In his speech over the weekend at Turning Point USA’s conference in Arizona, Vice President JD Vance said a lot of things that it would have been unthinkable, until very recently, for a leading American politician to say.
Speaking at Turning Point USA’s America Fest 2025 in Phoenix, Vance declared that “we have relegated DEI to the dustbin of history, which is exactly where it belongs,” adding that “In the United States of America, you don’t have to apologize for being white anymore.”
Vance also took shots at Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), comparing Minneapolis to Mogadishu, as well as Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), about whom Vance said, “the record speaks for itself. She wants to be a senator. Though her street girl persona is about as real as her nails.” The crowd at the event booed at the mention of Crockett’s name, but laughed at the joke.
🚨BREAKING: JD Vance attacks Jasmine Crockett: “She wants to be a senator, though her street girl persona is about as real as her nails.”
The guy who built his brand on a fake hillbilly sob story and has three different names – wants to lecture us on authenticity. pic.twitter.com/j2092g351B
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) December 21, 2025
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Crockett responded to the comments on Monday, during an appearance on MS NOW.
“The fact that he said, I have a quote-unquote ‘street-girl persona,’ I’m sorry, but anybody that you talk to knows my credentials,” Crockett said on the show, per Mediaite. “They know that I’ve gone to school. They know that I’m educated. I never tried to put on some random story about where I came from. But at the end of the day, I am who I am and I am authentic.
🚨NEW: Jasmine Crockett *GETS HEATED* over @JDVance saying she has “street-girl persona”😡
“I’m sorry, but anybody that you talk to knows my credentials, I’ve gone to school, I’m educated.”
“I have been a black woman my entire life! I promise you there are other people just… pic.twitter.com/u4sOAMN9sk
— Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 (@JasonJournoDC) December 22, 2025
““And that is actually what they are fearful of is my authenticity,” she continued. “Because it rings true with every single American, whether they’re Texan or not. It rings true that I am fighting for real, everyday people. And instead of talking about policy, when you’re talking about, ‘The record speaks for itself’ — baby, let’s talk about your record, because the only reason you’re the vice president is because the current president tried to have his last [vice] president killed.”
Crockett is running for the U.S. Senate seat in Texas in 2026.
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