Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, who represents Texas’ 30th congressional district, was sworn in for her second term in Congress onFriday, Jan.
3, with her mother Gwen Crockett, her father Pastor Joseph Crockett, and Texas student LGBTQIA activist Ceci Gonzales joining her for the ceremony. “As I begin my second term in Congress, our country faces more uncertainty and chaos than ever before: a second Trump presidency, a Cabinet filled with conspiracy theorists and billionaires, a barely functioning Republican Congress and Elon Musk running everything behind the scenes,” Crockett said on Jan.
3. “If our republic is going to survive whatever Trump is about to throw at us, we need a strong, united Democratic Caucus ready to fight House Republicans’ far-right, anti-worker agenda and hold Donald Trump accountable from Day One.” Crockett continued by noting that she had voted for Democratic Congressman Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker of the House, even though Republicans hold a slim majority in the House.
Jeffries, she said, would have “serve[d] as a true bipartisan leader,” adding that if Republican Congressman Mike Johnson, who won the speakership, should turn to Jeffries for advice and leadership. “Majority or not, House Republicans will need Democratic votes if they want to get anything done in the next two years,” Crockett said. “Leader Jeffries may not hold the gavel, but Speaker Johnson had better keep him on speed dial if he intends to actually govern in the 119th Congress.