A congressional hearing on Hunter Biden took an unexpected turn on Wednesday when a white Republican congresswoman said Biden had “white privilege.” Rising star Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) took the opportunity to give her colleagues across the aisle a crash course in the subject.
During a House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) took a series of jabs at the president’s son, who made an unexpected appearance at the hearing, including one that caught many off guard. (And no, we’re not talking about the balls thing).
“You are the epitome of white privilege coming into the Oversight Committee, spitting in our face, ignoring a congressional subpoena to be deposed. What are you afraid of? You have no balls to come up here,” said Mace, a Trump defender.
Crockett, never one to let a wayward comment go unchecked, dished out a succinct but cutting response: “I can’t get over the gentle lady from South Carolina talking about white privilege,” she said. “It was a spit in the face, at least of mine, as a Black woman, for you to talk about what white privilege looks like especially from that side of the aisle.”
The Texas congresswoman quoted former Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy to illustrate her point further: “And let me quote you’re now ousted speaker and what he had to say about the Republican party and y’all’s lack of diversity,” she said. ‘“When you look at the Democrats, they actually look like America. When I look at my party, we look like the most restrictive country club in America.”’
If you’ve been following Crockett, you won’t be surprised that she didn’t stop there. “Ya’ll don’t know what white privilege looks like, but I’m gonna show you something,” she said.
Crockett noted that her colleagues don’t seem to care about a two-tiered justice system when it impacts Black folks.
“You see, you want to talk about a two-tiered justice system, and this is the only time y’all have ever referenced it,” she said. “When this country has a history when it comes to Black and brown folk of having two separate sets of rules.”