One of the most consistent elements of the identity politics practiced by the left is its selectivity. Whether in politics or higher education, the outrage that comes from allegedly racist or insensitive comments is confined to targets on the right. A case in point is the deafening silence after a diatribe by Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, during which she accused Hispanic voters of having a “slave mentality” and said that they “can barely vote.” There was no vaporous segment on The View or condemnations on the floor from members.
Crockett has been celebrated in left-wing publications such as Vanity Fair for schooling her colleagues, which she describes as “old as sh*t.”
She offered Vanity Fair her “distilled summary of what happens within the Latino community.” Not surprisingly, it is identity politics with a race edge:
“I’ve not run into that with the Asian community. I’ve not run into that with the African community. I’ve not run into that with the Caribbean community. I’ve only run into it with Hispanics. When they think of ‘illegals,’ they think of, you know, maybe people that came out of the cartels and that kind of, like, the criminal-type book or whatever. It’s insane.”
“It almost reminds me of what people would talk about when they would talk about kind of like ‘slave mentality’ and the hate that some slaves would have for themselves. It’s almost like a slave mentality that they have. It is wild to me when I hear how anti-immigrant they are as immigrants, many of them. I’m talking about people that literally just got here and can barely vote that are having this kind of attitude.”
The attack on Hispanic voters as including people who “literally just got here and can barely vote” did not even generate objections from many Democratic Hispanic groups. Imagine if Trump or a conservative commentator made this comment.
Ironically, just before the election, I wrote how recent immigrants seemed to have a particularly strong connection to our defining and collective values. That does not appear a view shared by the congresswoman.
Crockett was, if anything, inclusive in her attacks based on gender and race. She also attacked black men and women for voting for Trump. She just dismissed black men as hating women: “I’m going to chalk up to misogyny.”
What is unimaginable is that any woman or person of color could vote on the merits against the Democrats.
Notably, after her loss, Hillary Clinton offered the same attacks on women as voting against her only because they are weak and self-loathing.
She claimed that Kamala, who notoriously avoided interviews and could not think of “a thing she would do differently” from Biden, “ran a flawless campaign.” The problem is again self-hating women and minorities, adding, “I don’t trust White women. I said, I’m just telling you, and I think you need to have conversations with your sisters, because they are the group that failed Hillary Clinton.”
The claim that Hispanics “can barely vote” would not be tolerated from someone on the right. It is reminiscent of the controversy involving Democratic lawyer and former Clinton campaign general counsel Marc Elias over what some called inherently racist comments about Georgia voters. Elias argued that Georgia voters could not be expected to be able to read their driver’s licenses correctly — a statement that seemed to refer to minority voters who would be disproportionately impacted by such a requirement.
What is striking about the Vanity Fair article is that Democrats continued to rely on identity politics despite every indication that it was not working. Now, after losing both houses and the White House, they are doubling down on identity politics.
Outgoing Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Jaime Harrison used his farewell address to warn Democrats not to abandon identity politics as the touchstone of future campaigns.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. He is the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”
There are a large number of People that don’t want “equality”, across the whole Human spectrum. Because they know that, should you have true-equality (True Justice), it would take away their game. They would actually have to compete, to work, to think.
Largely people want the ability to engage Consumerism (The American Dream). However the reality is that to ‘succeed in this system, they must put forth the effort to make the gains (rewards) of the Consumer-Capitalism system.
Unfortunately most People don’t want to do this, that is to say: They want Something for Nothing.
Hispanics (Hispanic Voters) Do put forth the efforts (Labor) to make the gains, as do the Asians, as do Blacks, Semitic Middle Eastern, and Far Eastern proclivities.
The reflection of Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s argument suggest that we should examine which Proclivity by percentage is the ‘laziest’ (Non-Competitive Attitude – Wanting Something for Nothing).
It is also a Generational issue, as there are differing percentages across the Proclivity spectrum by Generation.
I would not be afraid to say the the current generations of Whites and Blacks are less competitive today compared to their Asian and Hispanic counterparts.
Further the analysis can be broken down by Gender(s), wherein I would surmise that there are differences within the competitiveness between Men and Women, the later gaining ground over the former, even with factoring in workplace displacement of Women to Men. e.g.: Women are increasingly more competitive Today.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s is saying, is the quite part out loud. That her Black Community feels threatened by the influx of Hispanic competition.
