Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) fired again at Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) after he criticized as “bizarre” a broadly circulated “choose-your-fighter” TikTok video that includes a number of Democratic lawmakers, together with Crockett.
In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Crockett famous that Fetterman typically goes onto the ground of the chamber carrying a sweatshirt.
“He’s not the one to talk about anything,” Crockett stated. “I mean, this is a guy that doesn’t seemingly want to own a suit, own a suit, I’m not really sure. But I don’t show up in hoodies when I’m going on the floor.”
Crockett defended the video, saying an influencer requested the six Democrats to take part and she or he didn’t have a lot details about the pattern beforehand, however she harassed it’s necessary for the general public to see lawmakers laughing.
“I feel that it will be significant that folks see that we’re actual folks, and even when meaning that there is a second to giggle, that is okay, particularly because it looks as if we’re doing extra crying than something.
“But just know that we were not on the House floor jumping around at all, whereas Senator Fetterman is consistently walking around the Senate chamber, and he is walking around in such a way that they literally had to change the rules in the Senate so that he could walk around that way,” she stated, noting the costume code change within the Senate.
“So I just don’t think that he’s necessarily the one to actually have an opinion about this,” she added.