Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is facing sharp criticism after claiming in a recent interview that political violence in the United States is the exclusive domain of the right — specifically, the “MAGA faction” — and that even the recent assassination attempts against President Trump were carried out by his own supporters. The statement, made during an appearance with comedian Hasan Minhaj, drew immediate backlash for its lack of factual support and blatant distortion of recent events.
“The violence doesn’t come from Democrats, just to be clear,” Crockett claimed. “It is MAGA. It’s specifically MAGA faction.”
The assertion, delivered without evidence, ignored a series of high-profile incidents of politically motivated violence and threats that originated from individuals aligned with leftist or anti-Trump ideologies — including a major foiled plot in Crockett’s own state of Texas to assassinate multiple ICE agents. That plot, which surfaced days before her interview, involved suspects who were ideologically opposed to federal immigration enforcement.
Crockett went on to reference the assassination attempts on Trump last year, bizarrely suggesting that Republicans have stopped discussing them because the perpetrators were, in her view, Trump supporters. But no credible evidence has surfaced linking either suspect — Thomas Matthew Crooks or Ryan Wesley Routh — to the MAGA movement.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett is claiming that “violence doesn’t come from Democrats… It’s MAGA. It’s specifically MAGA” while also claiming that the Trump assassins were “Trump supporters.”
Ummm WHAT??pic.twitter.com/bffksmHeKq
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 9, 2025
Crooks, the would-be assassin involved in the July 2024 Butler, Pennsylvania rally, reportedly registered as a Republican years earlier. However, investigations indicate he was a mentally disturbed individual with a documented obsession with historical political assassinations — not an active political partisan. No verified link to Trump’s campaign, MAGA events, or conservative organizations has been found.
Similarly, Ryan Wesley Routh, arrested in September for a second assassination attempt targeting Trump, was reportedly motivated by radical pro-Ukraine sentiments and delusions that eliminating the president would help foreign interests. Again, no MAGA affiliation was ever established.
Crockett’s remarks came the same day another man was arrested for threatening to kill Trump, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller — underscoring the persistent threats facing conservative figures.
Despite these facts, Crockett pushed the narrative that political violence stems solely from Trump supporters. Her comments, coupled with Minhaj’s leading setup, revealed a broader strategy of narrative manipulation rather than serious policy discussion.
More troubling for many observers is Crockett’s apparent detachment from recent facts — including the Secret Service’s internal probe into agent conduct during the Butler incident, which remains active.