She might have just as well said; ‘Hispanic’s be Crazy, they don’t Vote for my Dems’.
* consumerism…new one. An economy based in consumerism. Yes, as in biology there are producers and consumers. 🤔. Let’s just go to the warehouses and pick up 2 uniforms and boots. Then some food staples. Same for all. Sure, y not. Same little pick up truk and Same little house with 750 Sq ft per person. 2 people get 750 plus half. One plate , one fork, one spoon etc. 3 cups of rice 3 carrots etc. Be great. No more envy. All luxury shall be burned. Diamonds crushed etc. Shaved heads etc. Robots produce it all in plastics.
You’ll like it Jazz.
* Then you know what would happen? Someone would begin decorating their uniform. Extra buttons, some ruffles and ribbons, cut the pant legs and make mid calf or sew the legs together as a skirt. Then another would find a scrap of wood and whittle an animal or make some wooden bracelets or bowls. Another would tell stories or sing a song and before you know it envy once again 😏.
Nothing ever works.
Anonymous says: December 21, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Hummm – You depict an Amish World. It works for Them, right here in the USA! 🇺🇸
What does it mean to “barely vote”?
Go to the polls with no clothes on? Only vote for a candidate’s first name?
I’m afraid she gets an “F” for “communicates clearly”. This little girl needs to repeat first grade.
One of the great misjudgments made by the left and some non-MAGA Republicans was that legal immigrants would favour illegal immigration. The only reason they thought this was the assumption that “Hispanic” identity would prevail over everything else. This assumption was flawed for two reasons: firstly, identity does not overcome other positions in all cases; and secondly, “Hispanic” is an invented identity that masks national, cultural, socioeconomic, and even racial differences. Moreover, it is now becoming apparent that urban black communities are fighting illegal immigration — just observe the rebellion by black Chicago residents against the black mayor. The only constituencies for illegal immigration are cultural progressives, rich whites and employers of cheap labor.
As Dennis proves every day, the left cannot think even one level below the surface, otherwise it would have been obvious to them that people who went through the process of immigrating legally would not favor an open border. That’s also why most people in the corporate media are leftist, because they are low-IQ and lack the capacity for reflective thought.
Black females bear a heavy burden of guilt for mass genocide of their own unborn babies. Crock-O-Shlt Crockett embodies the depravity that resides in the black female “community”.
Professor Turley: are you a victim of your DNC political party’s “Please Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes™” or “Nothing To See Here, Please Move On™”? There’s nothing new in this column you’re telling us about this woman and her performative political theater. You could have just as easily have informed us that water is wet. It’s what’s missing from this column that is becoming as equally noticeable as her party’s racism and race baiting.
You don’t notice anything in this woman’s background that you can’t recognize as being a familiar environment you’ve existed and worked in for decades?
Let me help you with that. She is one of your fellow DEMOCRAT LAWYERS making her living in politics. You write legal commentary; she ran for office.
Recognize that common thread you all have now?
Just like Attorney General Merrick Garland who has commanded the lawfare war the last four years that you write about but never hold him accountable for his police state fascism in that office. Like James Comey, Andrew McCabe, Loretta Lynch, Sally Yates and Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton of ‘Trump Russia dossier’ infamy and their crime wave of perjured testimony.
Crockett’s racist xenophobia is a secondary characteristic of her public political persona. Primarily she is a Democrat lawyer who like Merrick Garland and all the rest will say or do anything in pursuit of her political objectives.
It’s like Voldemort in those Harry Potter movies (as you love references to movies); in this case, The Name That Thy Shall Not Mention is “My Fellow Democrat Lawyers”.
To paraphrase a talk show host I recently heard: “Trump may not be the answer to all your problems, but Democrat Lawyers working in politics are the source of ALL your problems”
If you can’t bear to name and shame your fellow Democrat Lawyers that are the source of these problems, you yourself are a small cog in that problem. Writing columns around the edges of the problem isn’t enough.
To do a copy and paste of a recent comment to you from your dear close friend Dennis McIntyre: “Try to be better.”
