Jasmine Crockett Mocked a Republican’s Disability and Then Lied About It — Now She Says She Doesn’t ‘Second-Guess Sh*t’

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) mocked Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) for being confined to his wheelchair and then lied about it earlier this year.

Now, she says she doesn’t “second-guess shit” about what she says.

Back in March, Crockett said the following while delivering remarks at the Human Rights Campaign’s 2025 Los Angeles dinner:

We in these hot ass Texas streets, honey. Y’all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there, Come on now! And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot ass mess, honey! So, um, so yes! Yes, yes, yes.

After being criticized for the crude insult, Crockett refused to apologize, and claimed in a statement that “I wasn’t thinking about the governor’s condition—I was thinking about the planes, trains, and automobiles he used to transfer migrants into communities led by Black mayors, deliberately stoking tension and fear among the most vulnerable.”

That excuse, however, was belied by her relatively long history of mocking Abbott for his disability.

While promoting her profile of the controversial congresswoman for  The Atlantic, Elaine Godfrey revealed that Crockett continues to stand by her “Hot Wheels” crack.

“Several weeks after Jasmine Crockett called Greg Abbott ‘Governor Hot Wheels,’ I asked her whether she ever had regrets about these kinds of public comments/insults. ‘I don’t second-guess shit,” she said,” observed Godfrey on X.

The post prompted CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski to remark upon the implausibility of her denial that the comment was about Abbott’s disability.

“Worth noting she also lied about this. She said the comment was about migrant busing and not about him being in a wheelchair,” noted Kaczynski. “Even though she used the same joke years before any busing occurred.”

Godfrey also revealed in her piece that Crockett attempted to prevent her from publishing it after learning that Godfrey had reached out to her colleagues for comment.

“Crockett said that people are free to disagree with her communication style, but that she ‘was elected to speak up for the people that I represent,'” wrote Godfrey. “As for her colleagues, four days before this story was published, Crockett called me to express frustration that I had reached out to so many House members without telling her first. She was, she told me, ‘shutting down the profile and revoking all permissions.'”