lost to Ted Cruz, we know that only 17% of voters turned out, but he lost by a little less than three points.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 25:42-25:54
“The last time we had a shutdown was under the same president.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 02:25-02:31
“The last time our economy was tanking, it was under the same president.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 02:31-02:36
“Donald Trump said years ago, before he was ever elected or running for president, he said, if the government shuts down, it is the…”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 03:31-03:42
“This administration has only been in for now not even a full nine months.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 04:36-04:43
“He did a legal impoundment as well as he decided that he was going to do a rescission package and rescind some of those dollars.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 05:02-05:12
“The Republicans consistently have tried to repeal Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 06:38-06:46
“We know that once the big, ugly bill takes full effect, that there is $1 trillion, $1 trillion that will be sucked out of the health care…”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 09:30-09:44
“We are talking about the fact that we aren't adding jobs really to our economy. We're starting to lose jobs.”
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“This regime has consistently engaged in illegal firings, illegal detainments.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 11:25-11:34
“This administration has been sued a record number of times and a lot of it has been because of their illegal riffs.”
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“We have been engaged in that litigation for four years.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 13:07-13:11
“The governor's own words [indicated] that the reason and rationale for having this special session was because of the letter that he…”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 14:38-14:50
“The Pettaway ruling came out after the 21 maps were drawn.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 15:07-15:13
“The holding in the [Pettaway] case meant that they were not required to make new coalition districts.”
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“In the state's most recent filing, they said that they got Pettaway wrong.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 16:19-16:25
“Historically they have been found to be intentionally racially discriminatory.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 17:48-17:53
“Latinos make up 40% of the state of Texas.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 18:47-18:51
“Anglos making up approximately 39% [of Texas].”
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“Pettaway was about race. It was about coalition seats.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 20:19-20:23
“They took 200,000 of us and put us into 33, and they left another 500, say 65,000 in 30.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 22:25-22:37
“Every time a poll comes out, somehow I end up very near the top, if not the top.”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 24:35-24:41
“We are clear right now, based on public data, that my name ID is the highest in the state, considering the number of dollars that haven't…”
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing | Uploaded October 2, 2025 | 27:35-27:48
“We've never run a candidate who walked into a statewide [race] that actually had high name ID when they walked in.”
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