Jasmine Crockett Blasts GOP During DEI Hearing [Video]

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) delivered a fiery rebuke to Republican lawmakers during a Capitol Hill hearing on Wednesday. The GOP-backed bill in question seeks to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives by terminating employees working in related roles. Proponents of the bill argue that DEI programs “oppress white men.”

Crockett, a former civil rights attorney, opened her remarks with what she called a “vocabulary lesson” on the true meaning of oppression. “Let me tell you that the reason my colleagues wanted you to understand the same Black history that your side of the aisle wants to delete out of classrooms is because you can then misuse words like ‘oppression,’” Crockett stated. “There has been no oppression for the white man in this country.”

Crockett’s speech highlighted America’s fraught racial history, contrasting it with claims of oppression against white Americans. “You tell me which white men were dragged out of their homes, shipped …