Jasmine Crockett, Who Voted ‘Present’ On Spending Bill, Declares Dems ‘Swooping In Like Superman and Super Women’ While GOP In ‘Disarray’
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) compared Democrats to “Superman” while predicting Republicans in the House will be in a constant state of “disarray” headed into the new year following the chaos surrounding a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown.
Crockett, who voted “present” on the final approved spending bill, joined MSNBC’s Ali Velshi on Saturday to discuss a government shutdown being avoided at the last minute following President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk helping to kill an original spending bill supported by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).
“You guys still can’t get your house in order, not you, but the Republicans can’t get their house in order,” Velshi said.
“I was about to say, Ali, don’t put that on us!” Crockett replied.
The lawmaker continued:
Democrats are swooping in like Superman and super women to make sure they can take care of the American people, but I just need the American people to have longer memories because, as you stated, this Congress ended on the same note that it began, but for some reason we will not have a Speaker Jeffries on January 3. We knew that these Republicans in their slim majority were unable to get anything done and the crazy part is that Nancy Pelosi had the same slim majority but, guess what, we weren’t always in a state of crises and they are going to go into the 119th [Congress] with an even slimmer majority.
After an initial spending bill was killed, a second supported by Trump and Musk also failed to pass, with dozens of Republicans opposing it. One point of contention was Trump’s insistence that the debt ceiling be eliminated temporarily. The final spending bill keeps the government funded through mid-March.
Crockett praised some elements of the final spending bill, including funding for pediatric cancer research being put back in after being chopped out. She credited Democrats for ultimately avoiding a government shutdown with their votes for the bill.
Crockett herself voted “present,” chalking her decision partially up to Musk’s influence and involvement with Republican lawmakers. Johnson had said this week he was in direct contact with Musk over the spending measures. The initial 1,547-page bill was cut down to just 118 pages before it was passed on Friday night.
“I wouldn’t vote to actually throw things into disarray as we are approaching Christmas, but I want to be clear, this is not how I legislate. I absolutely think it was a mistake for them to even be influenced by Elon Musk,” Crockett said.
The lawmaker added that Johnson, who has a tight majority hold, is “not going to get any favors out of” Democrats in the next session of Congress.
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