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Jasmine Crockett melts down on ‘The View’ over ‘racist’ jab from JD Vance — and claims Republicans are disturbed by her
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas lashed out at Vice President JD Vance over comments he made ridiculing her “street-girl persona” as fake.
Crockett was asked by Joy Behar to respond to Vance’s comments when she appeared on “The View” on Tuesday.
‘Let me be clear: I understand what happens in the streets, but I don’t have to, quote, unquote, be a “street girl!”‘
“She wants to be a senator, though her street-girl persona is about as real as her nails!” Vance said to loud applause from a Turning Point USA audience.
“So, first of all, my nails are real!” Crockett replied to laughter from the studio crowd.
“But I will say, what a lot of people don’t understand … is that Republicans are a lot better at doing focus groups. Right?” she added. “And so Democrats, we rely on poll, poll, poll, but focus groups allow you to kind of get down to the nitty-gritty of why people feel a certain way about certain things.”
Crockett is running for a U.S. Senate seat from Texas after Republicans redrew their congressional district lines to increase their odds of winning the midterm elections.
“Well, I can tell you that right now, what disturbs them is that I am able to get at a demographic that Democrats have been losing. Consistently in third-party polls, as well as my internal polling, it shows that those that don’t have a college degree, by over 70%, choose me,” she continued.
“Well, that’s a demographic that we’ve been losing — so now he’s like, ‘No no no, it’s all fake. Don’t believe that.’ No, the reality is that I was a criminal defense attorney. I was a public defender. I am somebody who walked into plenty of jails and dealt with real killers,” Crockett said.
“So let me be clear: I understand what happens in the streets, but I don’t have to, quote, unquote, be a ‘street girl,'” she concluded.
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“Don’t you think that that’s racist? What is it?” Behar asked.
“Joy, you know it’s racist!” Crockett replied. “We know that, right?”
Video of Crockett’s comments were posted to social media.
Crockett is ahead of her competitor for the Democratic nomination, according to a recent poll.
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Trump has an ‘iron grip’ on the Republican Party, says CNN analyst — even with minor dissent on Venezuela
While a few Republican politicians are dissenting on the issue of strikes in Venezuela, a CNN analysis found that President Donald Trump has an “iron grip” on the party.
Harry Enten said that polling showed there was no “rift” in the party and that a large majority supported the president. He made the comments during a segment on CNN Tuesday.
‘The vast, vast majority of Republicans are with Donald Trump on this issue.’
“Let me be very clear: There is no rift in the Republican Party!” Enten said forcefully.
“Yes, there are some folks like Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie who are quite skeptical of this,” he added. “They are very much in the minority.”
Enten pointed to an Ipsos poll that found 65% of Republicans supported the ouster of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, while only 6% opposed the action. A Washington Post poll found that 74% of Republican respondents supported the action and only 10% opposed it.
“The vast, vast majority of Republicans are with Donald Trump on this issue,” he added. “Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene are very much in the minority. Very few Republicans are with them.”
He pointed to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Republican support for the president actually increasing slightly from 84% six months ago, to 85% currently.
“The bottom line is this: Donald Trump has had an iron grip, an iron grip on that Republican base for a long period of time,” he added.
Video of Enten’s comments were widely circulated on social media.
Enten went on to say on social media that support for the Venezuelan strikes had increased among all Americans, likely because it was such a successful operation.
“Trump has to like the dramatic change in the polls on Maduro’s ouster,” Enten wrote. “Support for it is through the roof (up 16 pts) vs. pre-ouster. We saw a similar rise in support over time for the Iran strikes in mid-2025. Americans like what they deem as successful military operations.”
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Mamdani makes bizarre promise about World Cup tickets — and gets humiliated by community note
Newly inaugurated New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been mocked by many online after a community note thoroughly contradicted his ability to make good on a promise he made.
The socialist Muslim mayor was criticizing dynamic pricing policies for putting the cost of World Cup soccer tickets beyond the reach of the common fan when he said his team would work on alleviating the situation.
‘We want to ensure that there are more experiences available to each and every New Yorker.’
“I had a New Yorker the other day come up to me and ask me if there was any way I could help him get World Cup tickets because he was saying that the cost that he saw for a game was $600,” Mamdani said.
“This is increasingly out of reach,” he added. “We have made what used to be a working-class game into a luxury experience, and there are too many for whom it doesn’t matter where the World Cup is being played in the world; they know where they’re going to watch it: It’s TV.”
