Greg Abbott, Jasmine Crockett and Hot Wheels
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The Dallas Morning News |
Abbott discussed Crockett with Sean Hannity during an appearance late Tuesday on his Fox News show.
Washington Examiner |
Republicans have already begun running attack campaigns on who they deemed the new leader of the Democratic Party in an effort to portray the opposition party to President Donald Trump’s agenda as ou...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
Republicans are right that Abbott, who has used a wheelchair since a tragic accident in 1984 left him paralyzed, deserves respect for his resilience and achievement, not ridicule for his disability.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the group planning to build a Muslim-centric neighborhood, which has ties to the East Plano Islamic Center, is
North Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett took heat for using the nickname to describe the governor, who uses a wheelchair.
Harris County leaders condemned Gov. Greg Abbott for not calling a special election on Thursday to fill the congressional seat of late Houston mayor Sylvester Turner. During a conversation over Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey's request to consider Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee's replacement,
Crockett is being criticized for referring to Gov. Greg Abbott, who is in a wheelchair, as "Governor Hot Wheels." She says she wasn't referring to the wheelchair.
"You all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there. Come on, now," Crockett, a Dallas Democrat, said of Abbott at a Human Rights Campaign event. "And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot-ass mess, honey."
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Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett is facing backlash from Republicans after calling Texas Gov. Greg Abbott "Governor Hot Wheels." NBC News' Ryan Nobles has more on the criticisms and the response from both Crockett and Abbott.
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Dallas-area Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett’s mocking of Texas’ paraplegic governor as “Governor Hot Wheels” is emblematic of why Democrats are losing elections, according to Greg Abbott.