‘The View’ Scolds Jasmine Crockett for Calling Greg Abbott ‘Hot Wheels’: ‘Never OK to Mock Someone’s Disability’ | Video
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett took a lot of heat after nicknaming Texas Governor Greg Abbott “Hot Wheels,” including from the women of “The View” on Wednesday, following her statement that she never meant to make fun of his disability.
Alyssa Farah Griffin added, “It’s “never OK to mock someone’s disability… he was paralyzed from the waist down — governor Abbott — when he was 29 years old, a tree fell on him.” Griffin said, “It’s a tragedy, whether you like him or not. It’s off limits.”
See that conversation on “The View” below:
Previously, the Missouri-born Texas congressional representative said in a statement Tuesday that the nickname — bestowed on Abbott earlier this week during a speech at an event hosted by the Human Rights Campaign — didn’t refer to the fact that Abbott is in a wheelchair, but to his practice of deporting migrants using a variety of “planes, trains and automobiles.”
“I wasn’t thinking about the governor’s condition — I was thinking about the planes, trains, and automobiles he used to transfer migrants into communities led by Black mayors, deliberately stoking tension and fear among the most vulnerable,” she explained on X.
“Literally, the next line I said was that he was a “Hot A** Mess,” referencing his terrible policies. At no point did I mention or allude to his condition,” she continued.
Whoopi Goldberg, however, told the congresswoman on Wednesday’s show, “Your intentions may have been absolutely what you say, but once people hear you say something, it is not about what you said, it’s about what they think your intentions are. Everybody’s gotta be really careful.”
Sara Haines said, “Representative Crockett is so much better than this…. Marjorie Taylor Green, we expect that. That’s the only way she can get a headline is by saying crazy stuff.” She suggested that Crockett say she was sorry and then “move on.”
Crockett also said in her tweet that she’s “appalled” the some of the criticism is coming from Trump supporters, since the president is known for “racially insensitive nicknames and mocking those with disabilities,” referring to an incident in November 2015 when Trump made fun of a disabled New York Times reporter.
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