Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) is under fire for mocking Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), the latest in a string of provocative statements that have boosted her profile over the past year.

Since Crockett called the wheelchair-bound Abbott “Governor Hot Wheels,” Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) announced plans to censure her, calling the remark “the latest in a series of inappropriate comments."

The remarks — which Crockett insists didn’t apply to Abbott’s condition — drew condemnation from prominent Texas and national Republicans, as well as some liberal accounts online. Trump called her a “lowlife;” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) called the remarks “shameful”; his potential future challenger, state Attorney General Ken Paxton, went a step further and called Crockett herself “despicable.”

And Abbott himself argued that Crockett’s remarks presaged future Democratic defeats.

“The bottom line is that Republican states like Texas are leading the way, and with comments like this by Democrats, we will just leave them in the dust in future elections,” Abbott said to Fox News' Sean Hannity.

Conservative commentators piled on as well, with the network’s Lisa Kennedy Montgomery referred to Crockett as an attention-seeker using an unprintable insult.

Crockett doubled down despite the backlash, dismissing Republican criticism over the Abbott affair as performative outrage. She insisted that the remark referred to Abbott's habit of busing undocumented migrants to northern cities — particularly those with Black mayors.

But on Tuesday she also declared herself “appalled that the very people who unequivocally support Trump — a man known for racially insensitive nicknames and mocking those with disabilities — are now outraged.”

In a post on X on Wednesday, she argued that Republicans had seized on her remarks to divert attention from ‘Signal-gate,’ a scandal in which Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth appeared to inadvertently text the details of a secret military operation to Jeffrey Goldberg, editor of the Atlantic.

“The incompetence that many of us knew existed prior to the confirmation of these individuals is on full display for the WORLD,” Crockett wrote. “But you know, keep being distracted with the faux outrage from people who have never met an empathetic bone.”

“Oh, and the fact that there is an obsession over wanting me silenced tells me that I need to speak out more,” she added.

Crockett’s office did not respond to a request for comment from The Hill.

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