Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is facing sharp backlash after referring to a young murder victim as a “random dead person” during a heated Judiciary Committee markup Wednesday.
The committee was debating legislation named after the victim, 20-year-old Kayla Hamilton.
Crockett, who represents Texas’s 30th Congressional District, appeared frustrated during the discussion and questioned the motives behind the bill.
“You take a situation, and then you exploit what has happened to not only that person, but you exploit those families, and you make it a game,” she said, yelling into her microphone. “Stop just throwing a random dead person’s name on something for your own political expediency.”
In an article for Fox News, Preston Mizell observed:
Kayla Hamilton, 20, was sexually assaulted, restrained, and strangled to death by Walter Javier Martinez, a 17-year-old migrant in the U.S. under Unaccompanied Alien Child (UAC) status. Martinez was sentenced to 70 years in prison in April.
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Prior to her statement, Crockett argued that Republicans were ignoring the alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein, telling GOP members to “stop pretending like you care” about the individuals which certain pieces of legislation are named after.
“Y’all find one terrible situation that took place, and then you say that person’s name, and you wear it out, and you make it political,” Crockett added.
The committee was debating a bill by Congressman Russell Fry, R-S.C., the Kayla Hamilton Act, which would mandate the Department of Health and Human Services secretary to determine whether an illegal immigrant under the age of 18, or unaccompanied alien child, poses a danger to themselves or their community.
Republicans immediately condemned the remark, calling it disrespectful and out of touch.
“Let me be clear: Kayla Hamilton was not just a random person,” Fry told Fox News Digital. “She was a young woman with a family and a future.”
He added: “Sadly, this is what we’ve come to expect from Democrats, who will take any opportunity to downplay the tragedy of Americans killed by criminal illegal aliens.”
He called on Crockett to issue a full, public apology to Hamilton’s family and “to every American who has suffered because of her party’s reckless, open-borders agenda.”
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So what is the over/under in Vegas as to how many ‘random dead people’ it will take for jazz men to actually get a grasp of reality? This latest tone deaf comment from her is right up there with ‘some people did something’ regarding 9/11.
WHY more often than not do my comments ‘disappear’ like this one likely will.
Crockett is one sick individual and she’s either “box of rocks stupid” or thinks we all are. She can stand there with a straight face and claim things that are blatantly false as if there is no ability to bring up recordings of Dems calling for violence.
You need to engage your brain, BEFORE posting anything on line, like the CRAP I just read!!! C
Cro0ckett is a random BRAINDEAD person!
Crockett is another example of a mindless politician, who was elected by people who do not scrutinize those who are running for public office.
Crockett came from the sewer, lives in the sewer and that’s where she belongs. Not to be confused, I mean Jasmine!!
How did someone that stupid ever get elected?