Old Airborne Dog
Can’t believe there is someone in Congress who is more stupid than AOC! Thanks for the alert on this wack job. How ignorant she is, as she’s never lived in a real dictatorship in South/Centrale America like so many of her state constituents. She probably thinks slavery only happened to US Blacks… not realizing Cuba had 10x the slaves and most were whites from Spain. The word slave itself refers to the Slavs, the whites in Europe used in past world slavery. Folks need a little education in this country.
Rep. Crackpot Crockett (D for Dumb-squat) has opened the floor to blatant racism. Oh, wait. Correction: Barack Obama did that when he invited BLM to the Whitehouse.
Anyway, here’s my racist rebuttal: liberal black women are the world’s greatest contrary indicators. Just ask any of them how to achieve utopia and then do the exact opposite. Your hit rate for utopia will top 90%; otherwise, you’ll wind up in Baltimore.
If you can’t find a liberal black female, then just ask a white liberal. They’re always where black women aren’t and do pretty good job in the contrary-indicator category.
Wannabe Tutsi.
Dennis is a moronic troll. Just ignore and scroll.
Meanwhile the people controlling President Biden complain that Musk is controlling Trump, Congress explains they need a pay raise to keep up with the inflation they caused, Newsome says that with another $25 billion he can double homelessness by 2030, and the FBI assures the nation that the drones are just the US government spying on its own citizens.
-the Bee
She is a blessing. Nothing inspires voters better than being insulted for not appreciating being mugged by Democratic party policies, especially because of your immutable characteristics. If she and her party keep this up, the Republicans won’t need to budget as much for messaging. So there’s that.
Look whose talking. There is no more lock-step group than blacks, especially here in Texas.
I don’t care what they say. I want an END to Federal Aid to cities, states, non-profits, schools. Ban Public Unions!
I want to Defund the Democrat Fascists!
Why even give Crockett ANY promotion? She appears dumb as a door nail every time she talks. Her fake “ghetto” rants are tiresome & theater only.
We need to give her pernicious rants as much exposure as possible…it can only help us and instruct her constituents as to just what a “crock” she is.
The Marxist left is literally petrified that their own urban chattel are catching on. Gone are the days when successful race-baiters could rise from community activists to President all the while promising to help them, pretending to lead them, pretending to be one of them, and then completely ignoring them after the vote was cast. Leaving them with only one avenue with which to secure an election. As Obama put it, “Vote for us cause we the same skin color. And in some cases, my skin is darker than your skin, my skin’s darker than yours.” Cute little jingle.
The very reason they are still help captive on the urban plantations with little to no job opportunities, living in abject poverty, existing on tax payer handouts which they now plainly see are peanuts compared to what the illegal aliens get, has been flushed out into the open for all to see in New York, Chicago, Denver; the list goes on.
That was the breaking point see. Everyone of them can see their “own skin color” leaders shoveling the subsidies they themselves were supposed to get, or could have gotten, if not for their “own skin color” leaders desperately attempting to buy the Hispanic votes, and curry favor with the Hispanic community, bringing them across the border by the many millions, be them legal or illegal. What a complete and total failure.
Not only does the Hispanic community reject them outright, in part because no matter how they got here, legally or illegally, most of them were leaving failed pro-Marxist regimes and that isn’t what they want to live in, and because it’s obvious to everyone that the pro-Marxist leftist government party in this country led by Biden, resulted in a depressed job market, restrictive opportunities for workers, and furtherance of cartel crime against the Hispanic community itself.
The thing about any Marxist revolution is; the power reigns have to be seized quickly before the masses catch on. Otherwise it will become a counter-revolution.
Enter Trump.
* very insightful anon…
Anyone who defends the comments of the Democrat Representative is as guilty as she is. I read the diatribe defending her and reciting the tired old attacks on Republicans, Conservatives and Trump. I don’t expect better anymore. The art of intentional illusion has become reality to the Left. “I said it therefore it’s true” has become their governing logic. Demonstrably false propaganda is their weapon d’jour. reminds me of many evil regimes in history. When facts don’t suffice, when they fail, then employ the lie. It’s pathetic. It’s reminiscent of a petulant child arguing a point that’s easily refuted. It’s disgusting, disgraceful and dangerous. Most of all, it’s wrong. But, the Left seems comfortable with the Lie. Speaks volumes about them and their character.
Clarke Penley…… Great comment!
Basically, the Left appears to intentionally choose to be stupid, and proud to make that choice.
