Far-left Rep. Jasmine Crockett is facing a possible censure in the House and scathing criticism from the president and White House. (Getty/Justin Sullivan/AP/Fox News Photo)
In response to a question about how Democrats can win elections in the red state of Texas, Crockett said, "I think that you punch, I think you punch, I think you OK with punching."
"It’s Ted Cruz," she went on. "I mean, like this dude has to be knocked over the head, like hard, right? Like there is no niceties with him, like at all. Like you go clean off on him."
These comments earned her a significant amount of outrage by conservatives, with the White House's "rapid response" X account calling her "another unhinged Democrat inciting violence."
The main controversy of the week, however, came when Crockett appeared to laughingly mock wheelchair-bound Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, by calling him "Governor Hot Wheels" during a pro-LGBTQ benefit dinner.
The comment sparked national outrage, with commentators on both sides of the political aisle condemning the mockery of disabled people, even if they happen to be governors.
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Rep. Randy Weber, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital he would soon be introducing a resolution to censure Crockett because of her statements.
Despite this, Crockett refused to apologize multiple times in an interview with FOX Business before growing frustrated and ending the conversation. Instead, the lawmaker pointed to a statement she put out on social media in which she denied the "hot wheels" comment was meant to make fun of Abbott’s condition.
"Why would I apologize when I put out a statement? My statement was clear," Crockett said when confronted on the matter.
In her online statement, Crockett claimed: "I wasn’t thinking about the governor’s condition – I was thinking about the planes, trains, and automobiles he used to transfer migrants into communities led by Black mayors, deliberately stoking tension and fear among the most vulnerable."
"Literally, the next line I said was that he was a 'Hot A-- Mess,' referencing his terrible policies. At no point did I mention or allude to his condition," she wrote.
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"The View" urged Rep. Jasmine Crockett to apologize for remarks about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (The View/screengrab | Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Human Rights Campaign)
Amid all this, another video of Crockett, this time speaking with The 19th last week, surfaced of Crockett dismissing the topic of trans inclusion in women's and girls' sports as a "distraction," while minimizing the potential impact they've had on the lives of women and families.
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"In this election, we allowed ourselves to be divided. We allowed them to distract us, and we allowed them to talk about the trans folk," Crockett said. "According to them, the trans kids, they want to play sports. That is the biggest issue that we’ve had. Since when? Since when? Find the little trans child that is ruining your life. I mean, I’m just like, what are we doing? Like, what are we doing?"
The scrutiny this week created renewed criticism on Crockett's past remarks about Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., being in an interracial marriage.
"The fact that you’re sitting around talking about ‘life was better under Jim Crow,’ like, is this because you don't understand history? Or literally it's because you married a White woman and so you think that whitewashed you?" Crockett told The Breakfast Club in June, as reported by the Washington Free Beacon.
Fox News Digital's Gabriel Hays, Liz Elkind, Jackson Thompson and Anders Hagstrom and Fox News Business' Hillary Vaughn contributed to this report.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
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