WaPo: “Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) came under fire from Republicans on Tuesday for referring to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who uses a wheelchair, as “Governor Hot Wheels.”
Crockett made the remark Saturday at a Human Rights Campaign dinner in Los Angeles as part of a broader dig at the Texas governor.
“Y’all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there. Come on now. And the only thing hot about him is that he’s a hot a– mess, honey,” Crockett said to applause from the audience.
Abbott, 67, was paralyzed at age 26 after a tree fell on him while he was on a run, damaging his spinal cord.
On Tuesday, Crockett did not directly respond to reporters’ questions about her remarks as she walked onto the House floor, saying only that her comment at Saturday’s event “speaks for itself.””