Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, has stirred a hornet’s nest with her latest comments accusing Republicans of being “inherently violent” and rooted in white supremacy.

Speaking on the American Fever Dream podcast in May 2025, the congresswoman delivered a blistering critique of the GOP.

“Bebe, bebe, y’all got the white supremacist galore, okay? Like, all of them, you got the Proud Boys, you got the neo-Nazis,” Crockett said, linking Republicans to extremist groups.

“So like inherently in, like, who you are, y’all are violent like, y’all. And most of your violence has to do with people that’s got a little bit of melanin.”

Her remarks, part of a broader discussion about political violence, have fueled a heated debate about how some on the left use accusations of racism to confront conservatives — and whether those tactics distract from their own issues with violence and racial rhetoric.

Crockett, known for her fiery rhetoric, is no stranger to controversy. In 2024, she suggested Latino Trump voters exhibited a “slave mentality,” drawing backlash.

In February 2025, she called President Donald Trump a “white supremacist” on CNN’s Laura Coates Live, claiming white supremacists commit 80% of extreme crimes.

Her latest comments, equating Republicans with groups like the Proud Boys, have drawn sharp criticism.

“Crockett’s rhetoric is a cheap shot, smearing millions of voters as racists to score points,” said Kayleigh McEnany, former Trump press secretary and Fox News host. “It’s not about dialogue; it’s about shaming people into silence.”

The 2020 Black Lives Matter Riots, sparked by George Floyd’s death, saw significant violence.

A Heritage Foundation report estimated over $1 billion in damages from looting and arson in cities like Minneapolis, where a police precinct was burned, and Seattle, where businesses were vandalized.

Antifa, a far-left militant group, was tied to violence in 37 racial justice protests that year, with 30% involving injuries, according to a Brookings Institution study.

In Portland, a 2020 shooting by an Antifa supporter killed a Trump supporter, and a 2023 Atlanta police facility attack linked to the group caused widespread damage.

Crockett’s supporters argue she’s spotlighting legitimate concerns. “When Trump rehires someone like Darren Beattie, who spoke at a white nationalist event, it’s not a stretch to call out the GOP’s extremist ties,” said Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., referring to Beattie’s 2025 return to the Trump administration. “Crockett’s naming the problem head-on.”

Critics, however, see hypocrisy. “The left ignores their own violence while pointing fingers,” said Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.

He cited the 2024 attempted assassination of Trump by Ryan Wesley Routh, whose social media echoed Democratic rhetoric, as evidence of bipartisan aggression. “Crockett’s selective outrage is telling.”

Her claim that white supremacists commit 80% of extreme crimes is most certainly made from whole cloth. FBI data from 2020 reported 10,173 hate crime incidents, with 52% motivated by anti-Black bias, but no specific tally for white supremacist-driven “extreme crimes.”

A 2019 FBI report showed 51% of murder arrests involved Black suspects, compared to 47% for white suspects, disproving her narrative.

“Crockett’s approach is about making white conservatives feel guilty for their politics,” said Michael Tran, a political science professor at the University of Texas at Dallas.

“It shuts down policy debates and puts the right on the defensive.”

Crockett remains unapologetic. “I’m not here to coddle folks who enable extremism,” she told HuffPost in March 2025, defending her style. Yet her critics argue she sidesteps the left’s own issues. “BLM and Antifa caused chaos, but Crockett’s silent on that,” McEnany said. “It’s a double standard.”

Rather than grappling with the complexities of political violence or engaging in good-faith dialogue, Crockett’s reliance on accusations of racism and white supremacy serves as a cudgel to bludgeon conservatives. By invoking white guilt, she sidesteps inconvenient facts — like the left’s own record of violence — and avoids the harder work of resolving tensions, leaving a polarized nation further entrenched.