{"id":2462219,"date":"2025-07-15T23:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T03:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crockett-says-little-red-states-contribute-nothing-as-blue-states-put-them-on-life-support-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T23:44:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T03:44:57","slug":"crockett-says-little-red-states-contribute-nothing-as-blue-states-put-them-on-life-support-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crockett-says-little-red-states-contribute-nothing-as-blue-states-put-them-on-life-support-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Crockett says \u2018little red states\u2019 contribute nothing as blue states put them on \u2018life support\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">36<\/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-says-little-red-states-contribute-nothing-as-blue-states-put-them-on-life-support-washington-examiner%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=2462219&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>Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) criticized so-called &#8220;little red states,&#8221; claiming they contribute nothing financially to the country and rely heavily on support from &#8220;blue states.&#8221; Speaking at a hearing, she asserted that Democrat-run states frequently enough subsidize Republican-run states, comparing the latter to being on &#8220;life support.&#8221; Crockett referenced Governor Gavin Newsom&#8217;s complaint about California paying more than it receives and used Louisiana as an example of a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >financially struggling red state dependent<\/a> on aid. Her statements sparked backlash from conservatives, who challenged the accuracy of her claims, noting that some blue states are also major recipients of federal funds.The article also highlights that Crockett, known for provocative remarks, has been criticized by former President Donald Trump, who questioned her intelligence alongside Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  <\/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 says &lsquo;little <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-labor-nominee-walks-senate-tightrope-over-past-union-support\/\" title=\"Trump labor nominee walks Senate tightrope over past union ...\">red states&#038;rsquo<\/a>; contribute nothing as blue states put them on &lsquo;life support&rsquo;<\/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_2171916\" 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\">Jasmine Crockett<\/a> (D-TX) suggested that &ldquo;little <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"red\">red<\/a> states&rdquo; are national freeloaders, contributing nothing while blue states prop them up.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a hearing, Crockett mocked Republican-run states, claiming they were on &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-gets-tax-credit-lifeline-despite-california-budget-woes\/\" title=\"Hollywood gets tax credit lifeline despite California budget woes\">life support&#038;rdquo<\/a>; from Democrat-run states.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3472397\/thomas-massie-ro-khanna-house-vote-complete-epstein-files\/\">Massie-Khanna petition would force House vote on release of &#8216;complete&#8217; Epstein files<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3472287\/house-gop-slams-university-response-antisemitism\/\">&#8216;Jewish students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t feel safe&#8217;: GOP slams university response to antisemitism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3472020\/mike-johnson-pam-bondi-come-forward-epstein-files\/\">Mike Johnson calls for Pam Bondi to &#8216;come forward&#8217; on Epstein<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is seen during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;It seems like blue states are constantly putting red states on life support, yet we got these little red states that ain&rsquo;t contributing nothing, but they are definitely taking up a lot of money,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Crockett pointed to Gov. Gavin Newsom&rsquo;s (D-CA) complaint that his state was contributing more than it was receiving.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And then you can go down south to states like Louisiana, who are broke and so they need California to pay in, so it is so interesting that we are so concerned about whether or not we are pushing certain ideologies,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Crockett&rsquo;s remarks drew outrage from many conservatives, many of whom disputed the methodology of her claims.<\/p>\n<p>Though blue states make up the majority of &ldquo;donor&rdquo; states, the top three biggest &ldquo;recipient&rdquo; states &mdash; New Mexico, Maryland, and Virginia &mdash; are also blue, according to data from the Rockefeller Institute, which appears to be what she was citing. Though most red states are &ldquo;recipient&rdquo; states, most receive far less than the biggest blue &ldquo;recipient&rdquo; states, with the amount of money received by the top trio more than 17 &ldquo;recipient&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-desantis-envisions-midterms-as-end-of-floridas-days-as-a-swing-state\/\" title=\"Gov. DeSantis Envisions Midterms as End of Florida\u2019s Days as a Swing State\">red states combined<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Crockett, known for her inflammatory statements and antics, has also earned the ire of President Donald Trump. Earlier on Tuesday, he suggested that she and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) were the least intelligent members of Congress.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3447528\/jasmine-crockett-claims-republicans-are-worried-about-maga-amid-political-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"CROCKETT CLAIMS REPUBLICANS ARE WORRIED ABOUT &lsquo;MAGA&rsquo; AMID POLITICAL VIOLENCE\">CROCKETT CLAIMS REPUBLICANS ARE WORRIED ABOUT &lsquo;MAGA&rsquo; AMID POLITICAL VIOLENCE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;AOC, look, I think she&rsquo;s very nice. But she&rsquo;s very low IQ, and we really don&rsquo;t need low IQ,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Between her and Crockett, we&rsquo;re going to give them both an IQ test to see who comes out best.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, I took my test. I took a real test at Walter Reed Medical Center, and I aced it. I got every one of all those questions right. Now it&rsquo;s time for them to take a test,&rdquo; Trump concluded.<\/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_2171916\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2171916\"}});<\/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 claims red states freeload, blue states support them<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2462220,"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\/07\/crockett-red-states.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[42793,47563,33640],"class_list":["post-2462219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-blue-states","tag-crockett","tag-red-states"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/crockett-red-states.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462219","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2462219"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2462223,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2462219\/revisions\/2462223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2462220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2462219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2462219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2462219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}