{"id":2449465,"date":"2025-06-19T14:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T18:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crockett-claims-republicans-are-worried-about-maga-amid-political-violence\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T14:59:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T18:59:21","slug":"crockett-claims-republicans-are-worried-about-maga-amid-political-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crockett-claims-republicans-are-worried-about-maga-amid-political-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Crockett claims Republicans are worried about \u2018MAGA\u2019 amid political violence"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fcrockett-claims-republicans-are-worried-about-maga-amid-political-violence%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=2449465&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>In recent comments, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) expressed her concerns regarding the safety of lawmakers following a series of violent incidents, including a shooting in Minnesota that resulted in fatalities. Crockett accused Republican colleagues of being fearful of &#8220;MAGA&#8221; supporters, reflecting a growing unease among elected officials about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccabe-says-trumps-message-demanding-peace-and-denouncing-violence-is-actually-coded-language-and-a-dog-whistle-to-his-base-to-fight-video\/\" title=\"McCabe Says Trump\u2019s Message Demanding Peace and Denouncing Violence is Actually \u201cCoded Language\u201d and a \u201cDog Whistle\u201d to His Base to Fight (VIDEO)\">political violence<\/a>. She argued that there should be increased security for Congress, particularly after a recent surge in threats and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/get-ready-for-a-plethora-of-election-deniers-and-this-time-the-media-will-be-cohorts\/\" title=\"Get Ready For A Plethora Of Election Deniers (And This Time, The Media Will Be Cohorts)\">intimidating behavior directed<\/a> at lawmakers. Crockett articulated her frustrations about the general public&#8217;s perception of Congress, despite favorable approval ratings for Republicans. She also highlighted a potential misallocation of government funds, questioning the expenditure of $45 million on a military parade amid these security concerns. Crockett&#8217;s remarks come amidst ongoing discussions about political violence in the U.S. and the need for more proactive measures to ensure the safety of public officials.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Crockett claims Republicans are worried about &lsquo;MAGA&rsquo; amid political violence<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2152186\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jasmine-crockett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jasmine Crockett<\/a> (D-TX) accused Republican lawmakers of being afraid of &ldquo;MAGA&rdquo; supporters amid ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/political-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">political violence<\/a> when discussing her call for increased security for House members.<\/p>\n<p>Crockett said she does not feel safe &ldquo;at all&rdquo; in the wake of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Minnesota<\/a> shootings that<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3442053\/two-minnesota-lawmakers-shot-by-suspect-impersonating-police\/\" title=\"\"> killed former&nbsp;state&nbsp;House speaker Rep. Melissa Hortman <\/a>and her husband after wounding Democratic State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife. She said it is &ldquo;really bad&rdquo; how she has to account for her safety as a lawmaker. <\/p>\n<p>Crockett then cited how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3413666\/trump-military-parade-cost-army-250th-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">$45 million<\/a> was spent on Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;little birthday parade,&rdquo; a jab at the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3444045\/army-parade-was-massive-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">250th birthday parade for the U.S. Army<\/a>, and asked if this money could be &ldquo;reprioritized.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3447222\/iran-russia-quiet-trump-weighs-attack\/\">Russia quiet on saving Iran as Trump weighs attacking Tehran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3447171\/new-jersey-governor-union-endorsement-jack-ciattarelli\/\">New Jersey union backs Republican Jack Ciattarelli&nbsp;for governor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3447668\/trump-two-weeks-decide-whether-strike-iran\/\">Trump to give himself two weeks to decide whether to strike Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Texas lawmaker then detailed a texting discussion she had with a Republican colleague, saying, &ldquo;Your people need to fix this.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And there are Republicans that are concerned, and to be clear, they&rsquo;re not really concerned about the radical leftists that they talk about,&rdquo; Crockett claimed on ABC News&rsquo;s <em>The View<\/em>. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re concerned about MAGA, because we saw the same thing happen when we had the speaker election, right? And so when people were mad about them not voting for Jim Jordan, they started threatening their spouses and all kinds of stuff.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2991080&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=8f05025828e9a715bab9b9a011553342\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Crockett lamented how the general voting public does not like Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3324404\/republican-approval-congress-highest-20-years-poll\/\" title=\"\">despite polls showing <\/a>congressional Republicans with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-appears-to-be-a-popular-lead-for-2024-straw-poll-shows\/\" title=\"DeSantis Appears To Be A Popular Lead For 2024, Straw Poll Shows\">highest approval rating<\/a> in 20 years., She claimed lawmakers are &ldquo;duly elected&rdquo; and are a key branch in the government, but are still viewed as &ldquo;the stepchild.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also on Thursday, Crockett claimed in a podcast interview with Katie Couric that there is &ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mental health crisis&#038;rdquo<\/a>; in the country, arguing that &ldquo;everyone&rdquo; should be opposed to President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>. She also said that Trump&rsquo;s leadership is &ldquo;really sick&rdquo; and that those who support the current president are &ldquo;also sick.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Crockett is in the minority, as a new poll finds Trump&rsquo;s approval rating at a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3445534\/trump-approval-rating-high-rasmussen-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> record-high 54%<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZlCoMjcUpl4?si=evngzchRYuk9JEyi&amp;start=3197\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3444699\/timeline-increasing-incidents-political-violence-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN THE US: A TIMELINE OF KEY INCIDENTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following the Minnesota shootings, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) has suggested that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3444839\/kevin-cramer-urges-fbi-utilize-visits-quell-political-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the FBI should be more involved in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-cramer-urges-fbi-to-utilize-visits-to-quell-future-political-violence\/\" title=\"Kevin Cramer urges FBI to utilize visits to quell future ...\">confronting online &#038;ldquo<\/a>;rhetoric,&rdquo;<\/a> and said &ldquo;there&rsquo;s nothing like a visit&rdquo; from the agency to get people to tone down threats. He has also urged increased security for congressional lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3444532\/mike-lee-deletes-minnesota-shooting-posts-senate-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">deleted posts he made online regarding the Minnesota shootings<\/a>, one of which read, &ldquo;This is what happens when Marxists don&rsquo;t get their way.&rdquo; The senator has credited conversations with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) for giving him a reason to take down his posts.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2152186\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2152186\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crockett says Republicans fear &#8216;MAGA&#8217; amid violence concerns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2449466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Crocekett-on-the-view-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[47563,5656,36303,35049,3756],"class_list":["post-2449465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-crockett","tag-maga","tag-news-analysis","tag-political-violence","tag-republicans"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Crocekett-on-the-view-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449465","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449465"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449469,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449465\/revisions\/2449469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}