Crockett Forced to Defend ‘Slave Mentality’ Remarks About Latinos
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who declared her intent to run for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn this week, had to defend previous racially charged remarks she made about Latino voters who cast ballots for President Donald Trump in the Lone Star State during the 2024 election.
During a Tuesday segment, CNN’s Jake Tapper challenged Crockett by quoting her remarks from an interview last year with Vanity Fair magazine, where she implied that “Latinos” who voted for the president had a “slave mentality.”
“Now, about the time that that was published last year, around 1 million Latino voters in Texas were voting for Trump. Do they all have slave mentality?” Tapper asked.
“No, and that‘s not what that said at all, to be clear. It did not say that every Latino has that type of mentality,” she began.
“No, no, but the ones that vote for people that believe in strong or Trump‘s immigration policy,” Tapper interjected.
“So I don‘t believe that the people that voted for Trump believe in what they‘re actually getting. That is number one,” Crockett responded. “What Trump said is that he was going to kick out the bad guys. And that‘s what I was talking about.”
While Trump did run on a platform of deporting “the worst” illegal alien criminals, he also ran on the issue of “mass deportation” of anyone in the country illegally, which led to a record number of Hispanic votes.
“I‘ve been down to the border. I‘ve been down to south Texas. I‘ve campaigned down there and so I am talking about exactly what was going on when I was down there on behalf of the Beto [O’Rourke] campaign. In fact, when he was running for governor I was sent as a surrogate, and I said, talk to me about what is going on. Why is it that they believe that they can win Latinos down here?” Crockett continued.
“Like, I don‘t understand what‘s happening. And there were people that were saying that they had fought and they had done everything the right way and that there were bad people that were coming that were doing it the wrong way. And so, they were saying, no, we left,” she said, without directly addressing her prior remarks.
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Meanwhile, a report from earlier this week said that Crockett has had an unpaid lien of more than $3,000 on her luxury condo in Dallas for more than a year.
A notice of a lien filed on April 11, 2024, and available to the public on the Dallas County Clerk’s website, says that Crockett owes the Westside Condominium Association $3,047.79, according to county records Fox News Digital reviewed.
The notice said that Crockett “is in default of her duty to pay assessments and has failed and refused and continues to fail and refuse, despite demand upon her, to pay the Association assessments and related charges properly levied against the Property.”
The lien gives the Westside Condominium Association in Dallas a legal claim on the unit. This means that Crockett can’t sell or transfer the property until the debt is paid.
Fox News Digital got confirmation from the Dallas County Clerk’s Office on Tuesday night that there is no record of the lien being released. This means that Crockett has not yet paid the overdue amount.
According to a Homes.com listing for Westside Condominiums, the complex is a gated community that offers residents a “refreshing retreat” and “comfort and convenience in a secure setting.” The complex is complete with a pool, clubhouse, sleek kitchens and bathrooms “designed with spa-like features.”
“The more we learn about Jasmine Crockett, the more clear it is that she’s the worst possible candidate to run for Senate in Texas,” a longtime Democratic strategist who has worked with campaigns across the country, told Fox News. “Recent weeks have shown she’s just not ready for primetime.”
'Guilty Of Fraud' - Hammer Dropped On Former First Lady Jill Biden During Live Fox News Segment
McEnany Accuses Jill Biden Of Misleading Americans About Debate Performance
Posted July 15, 2026
Former White House press secretary and Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany accused former first lady Jill Biden of misleading the American public about President Joe Biden’s condition following his widely criticized debate performance during the 2024 campaign.
McEnany made the remarks Thursday during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” where she reacted to comments Jill Biden reportedly made in her upcoming book regarding the president’s performance during the debate that ultimately intensified questions about his age and fitness for office.
The discussion began when co-host Dana Perino referenced remarks Jill Biden made immediately following the debate.
At a campaign event after the debate, Jill Biden praised her husband’s performance.
“Joe, you did such a great job. You answered every question,” she said at the time.
Perino contrasted those comments with more recent claims attributed to Jill Biden and raised questions about the apparent inconsistency.
“So now we know that this is what she’s saying in her book,” Perino said. “And the question I would love to ask her is where are you lying then or now?”
McEnany responded by arguing that Jill Biden’s reaction following the debate was inconsistent with her more recent descriptions of the event.
“It’s a great question,” McEnany said.
“That is not the reaction of someone who believes they just watched their husband have a stroke. It is an absolute lie.”
McEnany then accused the former first lady of concealing concerns about the president’s condition from voters.
“It was fraud,” she said.
“What she did fraud on the American public and she’s continuing it by saying she had never seen him like that before or after.”
The debate between Biden and President Donald Trump became a turning point in the 2024 election cycle, with many Democrats publicly expressing concern about Biden’s performance and his ability to continue his campaign.
Questions about Biden’s age and mental sharpness had circulated for years, but the debate intensified those concerns and fueled calls from some Democrats for him to step aside.
During the Fox News discussion, McEnany referenced comments previously made by veteran journalist Carl Bernstein regarding Biden’s condition behind the scenes.
“Dana, you all remember Carl Bernstein, who said he talked to people who knew Joe Biden, loved Joe Biden, supported Joe Biden, and they were adamant that what we saw was not a one-off,” McEnany said.
According to McEnany, Bernstein reported that individuals close to Biden had observed similar episodes before the debate.
“They said it had happened 15 or 20 times prior, him losing his train of thought,” she said.
McEnany also cited a fundraiser Bernstein reportedly described.
“He described a fundraiser where he froze up and seemed to have some type of rigor mortis,” she said.
“This is not something that was a one-off.”
McEnany argued that concerns about Biden’s condition were widely known among those close to him.
“This was well known,” she said.
She then questioned why Jill Biden continued publicly defending her husband following the debate.
“So why did she keep up with the fraud on the American people?” McEnany asked.
The former first lady has repeatedly defended her husband and rejected claims that she or members of his inner circle concealed concerns about his health, Breitbart News reported.
The debate over Biden’s condition became one of the defining political stories of the 2024 election cycle and continued after he ultimately left the race.
McEnany’s comments reflect ongoing scrutiny surrounding what Biden’s family, advisers and top Democratic officials knew about his condition and when they knew it.
Neither Jill Biden nor representatives for the former president immediately responded to McEnany’s latest remarks.
As new books and accounts from those involved continue to emerge, questions surrounding Biden’s final campaign and the decisions made by those closest to him remain a major topic of political debate.
