WASHINGTON (TNND) — Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) likened President Donald Trump to a domestic violence abuser, suggested that the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics were on par with the Nazis, and accused the Supreme Court of sanctioning “modern day slave patrols.”
Crockett did not mince her words when criticizing the ongoing ICE raids in cities across the country during a “field hearing” hosted in St. Paul by Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN).
The Friday event named “Kidnapped and Disappeared: Trump’s Deadly Assault on Minnesota” comes amid escalating clashes between anti-ICE protesters and federal law enforcement officers in the wake of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent over a week ago. On Wednesday, while conducting a targeted traffic stop, a law enforcement officer was beaten by three illegal aliens in Minneapolis, leading a riot to break out in the streets.
Crockett framed ICE’s operations in Minneapolis to be an act of “pure racism,” pointing to Trump’s previous rhetoric of immigrants from “s*** hole” countries as evidence.
The lawmaker then suggested that images and videos of illegal immigrants being arrested and detained by ICE officers is on par with human right abuses from the past.
“Because when we look at other places, say, places that did things like — oh, you know — go door to door, looking for people as they had to hide out, say — in an attic. Does that sound familiar to anybody?” Crockett asked.
“Or the images that I have seen of people being attacked by law enforcement, whether we’re talking about dogs or fire hoses, it seems very reminiscent of something that we have seen before in this country,” Crockett said, a likely reference to the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.
Crockett then mentioned her feud with Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. On Thursday, Crockett joined other Democrats in filing articles of impeachment against Noem.
Crockett said immigration enforcement efforts under Noem look like “modern day slave patrols, and they have been sanctioned by this Supreme Court.”
“Whoever thought we would live in a country that progress looks like having a Supreme Court that says yes, it is okay to look at somebody or to listen to their accent and give permission to grab them,” Crockett said, in reference to September Supreme Court ruling. The ruling allowed federal officers to use racial profiling when conducting stops.
“Y’all we are living with an abuser right now,” Crockett said. “That is who Trump and his administration is frankly.”
“But if you know anything about a domestic abuser, the one thing about them that you need to know is that they are some of the biggest cowards that you will ever find. What they can’t stand is when you actually fight back,” Crockett continued.
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