Posted on 04/03/2025 11:19:11 AM PDT by grundle
U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett, a Democrat from Texas, made remarks during a House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday that have ignited a debate about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
Crockett recounted her experience being hired as a public defender despite having no prior criminal defense experience. She stated that she told her prospective boss, “Listen, you should hire me,” and when asked why, replied, “Because I’m Black.”
Crockett explained that she believed her presence would allow her to establish a level of rapport and understanding with certain clients that her colleagues might not be able to achieve. Her boss ultimately hired her.
Crockett’s comments, made during a discussion about diversity in law enforcement, drew significant attention and criticism on social media. Many users, particularly on X, accused Crockett of admitting to being a “DEI hire.”
The Libs of TikTok account posted, “INCREDIBLE. Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett publicly admits that she only got her job as a public defender because she was Black. Crockett is a DEI hire, CONFIRMED.”
During the hearing, Crockett defended the importance of DEI in the criminal justice system, arguing that victims of crime should see law enforcement officers who resemble them.
She emphasized the value of having law enforcement that “looks like me,” stating that it helps ensure that cases are investigated fairly, regardless of the race or gender of the victim.
She expressed concern about an administration that “is continuously railing against diversity, equity or inclusion.”
I am not of the belief she is untalented or anything like that.
Only that she wastes all her intelligence and talents in gatekeeping the Democrat plantation. What exactly is the state of her district I may ask?
Same applies to AOC.
Public Defender = bottom feeder.
You should hire me, because I will put guilty people in jail.
Crockett puts the BITCH in BITCH SLAP!
wonder how her clients did with a black attorney with no experience
Baloney! She wasn’t qualified for the job but she got hired anyway. Now, she’s not qualified to be in Congress but she got voted in anyway. She’s a younger version of Maxipad Water, who is a lunatic. And ol’ Jasmine is crowing about it anyway. Did she sleep her way to where she is like Waters and kamalaladingdong? Anyone’s guess.
Study hard, develop a good work ethic, stay off drugs and booze, get a job that you can do, and you’ll be OK. Just stop blaming Whitey for your failures.
Before Congress, she was a highly intelligent, well spoken, well educated, well dressed, upper middle class woman. Then she affected ghetto as soon as she got elected to Congress.
I watched a Before & After video of her a day or two ago. She was impressive as the former. She is equally bad as the brash, loud-mouth, America-hating extremist.
The Dems just don’t get how badly their affectations come across (H Clinton, Obama, Harris, Crockett) to normal Americans. Many (most?) minorities hate that shameless adoption of street / ghetto by politicians. Dems just can’t connect the dots that this is one of the reasons that people of all stripes and walks of life hate the Dems.
Yes. You don’t get those jobs because you’re black. You get those jobs because you’re broke.
That said, public defender or assistant prosecutor is a good place to start getting experience so you can eventually go off on your own. You could do a good job or a crappy job and you will have plenty of chances to show your worth.
It’s a simple formula. Add “get married before having babies and stay married”
Her statement is actually worth a bit of unpacking.
“Hire me [as a public defender] because I’m black” is at least an acknowledgment what of most street crime and drug crime looks like, at least in urban areas. Give her that.
But she was also insisting that low-income, black defendants in criminal cases are better off with an inexperienced lawyer who looks like them than with a public defender of the wrong color who might, like, maybe, just hypothetically, actually know something about practicing law, and who might know the judge, the prosecutors and a lot of the police officers.
But no ... experience and demonstrated competence are very secondary, because black lawyers are able to practice sympathetic magic or something on behalf of black defendants.
If I were a liquor store bandit of color, I think I would prefer a lawyer who knew what he was doing.
What a racist statement.
Yes, I was wrong have disparaged lawyers who are simply trying to get their foot in the door. Starting out in any field is tough.
This “My Little Pony” teenybopper needs to be sent back to the street corners with the gang bangers. She’s a racist.
Insisting on needing someone “who looks like me” to feel better about a goal or a hire or a dream... is simply a constant drumbeat into the minds of children that they are useless and worthless and cannot possibly dream of accomplishing anything as the first ________ to do it.
Crockett is a racist.
5.56mm
And Crockett and AOC are lazy.
To quote a famous fictional character who did use a limited brain to great effect:
“Stupid is as stupid does.”His momma told him that, but he was smart enough to take it seriously — and diligent enough to live by it.
I believe she represents the Peoples’ Republic of Travis County, in Texas.
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