It beggars description.
Those parasites living off of the pork/government handouts provided by the left only care about that flow continuing…there is no rationale for their support of the left other than greed and a false support of radical progressive ideologies. Character has no function in this formula.
Personally I pay no nevermind to people like Crockett. She’s an idiot pretending to be intelligent. She cares about one thing and one thing only – melanin.
It was that same apathy to what obama was pushing that gave us 8 years of disastrous fundamental transformationof our nation. We CANNOT ignore them with disdain, but rather, we need place a bead on her as a target for embarrassing exposure of her pernicious ideology.
Jasmine Crockofit. A Dem is a Dem is a Dem! What’s not to Love? A walking, talking poster child for the Dems!
Diversity [dogma] (i.e. color judgment, class bigotry): racism, sexism, ageism, etc. under the Pro-Choice (i.e. selective, opportunistic) religion in progressive sects exercised with liberal license. #HateLovesAbortion
Jonathan: on the one hand I am disappointed that you gave into your base instincts to mount racist attacks on Rep. Crockett in your continued pursuit of pandering to Fox News dog whistles to DJT’s followers. She was speaking plain truths to ordinary people, not acting as though she were an academic law professor lecturing a gathering of lawyers. Context and nuance are important when speaking to an audience.
On the other hand, I appreciate you weren’t trolled into using your legal blog to comment on the legalities regarding the House report just released by the House Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. 17,000 pages long! All four parts of that report combined to be a masterpiece of creating an alternative universe to the reality of the Biden Department Of Justice attempting a return to normalcy and equal justice for all. Making DJT accountable before the law as is every other American, rich or poor, will not be countenanced by the MAGA Republicans.
It makes sense that the chairman of that biased House committee, Rep. Jordan, would spread it all over the media, emphasizing his claims of government forcing social media to censor opposing voices and use the FBI to both silence and attack opposition. That is the Republican dog whistle and the attempt to troll a response from legal commentators such as yourself. The hope and intent is that the GOP can rewrite history and portray DJT as a victim of Attorney General Marrick Garland and FBI Director Wray. Why? To justify DJT’s attempts to destroy our democracy that will begin the moment after he is inaugurated and is in the Oval Office with pen in hand swiftly writing Executive Orders to bypass the Legislative Branch.
We have seen DJT and Republicans weaponize the federal government to wage lawfare on both President Biden and his son from the first moment of DJT’s attempted illegitimate quid pro quo with the Ukraine government, demanding that they prosecute then former Vice President Biden and his son. That has continued through the entire length of President Biden’s term with the outrageous lawfare they have waged against Hunter Biden, led by Rep. Jordan in the House. No other son of a prominent American would have ever faced such devastating attacks through the abuse of power as President Biden and his son have faced at the hands of Republicans.
You need to call one of DJT’s golf “Mulligans” on today’s column, Jonathan, and get back to the critical issue of the day: the threat that DJT poses to political civility, voices of reason, and of course the threat to our democracy.
@Dennis McIntyre Jonathan: on the one hand I am disappointed that you gave into your base instincts to mount racist attacks on Rep. Crockett in your continued pursuit of pandering to Fox News dog whistles to DJT’s followers.
Ah, there you are Dennis, here to give us another episode of The Three Democrat Stooges performative political vaudeville theater: slapstick feces laden Democrat lies. More distractions and off-topic channeling of Democrat criminality onto Trump.
In the real legal world that normal Americans hope is about to resume and you hope to distract from, this should be another one of your ‘Breaking News!’ posts, not an inept deflection. It is amazing that the tiny, slim majority the GOP held in the House was able to get ANYTHING done in the face of the massive obstruction effort put in by the two corrupt and criminal Biden accomplices, AG Garland and FBI Director Wray:
Weaponization Committee exposes censorship, FBI abuses, and lawfare in nearly 2-year probe
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/weaponization-committee-shed-light-censorship-fbi-abuses-and-lawfare-nearly-2
The House Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government uncovered censorship, FBI whistleblower retaliation, and politicization of the nation’s top law enforcement and intelligence agencies over its nearly two-year probe into federal agencies.
