Jasmine Crockett says only 'sick' people are still supporting Trump

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, told Katie Couric connected her "Next Question" podcast Thursday that determination is simply a "mental wellness crisis" successful the United States and that Americans who enactment erstwhile President Donald Trump are "sick."

The Texas congresswoman claimed that nary substance what governmental affiliations Americans place with, they "should beryllium against Trump."

When asked by Couric what she thinks of Trump deploying National Guardsmen and Marines to Los Angeles to quell the anti-ICE protests, Crockett slammed Trump for seeking "retribution" and having his ain "special small army" to transportation it out.

"It is sick, it is truly sick and anybody that supports it is besides sick," she told Couric. "We've got a intelligence wellness situation successful this state due to the fact that everyone, nary substance however you affiliate yourself, should beryllium against Trump. Period."

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Crockett called President Trump's actions portion successful bureau "sick," and argued that anyone who supports him is besides "sick."

Crockett asserted that her statements astir Trump and his supporters aren't partisan views, and claimed that she would beryllium blessed to person "regular" Republicans backmost successful charge.

"I would springiness thing to person — it's bittersweet to accidental — George Bush, similar springiness maine immoderate regular Republican nowadays and I would beryllium happy," she said. "But close present we person idiosyncratic who does not care, and helium is being enabled by the information that determination are, you know, radical that travel him, and they pump him up."

The Texas congresswoman besides expressed her sympathy for work members who, according to her, are protecting the aforesaid ideological threats astatine location that they are warring abroad.

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump smiles during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest astatine the Phoenix Convention Center connected December 22, 2024, successful Phoenix, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

"My bosom breaks for work members — radical that signed up to support ideology and state — not lone present but overseas and were consenting to hazard their lives and present literally, the precise happening that they signed up to combat against is present their commander-in-chief," she claimed. "It truly breaks my bosom and I don't cognize however acold helium has to spell earlier we tin travel unneurotic and conscionable accidental capable is enough."

Crockett past turned her sights to members of the Republican Party who enactment Trump's agenda, claiming that by doing so, they're violating the oath they swore to the Constitution.

"They [Republicans] won't grant their oath, the oath that they swore to the Constitution," she contended, to which Couric replied, "Why not?"

"I person nary thought different than they're cowards. Bottom enactment they're cowards," Crockett declared. "Anyone that perchance would bash close — they would alternatively sphere their accidental to inactive beryllium associated with the Republican Party and not beryllium ostracized and not beryllium targeted by MAGA and conscionable resign."

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