Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett claimed during a Thursday night livestream that President Donald Trump was responsible for black people being hanged in the South.
Crockett came under fire after she made a false allegation that Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin received donations from registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a debate on the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The Texas representative claimed Trump was responsible for a surge in political violence in the United States.
“They not even gonna, honestly, they about to outlaw the idea of white supremacy and white hate. Like they are about to be like, ‘Oh, that’s not a thing,’” Crockett said. “Forget the fact that you’re talking about getting rid of like the classification for nuisance in a time in which we have seen these random black bodies be strung up down south.”
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Two men, one black, one white, were found hanging from trees within hours of each other in Mississippi in September, the Clarion-Ledger reported in September 2025. An autopsy determined that 21-year-old Demartravion Reed, a black Delta State University student who went by “Trey,” committed suicide, according to the Associated Press.
“Also, seemingly at a time in which you’re back in office because what you do is you embolden the hate,” Crockett claimed. “You embolden everybody to take off their hoods. That is what he has done. He is the one that is producing this violence.”
Trump survived two attempts on his life during the 2024 presidential campaign, one during a July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the other on September 15 while Trump was playing a round of golf in Florida.
Crockett has a history of making inflammatory statements, recently comparing United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to “slave patrols,” defending comparisons of Trump to Hitler on a Sept. 12 appearance on “The Breakfast Club,” claiming Trump’s supporters were mentally ill and mocked Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, who uses a wheelchair.
Crockett also labeled Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was assasinated Sept. 10 while taking part in a “Prove Me Wrong” event at Utah Valley University, a “Confederate” days after his death. She also bemoaned the fact that only two white Democratic members of the House of Representatives voted against a resolution to condemn Kirk’s assassination while doubling down on comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler.
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