Final Report: The Weaponization of the Federal Government
https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/final-report-weaponization-federal-government
Now that you’ve done the lead in by playing the part of Moe as the straight man in the Three Democrat Stooges political theater act, what are your supporting actors George and Gigi going to contribute as they play the supporting roles of Larry and Curly?
You’re all Cheap Fake American police state fasicsts, all three of you. Just as Biden, Garland, and Wray are.
Old Airborne Dog
Yup. Have you noticed how hateful all three have become toward Turley and us, now that we are exposing their flaws more?
I too have noticed how the tone of the trolls has changed after the election. Before the election, the troll using the name “Dennis McIntyre” used to adopt a quasi-familiar tone, posing as disappointed admirer of Prof. Turley. After the election, his tone is more vindictive and didactic. Gigi has also become harsher in “her” comments. There must have been a decision made by the DNC or Media Matters to go int full-attack mode, or perhaps they have simply changed the trolls.
Correct. The good professor, and the rest of us have all been calling out Dennis Gigi and the slow and dumb one for years now and now they are butt hurt that he and we have been proven right and them wrong. And it was so easy to do and see.
“All for one!” “One for all!” “Every man for himself!” (Larry, Moe and Curly)
Hey Dennis, this woman just insulted me. F-you. The real critical issue of the day is the threat of all the Democrat lies to democracy.
You are clearly mentally challenged.
Dennis: Brrrr! It is nippy here this morning, and I am cold. When the central heat and air system went out, I could not afford to replace it, so I had it torn out, and turned the niche into a shelving unit. I now use window units and a those radiant oil heaters. They keep the place livable in winter, but there have been a few times when my butt froze to the toilet seat. But, I don’t want to talk about that. Luckily, I have a fireplace, so I lit a fire a few minutes ago. I have the heated throw on, and Peanut, the dog is under it.
I ordered more cat food this morning, and a few fresh veggies (tomatoes, bell peppers) and some apples and a bag of lemons. They delivered the order to the right address this time, unlike last Sunday. Boy was I hopping mad! There I was, on the front porch, waiting for the cat litter, cat food, and cookies, etc. and my phone buzzed – “Your order is delivered”, and a picture of the order sitting on some random porch somewhere. I called WalMart right away, and tried to get them to stop the driver before he left the neighborhood, with no luck. They did refund my order, and gave me $15 for the delivery fee, so I reordered everything. They got that order here correctly. Later, my neighbor found my order, so I sorta got a Buy One Get One Free special! I thanked God for the blessing, because that was enough of the natural litter to last the rest of the month!
Since I am now a welfare-bum, living off Social Security and unemployment, I am going thru my house and rearranging things, I hope to put some stuff on Craigslist in January, and maybe make a few extra dollars For example, I have 10 vacuum cleaners! That really sucks! 🙂 That is not counting my old timey Electrolux canister vacuum in my storeroom. I won’t bore you with the details on how I got to that many vacuums.
Floyd,
I generally dont read Dennis stupid comments but when you reply with your comments about your daily on goings, it is such a good read vs Dennis stupid ones.
Thank you!
Dennis, You obviously believe in an alternate reality. Unfortunately for you and your cohorts, it was soundly rejected by those of us who do not subscribe to DEI and other “woke” ideas. Hopefully one day you will appreciate the family values of the Hispanic community.
Call me Roberto, a displaced “gringo” who is impressed by the Hispanic community in which I live.
Dennis, we should really talk about the real threat to democracy, lying Democrats and MSM. They have been lying to us for years that Biden was “sharp as a tack!” Now, for those of us who have common sense and knew this already, Biden was on the mental decline even prior to getting sworn in as president. We, those of us with common sense, knew that. But you Democrats lied to us, MSM lied to us for all these years. Who has been calling the shots in the WH? Who is running the country? Clearly it was not Biden. What other lies have you Democrats been telling us? An insurrection perhaps? The southern border is secure? Inflation was at 9% when Biden came into office? What other lies are you going to tell us Dennis?
And do tell us Dennis, how does it feel to be so wrong so many times? A real man, with a degree of dignity, morality, and decency would admit to their lies and being wrong. But not you.
Why would I ever read anything Dennis writes after he told us many times how good Biden is and how anyone that is against him is evil and racist?
Dennis, you are getting angrier and angrier since your team got beaten like a mule last month and frankly I am enjoying your angst. LOSER!