Rep.Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, suggested the Democratic Party was too focused on trying to win over White voters while ignoring more reliable Black voters during the Fourth of July weekend. During an interview with The Root at the Essence Festival in New Orleans, Crockett said that Black Americans feel ignored by the party despite their loyalty."When you walk into a room full of Black people, you can almost guarantee that they believe in the Democratic ideals," Crockett said.
"When you walk into a room full of White people, you don’t know what you walking into.""If there’s any group of people that the party should be most loyal to and most vocal about, it’s Black people," Crockett said."Because Black people have historically held this down."WATCH: OBAMA, HARRIS ADVISOR WARNS ‘BETRAYED’ BLACK VOTERS COULD BE TEXAS SENATE CANDIDATE'S KRYPTONITERep.
Jasmine Crockett said Democrats should be "most loyal to and most vocal about" Black voters, arguing they have "historically held this down" for the party.(Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Gabriel V.
Cardenas/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Crockett said Black voters have been asking whether Democrats will speak out about issues affecting them, including political representation, Black maternal mortality and Black women losing jobs."Black people are saying, ‘Are y’all going to say anything about our representation that is being deleted like, in a very sinister and calculated way?’" Crockett said.Crockett said she hears from Black Americans who feel the party is not prioritizing their concerns."And so what you see is that Black people are consistently being ignored, or I feel like that’s what I hear," she said.DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKER CLAIMS BLACK AMERICANS WILL STOP VOTING IF THEY DON'T GET REPARATIONSCrockett said Black Americans feel Democrats are ignoring concerns over representation, Black maternal mortality and Black women losing jobs.(Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images)The Texas Democrat said her...