‘Hurts My Heart’: Jasmine Crockett Pained That ‘Only Two Caucasians’ Voted Against Charlie Kirk Resolution

Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett claimed on Sunday that it caused her anguish to see that only two white lawmakers voted against the resolution honoring Charlie Kirk on Friday.

Every Republican voted in favor of the resolution, but 58 Democrats voted against it, including Crockett and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who both cited their disagreement with his political views. Crockett asserted on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Kirk “specifically targeted people of color” with his “rhetoric.”

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“One of the things I do want to point out that’s not been laid out, that honestly hurts my heart, is when I saw the no votes, there were only two caucasians,” Crockett said. “For the most part, the only people that voted no were people of color.”

“Because the rhetoric that Charlie Kirk continuously put out there was rhetoric that specifically targeted people of color,” she continued. “And so it is unfortunate that even our colleagues could not see how harmful his rhetoric was, specifically to 🇺🇸US.”

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and his leadership team voted in support of the measure, while 38 House Democrats voted “present” on the resolution and 22 did not vote.

“Such acts of politically motivated violence are antithetical to the principles of a free republic, in which differences of opinion are to be debated—not silenced—with civility, reason, and mutual respect,” the resolution reads in part.