{"id":2392831,"date":"2025-01-20T16:59:58","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T21:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jasmine-crockett-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-are-having-a-tough-time-handling-trumps-inauguration\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T17:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T22:01:07","slug":"jasmine-crockett-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-are-having-a-tough-time-handling-trumps-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jasmine-crockett-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-are-having-a-tough-time-handling-trumps-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"Jasmine Crockett and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Are Having a Tough Time Handling Trump&#8217;s Inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjasmine-crockett-and-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-are-having-a-tough-time-handling-trumps-inauguration%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2392831&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u2064passage discusses the reactions\u200b of Democratic Representatives Jasmine Crockett and Alexandria Ocasio-cortez (AOC) to Donald\u200d Trump&#8217;s presidency following\u2062 the 2024 election. It characterizes their comments \u2063as hyperbolic \u2064and \u2062suggests thay \u200bhave not learned from their \u200cparty&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressive-petri-dish-minnesota-gop-hits-reset-after-recent-shellacking\/\" title=\"Minnesota GOP regroups after recent electoral defeat.\">recent electoral defeat<\/a>. Crockett\u2064 is described as the less extreme of the two, expressing\u200c a \u2062desire to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hidin-biden-mainstream-media-hits-biden-for-avoiding-news-interviews\/\" title=\"\u2018HIDIN\u2019 BIDEN\u2019: Mainstream Media Hits Biden For Avoiding News Interviews\">avoid news<\/a> \u2064about Trump to preserve\u2064 her\u2064 peace. \u200cIn contrast, AOC characterizes the coming management \u200bas \u200cauthoritarian in a video, further criticizing\u200c Trump and warning against \u200dpotential violence. the author implies that\u2062 both representatives exhibit a lack of serious political thought, accusing them \u2062of\u200d projecting their own authoritarian tendencies onto\u200d Trump\u200d and promoting\u200c censorship. The piece critiques their focus on race and identity politics,drawing comparisons \u2062to historical figures who prioritized skin color over intellect. it portrays Crockett and AOC&#8217;s\u200c views as representative of \u2063&#8221;little minds&#8221; that fail\u2062 to engage with the complexities of governance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Transcendentalist essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson once described &ldquo;a foolish consistency&rdquo; as &ldquo;the hobgoblin of little minds.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Two centuries later, those little minds have found a new hobgoblin: President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>, Democratic Reps. Jasmine Crockett of Texas and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, arguably the two littlest minds in the United States Congress, showcased their foolishness by making hyperbole-riddled anti-Trump comments that proved they had learned nothing from their party&rsquo;s resounding defeat in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Crockett, perhaps Congress&rsquo;s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-rep-jasmine-crockett-screams-anti-white-rant-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unrepentant racist<\/a>, somehow managed to sound the less unhinged of the two.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Ok I&rsquo;m not clicking on anything else about the orange one&hellip;,&rdquo; she wrote on the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">social media platform<\/a> X. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m protecting the last little bit of peace that I have before the next 4 years of hell is unleashed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ok I&rsquo;m not clicking on anything else about the orange one&hellip; I&rsquo;m protecting the last little bit of peace that I have before the next 4 years of hell is unleashed. &#9996;&#127998;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jasmine Crockett (@JasmineForUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasmineForUS\/status\/1881156089884102776?\">January 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wow-aoc-terrified-trumps-victory-pushes-insane-theory-next-term-will-look-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>, more commonly known as &ldquo;AOC,&rdquo; made Crockett&rsquo;s &ldquo;4 years of hell&rdquo; look sane by comparison.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are on the eve of an authoritarian administration,&rdquo; the deranged congresswoman said in a video posted to the social media platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/aoc\/3549193770543410666\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. (The video is only available for a short amount of time before being deleted.)<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of deranged, two would-be assassins tried to murder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/florida-announces-charges-connected-trump-assassination-attempt-stonewalled-feds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> during the 2024 campaign. That alone makes such dishonest and hyperbolic rhetoric irresponsible, especially coming from members of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The real story, however, involves psychological projection.