Rep. Nick Langworthy (R-N.Y.) suggested his colleague Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) should be censured for referring to Texas’ governor as “Governor Hot Wheels” during a speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s Los Angeles Dinner last week.
“It’s absolutely a disgrace. I mean, the fact that she would talk about someone that’s got a disability with such a callous, rude tone, she should be ashamed of herself and she should be censured,” Langworthy said Tuesday to independent journalist Nicholas Ballasy.
Crockett has faced significant backlash for the remarks about Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who was paralyzed from the waist down in 1984 after being crushed by an oak tree while jogging.
“They have nothing to sell but hate,” Abbott said of Democrats in response to Crockett’s comments.
Despite criticism, the Texas Democrats has doubled down on her provocative statement.
“I wasn’t thinking about the governor’s condition—I was thinking about the planes, trains, and automobiles he used to transfer migrants into communities led by Black mayors, deliberately stoking tension and fear among the most vulnerable,” Crockett posted on the social platform X on Tuesday.
“At no point did I mention or allude to his condition. So, I’m even more appalled that the very people who unequivocally support Trump—a man known for racially insensitive nicknames and mocking those with disabilities—are now outraged,” she added.
Throughout her tenure in office, Crockett has been known to make headlines with remarks about Republican leaders, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk.
She’s emerged as a vocal and progressive Democrat who breaks with party leadership.