{"id":2415191,"date":"2025-03-25T16:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T20:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jasmine-crockett-hits-new-low-mocks-texas-gov-greg-abbott-for-being-wheelchair-bound\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T16:40:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T20:40:03","slug":"jasmine-crockett-hits-new-low-mocks-texas-gov-greg-abbott-for-being-wheelchair-bound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jasmine-crockett-hits-new-low-mocks-texas-gov-greg-abbott-for-being-wheelchair-bound\/","title":{"rendered":"Jasmine Crockett Hits New Low, Mocks Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for Being Wheelchair Bound"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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-hits-new-low-mocks-texas-gov-greg-abbott-for-being-wheelchair-bound%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=2415191&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-tells-kamala-harris-youre-not-going-anywhere-kid-lets-hope-hes-right\/\" title=\"Biden Tells Kamala Harris &#039;You&#039;re Not Going Anywhere, Kid&#039; - Let&#039;s Hope He&#039;s Right\">article discusses remarks made<\/a> by Democratic Texas representative Jasmine crockett during a Human Rights Campaign event in Los Angeles, where she derogatorily referred to Texas Governor greg abbott, who uses a wheelchair due to a long-term injury. Crockett&#8217;s comments, especially the phrase &#8220;Governor Hot Wheels,&#8221; were criticized as disrespectful and reflective of a broader lack of decorum among some members of Congress. The piece emphasizes the contradiction between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-kerry-softens-u-s-stance-on-uyghur-slave-labor-from-which-he-financially-benefits\/\" title=\"John Kerry Softens U.S. Stance on Uyghur Slave Labor from Which He Financially Benefits\">promoting human rights<\/a> and mocking individuals with disabilities, highlighting concerns about Crockett&#8217;s suitability as a representative and questioning the reactions of her audience. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-tom-homans-quote-of-the-week-joy-reid-is-dumber-than-a-box-of-rocks\/\" title=\"Watch Tom Homan&#039;s Quote of the Week: Joy Reid Is &#039;Dumber Than a Box of Rocks&#039;\">author expresses disappointment<\/a> in both Crockett&#8217;s comments and the laughter they elicited, suggesting a failure to adhere to the principles of respect and dignity that should characterize discussions around human rights.  <\/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>Hey, remember when Michelle Obama said that thing about taking the high road when &ldquo;they&rdquo; go low?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/michelle-obama-snubs-trump-week-barack-donald-laughed-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a load of crock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And you can&rsquo;t spell &ldquo;Crockett&rdquo; without &ldquo;crock,&rdquo; so it should come as little surprise that notorious Democratic Texas Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jasmine-crockett-says-knows-dod-allegedly-leaked-war-info-journalist-not-enough-black-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jasmine Crockett<\/a> might very well be the poster child for just how full of it Mrs. Obama was when she uttered that mantra.<\/p>\n<p>The latest in a long line of examples that Crockett might, in fact, be the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rep-jasmine-crockett-goes-ugly-racist-rant-white-tears-gets-zero-pushback-cnn-anchor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disgusting member<\/a> of the U.S. Congress came Saturday, when she spoke in front of a crowd at &mdash; get this &mdash; a Human Rights Campaign event held in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>While Crockett did her usual spiel about how bad Republicans are and how important LGBT <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-stephen-smith-blasts-leftist-staff-air-guys-full\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boutique issues<\/a> are to Americans (they&rsquo;re not), that alone would hardly be worth writing home about.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>After all, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jasmine-crockett-hilarity-illegal-immigration-apparently-not-illegal-according-texas-rep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">idiots<\/a> are invariably going to do idiotic things.<\/p>\n<p>But when these idiots &mdash; especially an idiot who&rsquo;s effectively the modern face of the Democrats, no less, as CNN&rsquo;s Scott Jennings eloquently <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ScottJenningsKY\/status\/1904541636006183184\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">put it<\/a> &mdash; do evil and malevolent things, they need to be called out on.<\/p>\n<p>And it doesn&rsquo;t get much more evil or malevolent than poking fun at someone in&nbsp;<em>a wheelchair<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>See where this is going?<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the Crockett&rsquo;s entire remarks below (not sure why you&rsquo;d want to), but the relevant portion begins at roughly the 4:30 mark:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains vulgar language that some readers may find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SDEdXM5sTe8?si=NJOJ-BiQl-AcoG61\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;We in these hot-a** Texas streets, honey,&rdquo; Crockett said, to some laughter.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the punchline (?): &ldquo;Y&rsquo;all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there, come on now. And the only thing hot about him is that he&rsquo;s a hot a** mess, honey.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Really? &ldquo;Governor Hot Wheels&rdquo;? Not even the Democrats&rsquo; top mental gymnasts can try to spin that one. It&rsquo;s pretty obvious what she&rsquo;s referring to.<\/p>\n<p>For those unaware, Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott &mdash; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/texas-governor-greg-abbott-delivers-warning-sanctuary-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fine conservative leader<\/a>, by virtually any metric &mdash; has been in a wheelchair since 1984. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gregabbott.com\/why-governor-greg-abbott-wheelchair\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">When he was just 26<\/a>, a tree fell on his back and paralyzed him from the waist down.<\/p>\n<p>Despite that, Abbott has obviously gone on to see much political success.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s somehow worthy of derision and ridicule by Crockett, a woman who, again, by virtually any metric, is woefully short of Abbott in terms of both accomplishment and decorum?<\/p>\n<p>And, perhaps even more insanely, that mockery of a person in a wheelchair is worthy of laughter by a group of people who allegedly care about &ldquo;human rights&rdquo;?<\/p>\n<p>(Yes, yes, HRC is just a glorified LGBT propaganda branch, but that doesn&rsquo;t make the name any less inane.)<\/p>\n<p>Shame on Crockett, and shame on the cackling hyenas in Los Angeles that night.<\/p>\n<p>Or, that&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;d be saying if those people had any shame.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s pretty obvious that they don&rsquo;t.<\/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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What a joke. You can&#8217;t spell &#8220;Crockett&#8221; without &#8220;crock,&#8221; so it&#8217;s no shock that Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett exemplifies how misguided Mrs. Obama was with that advice. Recently, at a Human Rights Campaign event in Los Angeles, Crockett criticized Republicans and emphasized LGBT issues, which aren&#8217;t as significant to Americans as she claims. However, what truly stands out is her tasteless mockery of someone in a wheelchair\u2014specifically Texas GOP Governor Greg Abbott, who has been paralyzed since 1984 after an accident. Despite his accomplishments and leadership, Crockett&#8217;s comments about him were not only disrespectful but also drew laughter from an audience that supposedly values human rights. It&#8217;s disheartening to see such behavior from her and the crowd present that night; clearly, they lack any sense of shame<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2415192,"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\/03\/Abbott-v-Crockett.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37721,34125,37104,22288],"class_list":["post-2415191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-greg-abbott","tag-jasmine-crockett","tag-texas-politics","tag-wheelchair"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Abbott-v-Crockett.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415191","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=2415191"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2415195,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415191\/revisions\/2415195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2415192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}