<\/p>\n<p>In short, little minds, addled by resentments that fester in their imaginations, have always gravitated toward authoritarianism.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, those same little minds almost invariably project their authoritarianism onto others.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, when Fox News cut ties with popular host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-dares-tell-truth-abortion-will-politicians-listen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tucker Carlson<\/a>, AOC responded by not only celebrating Carlson&rsquo;s departure but by endorsing censorship in general.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Deplatforming works, and it is important,&rdquo; she said in a clip posted to social media.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC?\">@AOC<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson?\">@TuckerCarlson<\/a>: &ldquo;Deplatforming works and it is important.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AZZj0wd3S9\">pic.twitter.com\/AZZj0wd3S9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donna, Independent &#127802;&#127473;&#127479;&#128509;&#10084;&#65039; (@TruthFreedomPe1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TruthFreedomPe1\/status\/1650654881005330432?\">April 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That comment reflected what 20th-century philosopher Hannah Arendt called &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Banality-Evil-Hannah-Arendt-Solution\/dp\/0847692108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Banality of Evil<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>After all, AOC&rsquo;s little mind lacks the capacity to generate thoughts above the level of the banal. Nothing could make that clearer than her casual endorsement of silencing dissenting voices by &ldquo;deplatforming&rdquo; them.<\/p>\n<p>Censorship, of course, constitutes one of the most grotesque evils one can perpetrate in a free society.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/race-obsessed-rep-jasmine-crockett-furious-texas-elected-white-congressman-using-black-brown-asian-bodies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crockett<\/a>, meanwhile, thinks like a member of the Ku Klux Klan. For her, everything comes down to skin color. Nothing else matters.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, those who thought first and foremost in terms of skin color have not exactly distinguished themselves as intellectuals.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, Crockett clung to her party&rsquo;s lies about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-mocked-last-minute-desperation-play-turns-hitler-fearmongering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a>, and AOC did likewise while projecting her own authoritarianism onto the new president.<\/p>\n<p>Little minds have a way of doing those sorts of things.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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On Sunday, Democratic Representatives Jasmine Crockett from Texas and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York\u2014arguably among the least insightful members of Congress\u2014exhibited their lack of understanding by making exaggerated anti-Trump remarks that showed they had not learned from their party&#8217;s significant loss in the 2024 election. Crockett, who is often criticized for her racist views, managed to sound somewhat more rational than Ocasio-Cortez when she tweeted about avoiding news related to Trump to preserve her peace before what she anticipates will be four years of turmoil. In contrast, Ocasio-Cortez made Crockett\u2019s comments seem reasonable by declaring that we are on the brink of an authoritarian regime in a video posted on Instagram. This rhetoric is particularly irresponsible given that there were attempts on Trump&#8217;s life during the 2024 campaign. The underlying issue here involves psychological projection; those with narrow perspectives often gravitate toward authoritarianism and project it onto others. For instance, after Fox News severed ties with Tucker Carlson in 2023, AOC celebrated his exit while endorsing censorship as a necessary measure. Her comments reflect what philosopher Hannah Arendt termed \u201cThe Banality of Evil,\u201d highlighting her inability to think beyond simplistic notions like deplatforming dissenters\u2014a serious threat in a free society. Meanwhile, Crockett&#8217;s focus on race echoes historical patterns where such thinking has not been associated with intellectual rigor; both representatives cling to their party&#8217;s narratives about Trump while projecting their own authoritarian tendencies onto him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2392832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Crockett-and-AOC.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[46754,15377,34125,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2392831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-alexandria-ocasio-cortez","tag-inauguration","tag-jasmine-crockett","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Crockett-and-AOC.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2392831"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392835,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392831\/revisions\/2392835"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2392832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2392831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2392831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2392831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}