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Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett stirred controversy with her recent comments suggesting Hispanic Americans who supported President-elect Donald Trump were exhibiting a “slave mentality.”
The Republican candidate’s unprecedented victory was bolstered by significant support from minority voters, traditionally aligned with the Democratic party. While exit polls indicated that voters predominantly favored Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris due to their stance on economic and immigration policies, Crockett attributed this shift to what she described as a “slave mentality” and “misogyny.”
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Jasmine Crockett says that Latino’s have a ‘slave mentality’, because they overwhelmingly voted for Trump…
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Electoral data shows a significant decline in Democratic support among minority voters over recent election cycles. In 2016, Hillary Clinton maintained a strong lead of 50 points among college-educated minority voters and 56 points among those without college degrees. By 2020, President Biden’s margins decreased to 43 and 46 points respectively. The trend continued in 2024, with Harris securing only a 35-point advantage among college-educated minorities and 32 points among non-college-educated minorities.
“That is my distilled summary of what happens within the Latino community,” Crockett said in a Friday interview with Vanity Fair. “I’ve not run into that with the Asian community. I’ve not run into that with the African community. I’ve not run into that with the Caribbean community. I’ve only run into it with Hispanics.”
“It almost reminds me of what people would talk about when they would talk about kind of like ‘slave mentality’ and the hate that some slaves would have for themselves,” Crockett continued. “It’s almost like a slave mentality that they have. It is wild to me when I hear how anti-immigrant they are as immigrants, many of them. I’m talking about people that literally just got here and can barely vote that are having this kind of attitude.”
Rep. Jasmine Crockett faces backlash for race-baiting after suggesting Latino Trump voters have a "slave mentality" because they voted for Trump…🤦♂️
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Crockett’s analysis extended beyond the Hispanic community. When addressing the decreased support for Harris among African American male voters, she dismissed policy considerations and instead pointed to gender bias.
“I will tell you that black people historically have been fiercely loyal,” Crockett said. “That’s why you still see the [turnout] numbers that you see coming out for black folks, even though there was a bit of flaking. And that bit of flaking came from black men, which I’m going to chalk up to misogyny.”
