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Jasmine Crockett Says She’s The Real Victim Of Charlie Kirk’s Rhetoric

RNN Staff

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, appeared on CNN Sunday to justify her controversial vote against a bipartisan House resolution condemning the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk — and stunned viewers by declaring herself the true victim of his rhetoric.

In a revealing exchange with CNN host Dana Bash on State of the Union, Crockett claimed Kirk had personally targeted her and people of color in his commentary, drawing a bizarre comparison between the slain conservative leader and “Confederate relics.”

“The rhetoric that Charlie Kirk continuously put out there was rhetoric that specifically targeted people of color,” Crockett said, offering no citations or examples. “Honestly, that hurts my heart.”

She then lamented that only two of the 58 “no” votes on the resolution came from white members of Congress — implying that more white Democrats should have stood in solidarity with her.

Crockett went on to describe herself as a direct target of Kirk’s commentary, referencing a recent podcast episode in which he criticized her. She claimed, again without providing a quote or source, that Kirk had “proclaimed” she was involved in the so-called “great white replacement.”

“So if there was any way that I was going to honor somebody who decided that they were just going to negatively talk about me… yeah, I‘m not honoring that,” she said, painting Kirk as an ideological enemy.

She then compared Kirk — a 31-year-old conservative firebrand assassinated in broad daylight while speaking to students — to symbols of the Confederacy, calling him a “new age relic” whose legacy she refused to endorse.

“Just like we wanted to make sure that those Confederate relics were taken down, the idea of a new age relic being propped up was something that I just could not subscribe to,” Crockett said.

Despite the inflammatory remarks, Bash offered no pushback.

The comments sparked immediate backlash online and from conservative voices, including CNN contributor Scott Jennings, who said Crockett’s remarks were out of line.

“Charlie Kirk targeted NOBODY. He was not racist in any way,” Jennings posted on social media, slamming the congresswoman for using Kirk’s death as a platform to push her own narrative.

Kirk was gunned down during the kickoff of TPUSA’s “American Comeback Tour” at Utah Valley University on September 10. His death shocked the conservative movement and triggered a massive outpouring of support, with over 200,000 people attending or watching his funeral service in Glendale, Arizona — including President Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

Crockett’s decision to vote “no” on a resolution condemning the killing — and then use her national platform to shift focus onto herself — has only intensified calls for accountability. Many conservatives are now pointing to the episode as evidence of how far radical partisans are willing to go to politicize tragedy.

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