He concluded, “We want to ensure that there are more experiences available to each and every New Yorker.”
Mamdani’s promise was immediately mocked and ridiculed on social media, especially after it was undermined by a community note on the X social media platform.
“Apart from the fact that the mayor has no influence over FIFA pricing policy, there are no games in NY City. The New York New Jersey Stadium is in East Rutherford, New Jersey,” the note reads.
Others pointed out the inconvenient fact.
“Settle down commie. It’s being hosted in NJ. I know NJ is right behind NY, but you haven’t taken it over yet,” one popular response reads.
“LMAO … this scumbag thinks he is the king of the world. NY Mayor Mamdani says he is working to ensure World Cup tickets are AVAILABLE TO ALL … BTW, no World Cup games are played in NY …,” another detractor said.
“Seize the means of ticket verification,” joked one user.
A Blaze News request for comment to Mamdani’s office was not immediately answered.
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Video of Mamdani’s comments was widely circulated on social media.
Although the media has been trying to whitewash Mamdani’s extremist positions as moderate, his administration has already been roiled by resurfaced messages from his director of appointments, who abruptly quit the position, as well as from his pick to lead the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants.
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Republican congressman injured in ‘pretty bad’ car accident
Republican Rep. Jim Baird of Indiana and his wife, Danise Baird, have been hospitalized following a car crash.
The couple’s vehicle “was struck in an accident,” according to a statement from Baird’s office, and Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly indicated that Baird may have suffered a spinal injury.
‘They’re going to be okay, but they had a pretty bad accident.’
Nevertheless, Baird, 80, “is expected to make a full recovery,” his office said.
“He is extraordinarily grateful for everyone’s prayers during this time.”
Fox News reported that Baird is “responsive and in stable condition.” Details of when and where the crash took place remain unclear.
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President Donald Trump expressed wishes for the Bairds’ speedy recovery during an address to a House GOP legislative retreat at the newly renamed Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday.
“I also want to send our best wishes to Congressman Jim Baird and his wife, who are recovering from a car accident,” Trump said. “They’re going to be okay, but they had a pretty bad accident, and we’re praying that they get out of that hospital very quickly.”
Reports about the car accident involving the Bairds came shortly after news broke that Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) died suddenly earlier this week after reportedly suffering an aneurysm and later a heart attack during surgery. He was 65.
LaMalfa’s death and the resignation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) now leave Republicans with a slim 218-213 majority in the House.
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Hilton Hotels cuts loose hotel location accused of refusing to host ICE agents
A wave of online outrage has led Hilton Hotels to cut off an independently owned hotel location in Minnesota that was refusing to allow federal immigration agents to book rooms.
The Department of Homeland Security called out the famous hotel chain in a social media post on Monday, claiming that federal agents were denied service at the Hampton Inn by Hilton in the Minneapolis suburb of Lakeville.
‘A recent video clearly raises concerns that they are not meeting our standards and values. As such, we are taking immediate action to remove this hotel from our systems.’
“[Hilton Hotels] has launched a coordinated campaign in Minneapolis to REFUSE service to DHS law enforcement,” the agency said in a statement. “When officers attempted to book rooms using official government emails and rates, Hilton Hotels maliciously CANCELLED their reservations. This is UNACCEPTABLE.”
Hilton was immediately lambasted by many who threatened to cancel their reservations over the alleged incident.
Very soon afterward, an investigation from the company led to an initial apology from the offending hotel.
“Everpeak Hospitality has moved swiftly to address this matter as it was inconsistent with our policy of being a welcoming place for all,” the statement reads. “We are in touch with the impacted guests to ensure they are accommodated.”
The controversy dragged on into Tuesday, however, when evidence on social media showed that the hotel location continued refusing service to ICE.
Hilton responded with a definitive action against the Lakeville hotel.
“The independent hotel owner had assured us that they had fixed this problem and published a message confirming this,” reads a statement on social media.
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“A recent video clearly raises concerns that they are not meeting our standards and values. As such, we are taking immediate action to remove this hotel from our systems,” the company said. “Hilton is — and has always been — a welcoming place for all. We are also engaging with all of our franchisees to reinforce the standards we hold them to across our system to help ensure this does not happen again.”
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem previously said the agency was sending an influx of agents to investigate fraud schemes in Minneapolis. Critics of the action have said the administration’s rhetoric has led to hate speech against people in the Somali community who had nothing to do with the scams.
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