Dem who wanted Elon Musk 'taken down' launches bid for House Oversight leadership position

Rising Democratic Party prima Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who sparked contention earlier this twelvemonth with remarks astir Elon Musk and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, formally launched her bid for ranking subordinate of the House Oversight Committee Tuesday.

"These are not mean times — and this cannot beryllium a business-as-usual moment," Crockett said successful a station connected X. 

The House Oversight Committee is liable for holding the enforcement subdivision of the national authorities and President Donald Trump accountable successful Congress. The committee's past ranking member, Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., died May 21 aft battling cancer. He was elected to the presumption successful 2023.

"Since the commencement of the 119th Congress, the precocious ranking member, Gerry Connolly, led Oversight Democrats successful the combat to clasp the Trump Administration accountable and it was my chiseled privilege and implicit grant to service alongside him arsenic the Vice Ranking Member," Crockett said successful a missive to her Democratic colleagues. 

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U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, said President Donald Trump is "terrified" of a "smart, bold Black woman." (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday a special predetermination to replace Connolly successful the House. His decease May 21 besides near a enactment spread connected the House Oversight Committee, and House Democrats are present tasked with electing a caller person to situation Trump. 

Connolly designated Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., arsenic interim ranking member, and the contention is connected among House Democrats for the unfastened enactment position. Democratic representatives Robert Garcia of California and Kweisi Mfume of Maryland person announced their ain bids to pb the committee. 

Crockett had signaled her volition to tally for ranking member, and the Texas congresswoman's missive to Democrats Tuesday made her bid official. 

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks during a proceeding with the Subcommittee connected Delivering On Government Efficiency successful the U.S. Capitol Feb. 26, 2025, successful Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

"In this moment, Americans are demanding a much strategic, aggressive, and energetic fight," Crockett said. 

"Understanding that fierce urgency, I formally denote my candidacy for Ranking Member of the House Committee connected Oversight and Government Reform — with a absorption connected lasting up for American families, defending the Constitution and the regularisation of law, and ensuring the authorities serves the people, not the privileged few."

Crockett has risen to the nationalist signifier for her viral moments successful the House, gathering sanction designation among Democrats and a estimation among Republicans. 

Earlier this year, Attorney General Pam Bondi accused Crockett of "threatening lives" and said she should apologize for her rhetoric against Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for saying, "All I privation to spot hap connected my day is for Elon to beryllium taken down." 

Crockett said she was referring to "nonviolent" resistance. 

Crockett was besides criticized this twelvemonth for calling Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, who is successful a wheelchair, "Governor Hot Wheels." She walked backmost the comments aft her remarks went viral, calling the outrage a "distraction." 

And the Texas congresswoman dominated headlines past twelvemonth erstwhile her run trademarked the operation "bleach blonde, atrocious built, butch body" aft a verbal quality with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. 

Her viral moments person adjacent caught the attraction of Trump, who called Crockett a "low I.Q. person."

President Donald Trump waves arsenic helium arrives connected Air Force One astatine Miami International Airport April 3, 2025, successful Miami.  (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

"Our state is successful an existential situation driven by an out-of-control Executive with a flagrant disregard for our Constitution, our mode of governance, and our precise mode of beingness arsenic citizens of a antiauthoritarian republic," Crockett said successful her missive to House Democrats. "The Administration has refused to respect legislature authority, abide by lawful judicial orders, oregon respond to nationalist outrage."

"The magnitude of these unprecedented times warrants a absorption and tactics ne'er earlier seen. We indispensable propulsion backmost the curtain connected the unmitigated chaos nether Trump 2.0 and construe our findings to the American radical successful a mode they tin digest," Crockett added. 

In the letter, Crockett praised President Joe Biden, touted her ain achievements during her archetypal 2 presumption successful the House and asked for her colleagues' support. 

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., different rising Democratic Party star, said earlier this twelvemonth she would not question the apical Democratic presumption connected the House Oversight Committee. 

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"It’s really wide to maine that the underlying dynamics successful the caucus person not shifted with respect to seniority arsenic overmuch arsenic I deliberation would beryllium necessary, and truthful I judge I’ll beryllium staying enactment astatine Energy and Commerce," Ocasio-Cortez's spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital successful a connection first reported by NBC. 

Ocasio-Cortez mislaid her House Oversight bid to Connolly precocious past year. Connolly had announced his plan to measurement backmost arsenic ranking subordinate of the Oversight Committee aft conscionable 4 months connected the occupation owed to the resurgence of his esophageal cancer.