Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is continuously making history and a difference. She presents Texas’ 30th District, which includes many parts of Dallas. She was appointed to serve on the House of Judiciary Committee, this is one of the most important committees in Congress. This committee is responsible for protecting people’s rights, making laws, and ensuring that the government follows the Constitution. Crockett previously worked as a public defender, and she also served in the Texas House of Representatives during the 87th Legislature where she represented Texas House District 100. Crockett was elected to Congress during the 2022 midterm elections, she claimed the seat of longtime Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson, who retired and endorsed Crockett as her successor.
On January 28th, 2025, Crockett will be sworn in for her second term serving the Texas’ 30th Congressional District. Members of Congress are usually sworn in every two years. She is from St. Louis, Missouri and graduated college from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. Before deciding on law school, Crockett wanted to be an anesthesiologist or certified public accountant. After graduating undergrad, she moved to Houston and attended the University of Houston Law Center, where she graduated in 2006. She eventually created her own law firm who did free cases for Black Lives Matter activist.
Crockett gained national attention because of her strong will to fight for and protect voting rights and criminal justice reform. Crockett was portrayed on Saturday Night Live (SNL), for her viral moment in May 2024. Crockett made remarks towards Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene who made comments on Crockett’s appearance, specifically her eyelashes. Crockett then called her a “beach blonde bad built butch body” which went viral on all social media platforms.
On January 14th, 2025, at a House Oversight Committee meeting, Crockett and Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District exchanged a few words. The two were having a conversation about civil rights and transgender rights. Crockett was asking for a new group to focus on civil rights and spoke out against Mace’s comments on transgender people. “I can see that somebody’s campaign coffers really are struggling right now. So (Mace) is going to keep saying ‘trans, trans, trans’ so that people will feel threatened, and chile, listen” Crockett said. “Chile” is the urban word for “child.” Mace responded to this comment and said “I am no child, do not call me a child, I am no child. If you want to take it outside, we can do that.”
Crockett believed she had been threatened by Mace and called her “an attention seeking loser” via X (twitter.) Crockett is known for standing her ground and not letting anyone push over her as a Black woman in such a high position. She is making political history, but she is also teaching young Black girls to be themselves and live in their truth and not conforming to traditional ways of wearing their hair or makeup. Crockett is professional in her style but still adds her own touch, she is unapologetically her, internally and externally and that is how every Black girl and woman should strive to be.
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