President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his assaults towards Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), stating that she has a “low IQ.”
When queried about Crockett by a reporter throughout a White Home press convention, Trump lower the journalist off earlier than they might even end their query in regards to the congresswoman.
“Remember what I said?” Trump requested, seemingly reviving his earlier insults towards Crockett. “Is she in relation to the late, great Davy Crockett? I don’t think so.”
“She’s a very low-IQ person,” he stated earlier than including that the Texas Democrat must be required to take an “aptitude test,” as he claimed she isn’t certified to carry workplace.
He continued, saying that “he can’t believe” Crockett is in politics, and drew an analogous comparability to Rep. Ilhan Omar.
“I met the head of Somalia. Did you know that?” Trump requested the reporter.
“I suggested maybe he’d like to take her back,” he continued, apparently referring to Omar, “and he didn’t want her. He said, ‘I don’t want her.’”
Throughout the identical interview, Trump additionally blamed Crockett and the Democratic Occasion for what was described as an “uptick in left-wing violence.”
“Radical left rhetoric. The radical left is causing the problem,” he stated. “They’re saying things, and they’re really dumb people. I mean, I look at [Texas Rep. Jasmine] Crockett, I look at some of these people. They’re very low-IQ people, actually. But the radical left is causing this problem.”
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Trump’s criticism of Crockett’s intelligence dates again to August, shortly after which the Texas lawmaker responded by calling it “a common insult when it comes to people of color.”
She continued, “This is a person that has a problem with people of color, period. I don’t care how many Black MAGA out there with they hats.”
