Crockett claimed ‘hot wheels’ label for disabled governor referred to the busing policy, which began in 2022
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D., Texas) “liked” Facebook comments referring to wheelchair-bound Texas governor Greg Abbott as “hot wheels” in 2021—a year before he started busing migrants to Democratic cities, the policy Crockett said she was referring to when she called Abbott “hot wheels” herself.
“We in these hot ass Texas streets, honey. Y’all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there. Come on now! And the only thing hot about him is that he’s a hot-ass mess, honey! Yes, yes, yes, yes!” Crockett said to applause at a Human Rights Campaign event on Saturday.
After clips of Crockett’s remarks went viral on Tuesday, the congresswoman denied that they referenced the governor’s condition. “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,” Crockett wrote on X.
But Crockett was aware—and supportive—of the derisive label for the governor before he began the migrant transfers. […]
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