The White House has issued a response on social media after radical Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) called for violence to be used against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and other Republicans.
Crockett is being slammed online as “unhinged” for using violent rhetoric.
As Slay News reported, Crockett said during a recent interview that Cruz “has to be knocked over the head, like hard.”
Rep Jasmine Crockett says to “punch” your opponents and calls to knock Ted Cruz over the head.
Rep Jasmine Crocket is explicitly calling for violence. She needs to be investigated. pic.twitter.com/GYJqsgmsi8
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 24, 2025
Cruz responded to the controversy simply by posting a meme to X.
Crockett appears to be doubling down on calls for violence against the Democrats’ opponents, despite already provoking outrage for her comments.
The congresswoman was recently warned by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to “tread very carefully” after calling for Elon Musk to be “taken down.”
Crockett is seemingly not heeding Bondi’s warning, however.
In another interview clip, Crockett advocates for “punching” Cruz.
In response to a question about how Democrats can win elections, specifically in the red state of Texas, Crockett said:
“I think that you punch, I think you punch, I think you OK with punching.”
“It’s Ted Cruz,” she went on.
However, she continues by reiterating that she was referring to using a violent assault on the senator.
“I mean, like this dude has to be knocked over the head, like hard, right?” she said.
“Like there is no niceties with him, like at all.
“Like you go clean off on him.”
Responding to the clip, the White House’s “rapid response” X account, called Crockett “another unhinged Democrat inciting violence.”
Here's another unhinged Democrat inciting violence: @RepJasmine Crockett says you should "punch" your opponents, then says Senator @tedcruz "has to be knocked over the head, like, hard." pic.twitter.com/7EtKYiVCCa
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 24, 2025
Popular conservative account “Libs of TikTok” also chimed in, calling for Crockett to be investigated.
“Rep Jasmine Crockett: I am totally against violence!” the account said.
“Rep Jasmine Crockett on the same day: Knock Ted Cruz over the head and punch your opponents.
“The Democratic Party is the party of violence and hypocrisy.
“Rep Jasmine Crocket [sic] is explicitly calling for violence,” the post continued.
“She needs to be investigated.”
Cruz responded to Libs of TikTok’s post about Crockett claiming to be against violence with a meme that read:
“You keep using that word… I do not think it means what you think it means.”
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) commented:
“Pro tip: don’t say things like this, whether you’re in Congress or not.”
Conservative influencer Nick Sortor expressed concern that some mentally disturbed individuals could take this as a call to action.
“Crockett says you should ‘punch’ your opponents, then says Senator Ted Cruz ‘has to be knocked over the head, like, hard,’” he said.
“They know what they’re doing. Mentally ill leftists take this as a call to action.
“Jasmine Crockett is ONCE AGAIN inciting violence against Republicans.”
This comes amid a spate of violent attacks, vandalism, and doxxing against Tesla owners and workers.
In some cases, individuals have set fire to privately owned Tesla vehicles.
After several vehicles at a Tesla service center in Las Vegas were set ablaze in the early hours of Tuesday morning, FBI Las Vegas Special Agent in Charge Spencer Evans told reporters that the incident “certainly has some of the hallmarks” of a terrorist attack.
The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force is currently investigating the incident.
Crockett came under fire last week as well for saying during a “Tesla Takedown” online call:
“All I want to see happen on my birthday is for Elon to be taken down.”
“I have learned, as I serve on the DOGE Oversight committee, that there is only one language that the people that are in charge understand right now, and that language is money,” she said.
In another statement, AG Bondi noted that Crockett needs to publiciy condemn violence.
WATCH:
.@AGPamBondi slams @RepJasmine for her incendiary rhetoric: "Your words have consequences, and what happened after she said that about @elonmusk… in her own home state… 3 explosive devices were found in Austin, Texas. So, she needs to unequivocally denounce the violence." pic.twitter.com/byrJLQCuBI
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) March 25, 2025
Meanwhile, Crockett has claimed that her calls to action are “nonviolent” and are about figuratively “fighting” for democracy.
