Jasmine Crockett accused of 'abusing her power' at airport boarding gate

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, was slammed connected societal media aft House Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain shared a photograph of her seemingly skipping up of 2 passengers successful wheelchairs while boarding a flight astatine Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport connected Sunday.

"SPOTTED: Jasmine Crockett with a taxpayer-funded constabulary escort, cutting everyone successful enactment — adjacent making DISABLED radical wait. Nothing to spot here, conscionable the adjacent person of the Democrats, abusing her power!" McClain, R-Mich., posted connected her idiosyncratic run account connected Sunday.

McClain's station included photos of Crockett seemingly skipping the line, outraging the Republican's basal with accusations that Crockett is "evil."

A root acquainted with the incidental said Crockett was the archetypal rider "other than the crew" to committee a Sunday day Delta Air Lines formation from Atlanta to Washington, D.C., including earlier 2 passengers successful wheelchairs. 

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According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, "If you self-identify arsenic a rider with a disablement who needs further clip oregon assistance to committee the airplane, the hose indispensable let you to committee the airplane earlier different passengers."

Customers who request assistance oregon other time, progressive work U.S. subject members and Delta 360 Members, which is an invitation-only membership, are allowed to pre-board wrong Delta Air Lines' policy. 

According to the source, Crockett walked up to the gross flanked by a constabulary serviceman and "what looked similar her staffer," had her boarding walk scanned and past proceeded to committee the level earlier immoderate different passenger. 

When reached by Fox News Digital, Crockett's main of unit said, "We bash not person immoderate comments."

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett speaks during a proceeding with the Subcommittee connected Delivering On Government Efficiency successful the U.S. Capitol connected Feb. 26, 2025 successful Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Delta Air Lines did not respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

Reports past week indicated that Crockett, who is presently the vice ranking subordinate of the House Committee connected Oversight and Government Reform, has her eyes acceptable connected the seat presumption of the committee. Crockett would pb oversight of the national authorities if she gets the gig, which could see investigating President Donald Trump's agenda. 

Crockett, a vocal hostile of Trump's 2nd term, took purpose astatine the president successful a social media station connected Sunday. 

"For you to beryllium successful complaint of the WHOLE country, you definite bash person my sanction successful your rima a lot. Every clip you accidental my name, you’re reminding the satellite that you’re terrified of smart, bold Black women telling the information and holding you accountable. So support talking," Crockett said. 

Trump connected Sunday told Kristen Welker, big of NBC's "Meet the Press," that Crockett is simply a "low IQ person," calling her the aboriginal of the Democratic Party, which helium described arsenic successful "disarray."

Earlier that day, Crockett was criticized by conservatives for her comments during a commencement code astatine Tougaloo College successful Jackson, Mississippi, aft suggesting the students cognize however to "use a chair" successful the look of adversity, invoking the infamous 2023 Alabama brawl.

President Donald Trump and Rep. Jasmine Crockett exchanged jabs connected Sunday. (Donald Trump 2024 campaign, Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)

"There are radical that are going to archer you that determination is not a array successful which determination is not a spot for you, but I americium present to punctual you of Montgomery and those folding chairs. Let maine archer you that we cognize however to usage a chair, whether we [are] pulling it up oregon we doing thing other with it," Crockett said. 

Crockett seemed to notation the viral video from August 2023 of a radical of White boaters attacking a Black riverboat captain, Dameion Pickett, successful Montgomery, Alabama. The achromatic folding seat became a awesome of resistance erstwhile a Black antheral raised a seat implicit his caput successful Pickett's defence arsenic the different men attacked him. 

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The Texas Democrat urged the graduating people astatine the historically Black assemblage to propulsion up their ain spot astatine the table, reminding students of the bystanders who rushed to support Pickett erstwhile helium was attacked. Conservatives were speedy to reply to the clip of Crockett's remarks, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, said Crockett's comments were "not cool."