Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) on Wednesday doubled down on her push for Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) to drop her anti-trans crusade after the topic sparked a heated exchange at a House Oversight Committee hearing.
“Maybe start serving your constituents, maybe actually come up with legislation that will help them so that they know that they will be safer when the next storm comes through on the East Coast,” said Crockett as she suggested ways for Mace to make “good money” in an interview with MSNBC’s Joy Reid.
She continued, “Maybe figure out how to bring some jobs to your constituents in South Carolina, maybe figure out how you can have worker protections for the people that are working in factories in South Carolina. I got a long list of stuff she could do that would actually be helpful to not only her coffers but also her constituents.”
The heated exchange at Tuesday’s oversight hearing saw Mace, in response to Crockett’s ask to reinstate a civil rights and civil liberties subcommittee, declare that Republicans shouldn’t get advice from “a group of people who can’t define what a woman is.”
Crockett then slammed the Republican’s anti-trans fixation, telling her, “Chile, listen,” as she dressed her down.
Mace flared up at that, asking not to be called a “child” and suggesting they “take it outside.”
On Wednesday, Crockett again argued that Mace “needs some more money” and, citing Federal Election Commission data, claimed that she has “three times as much” cash on hand compared to the Republican.
“So this was about money, and the idea that you would do it at the expense of children or the idea that you would do it at the expense of one of your colleagues is a problem,” she said.
Crockett, when asked what she makes of the congresswoman’s ethics and morals, said there are “none.”
“This was an organizational meeting; this was not a hearing about trans folk; I do want to be clear, but every single hearing, she is going to talk about trans people,” said Crockett before pointing to Wednesday’s hearing.
“She did it today when we had a telework hearing. I don’t know what trans folk got to do with telework, but she was going to make sure that she brought it in.”
Mace — in the aftermath of her “child” meltdown — has claimed that she wanted to “take the conversation off the floor” for “a more constructive conversation, not to fight.”
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