Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) made comments about First Lady Melania Trump’s immigration history during a hearing on Capitol Hill on Wednesday — and it’s since spurred disturbing racist attacks online.
During a House Committee on the Judiciary hearing, Crockett slammed President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and the mass raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. She also questioned the legitimacy of the intended focus of Wednesday’s hearing, which was titled “Restoring Integrity and Security to the Visa Process.”
“The idea that Trump and my Republican colleagues want to restore integrity and security in the visa process is actually a joke,” she said, adding, “Integrity is not revoking visas based on social media posts that hurts somebody’s little feelings.”
Crockett then pivoted to the first lady, charging that there’s been a “lack of integrity when it comes to the president’s family’s visas.”
“Let me remind y’all that Melania, the first lady — a model, and when I say model, I’m not talking about Tyra Banks, Cindy Crawford or Naomi Campbell-level — applied for and was given an EB-1 visa.”
