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Crockett criticizes AOC and Bernie Sanders' 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour for making it about themselves

Rep. Jasmine Crockett withdrew from Oversight Committee race after controversial comments, having previously criticized Sanders and AOC's tour as self-promotional.


Crockett criticizes AOC and Bernie Sanders' 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour for making it about themselves

Firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, privately trashed her far-left colleagues Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., accusing them of not being team players and going on tour simply to promote themselves.

Dexter had concerns that Crockett could have conflicts with party leadership, much like Ocasio-Cortez did when she first came to Congress.

The Texas lawmaker replied that, unlike AOC, she did not want to "burn it down" and that she was more committed to working to advance the Democratic Party as a whole. 

She pointed to AOC and Sanders' "Fighting Oligarchy Tour" as a "good idea," but one that ultimately was constructed just to boost the brands of the two lawmakers. AOC and Sanders have been crisscrossing the country on the tour, bringing their left-wing message to crowds of thousands. 

"[The tour] kind of makes people be like, 'Oh, it's about them, right?' Instead of the team," Crockett said. 

"We in these hot a-- Texas streets, honey. Y'all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there, come on now! And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot a-- mess, honey!," she said at a March Human Rights Campaign event in Los Angeles.

Crockett went on to sell merchandise based around the insults. 

Crockett, Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders did not immediately respond to requests for comment. 

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