A House Republican is moving to censure Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) for “disgraceful and vile attacks” on Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
Rep. Randy Weber (R-TX) announced on Tuesday that he intended to introduce such a measure after Crockett taunted Abbott as “Governor Hot Wheels.” Abbott, a Republican, is permanently paralyzed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair.
“I plan to introduce a bill to censure Jasmine Crockett for her disgraceful and vile attacks against our Governor of Texas,” Weber said in a post on X. “This kind of rhetoric has no place in Congress.”
Weber was responding to a report from Fox News on his plans. Liz Elkind, a reporter for the outlet, also shared a copy of the congressman’s draft resolution.
It noted that Crockett “spoke at a Human Rights Campaign event in a manner unbecoming of a Member of Congress, calling the Governor of Texas, Greg…
