Jasmine Crockett says JD Vance is racist for saying her 'street girl persona is about as real as her nails'

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) accused Vice President JD Vance of using "racist tropes" in his Sunday address to the crowd at Turning Point USA’s America Fest, in which he said that Crockett’s "street girl persona is about as real as her nails."

Crockett, who is currently running for US Senate, told MSNOW that Vance was trying to "rile up his base, because we know that no matter if we’re looking in deep red Tennessee Mississippi, or Georgia, we know that we’re swinging no less than 10 points, and unlike what we’ve had historically in Texas, because I know that you talked about the Texas dream of turning us blue, is that we have a candidate in me who absolutely plans to talk to any and everybody, and that is why they are afraid."

"The fact that he said I have a quote-unquote street girl persona, I’m sorry, but anybody that you talk to knows my credentials," she continued. "They know that I’ve gone to school, they know that I’m educated. I never tried to put on some random story about where I came from. But at the end of the day, I am who I am, and I am authentic. And that is actually what they are fearful of, is my authenticity, because it rings true with every single American, whether they’re a Texan or not.

"It rings true that I am fighting for real, everyday people, and instead of talking about policy, when you're talking about the record speaks for itself, baby, let's talk about your record, because the only reason you're the vice president is because the current President tried to have his last [vice] president killed."

She later added, "Listen, I'm staying focused. I'm not going to be distracted, and when they can tell me about their policies that are helping Texans, then we can have a conversation. Until then, take whatever shots you want to take at me, because I have been a black woman my entire life. I promise you there are other people just like JD Vance who have tried to do the same racist tropes my entire life, and somehow I ascended and became a US Congresswoman, it will not be different when I become a US senator, and we can have a conversation when I get to the Senate floor, if he wants to talk."

While talking about current high-profile figures in the Democrat party, Vance told the crowd at AmFest, "Jasmine Crockett, the record speaks for itself. She wants to be a senator, though her street girl persona is about as real as her nails."

Vance also said during his speech that the right, "unlike the left, we stand against treating anybody—and I love what Nikki [Minaj] said about this—we don’t treat anybody different because of their race or their sex, so we have relegated DEI to the dustbin of history, which is exactly where it belongs. In the United States of America, you don’t have to apologize for being white anymore."

"And if you’re Asian, you don’t have to talk around your skin color when you’re applying for college, because we judge people based on who they are, not the ethnicity and things they can’t control. We don’t persecute you for being male, for being straight, for being gay, for being anything. The only thing that we demand is that you be a great American patriot, and if you’re that, you’re very much on our team."