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Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) called out Republican lawmakers for talking tough on law and order but refusing to hold President Donald Trump to that same standard.
Crockett pointed to the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison. A court ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” his release and return to the United States, but Trump has refused.
Trump and his supporters have instead attacked Abrego Garcia and accused him of being an MS-13 gang member. Abrego Garcia’s wife and attorney has denied that, and he hasn’t been convicted of any crimes.
As Crockett noted, that’s in sharp contrast to the president.
“As far as I’m concerned, he’s a lot less criminal than the person that’s sitting in the White House ’cause last time I checked, he doesn’t have any criminal convictions,” she said on MSNBC on Sunday. “I don’t even think he has any outstanding cases, versus the guy that still had cases pending when he was sworn in on January 20th and also has 34 felony convictions.”
Trump was convicted last year on all 34 charges in the case related to hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels. He also had several federal cases pending that were dropped after he won last year’s election.
“So listen, I don’t want to hear anything from the Republican Party about how they trying to keep us safe when their fearless leader is actually the biggest criminal thus far that we have seen because I haven’t seen anybody with a rap sheet that looks like the president’s,” Crockett said.
See more of her conversation with MSNBC’s Katie Phang below:
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