Jasmine Crockett accuses GOP of trying to ‘systemically get rid of those black electeds’

The self-victimization of Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) continues with claims that Republicans want to “get rid of” minority lawmakers.

She joined CNN’s “The Lead” to spread her smears, accusing the GOP of trying to shut down and “get rid of those black electeds” in Congress.

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“The Economist magazine, looking at this gerrymandering arms race that appears to be on the brink of breaking out, in the sense that if Texas does it, the Democrats in California and other states say they‘re going to do it. The Economist says ‘Democrats are likely to lose the redistricting war. If both sides abandon principle, a draw is possible, but Republicans face fewer obstacles.’ Is this gerrymandering arms race really worth it if Democrats still are going to end up on the losing side of the numbers?” host Jake Tapper asked. “Governor [Greg] Abbott said to me today that if California adds five democratic seats to offset the five Republican seats that might come from this redistricting, he‘ll just add five more Republican seats, he said, it will be 10.”

“When it comes to our base, they want to see a fight. They don’t want to see us just lay down and say, OK, well, the Republicans want to do whatever they want to do. They want to minimize voices. They want to systemically get rid of those black electeds,” Crockett responded.

“When I look at the numbers, and to be clear, Florida is already in this thing. We know that Texas is in this thing. We know that they’re putting pressure on Indiana as well as Missouri. So here’s the deal — they have already decided that the only way that they can win, because they have failed policies, is by making sure that they can cheat their way. And while they’re cheating their way, the only way that they can do that is while they also at the same time violate the Constitution as well as The Voting Rights Act and make sure that it’s people of color,” she confidently declared.

“We’re talking about them going after Clyburn in South Carolina. We’re talking about them going after Andre Carson in Indiana. We’re talking about them going after Reverend Cleaver in Missouri. We’re talking about them going after Emilia Sykes in Ohio. We’re talking about them coming for three of the four black representatives that we currently have in the state of Texas,” the congresswoman added. “So don’t tell me this isn’t about race when they are clear about who it is that will lose the most when it comes to having their say so on the federal level, they are absolutely, systemically making sure that they roll back all that was fought for, bled for, and died for as it relates to those that came before us.”