Jasmine Crockett suggests she also would have stabbed Austin Metcalf in stunning defense of Karmelo Anthony

Lame-duck Texas Rep.Jasmine Crockett suggested she also would have stabbed slain track star Austin Metcalf during an unhinged episode podcast — as Karmelo Anthony was convicted of first-degree murder in the racially charged case.On Tuesday’s episode of “Clock It with Crockett,” the failed Texas Senate candidate let loose a torrent of falsehoods to paint a picture of the brutal slaying of 17-year-old Metcalf that had virtually no basis in reality.The cavalcade of inaccuracies started with Crockett downplaying the size of the semi-serrated, five-inch pocket knife Anthony was convicted of plunging into Metcalf’s chest during a dispute at a track meet at Memorial High School in Frisco, Texas last April.“Wait a minute, it was this?” she said, holding her thumb and forefinger about an inch apart to demonstrate the size of the murder weapon.“Was it a switch? I don’t know what he had,” Crockett said, inadvertently telegraphing her flimsy grasp of the facts in the case that has roiled her home state for more than a year.One of her guests claimed the knife was “a multi-tool” akin to a Swiss Army Knife.“Yeah, like with the little scissors and everything and whatever.

So it was small,” Crockett said, furrowing her brow and squinting her eyes in disbelief.“Well I would argue the size of it alone you wouldn’t even think it’s a deadly weapon.”Pictures of the knife have not been released, but it was described as having one-handed opening and a semi-serrated blade with a sharp point.Anthony’s knife penetrated Metcalf’s sternum and entered his heart, leaving a “gaping” two-inch stab wound and causing the teenager to bleed out.Crockett continued, flagrantly embellishing every single detail of the confrontation that led to the deadly stabbing.“If a 300-lb.man is beating me, like on top of me and beating me down, I’m not limited to fists,” she said, seemingly implying she, too would have stabbed the high school athlete.Metcalf was 6-fe...