Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett is being blasted on social media for jumping ahead of two passengers in wheelchairs while taking a flight out of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport over the weekend.
House GOP Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) posted photos of Crockett (D-Texas) boarding her flight ahead of the wheelchair-confined passengers and highlighted the security that flanked the outspoken Democrat.
“SPOTTED: Jasmine Crockett with a taxpayer-funded police escort, cutting everyone in line — even making DISABLED people wait,” McClain chided on social media with images of the Texas rep cutting the line.
“Nothing to see here, just the next leader of the Democrats, abusing her power.”
Crockett, who landed in hot water for dubbing Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “governor hot wheels” in a jab at his wheelchair status earlier this year, had been taking a flight from Atlanta back to Washington, DC, on Sunday.
The Post contacted Crockett’s office for comment.
Department of Transportation rules require airlines to give passengers with disabilities who need more time to get situated the ability to “board the airplane before other passengers.”
Conservative netizens quickly pilloried Crockett for leveraging her position as a congresswoman to score front-of-the-line access to the Delta flight.
“Why does Jasmine Crockett get a taxpayer funded police escort? Not to mention why she gets to cut in line ahead of people in wheelchairs,” Townhall columnist Phil Holloway jabbed on X.
“This entitlement is embarrassing,” X user Janine Thomas chided.
“Flying first class on our dime. Reminds me of the incident when Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee kicked a white lady out of her first class seat so that she could take it. I see a pattern here,” self-described “MAGA patriot” Fred Jones said on X.
Crockett, who is in her second term as a congresswoman, has quickly emerged as one of the loudest critics of President Trump in the lower chamber.
Trump lashed out at her in an NBC “Meet the Press” interview that aired earlier in the day Sunday, ripping her as a “low IQ person.”
“For you to be in charge of the WHOLE country, you sure do have my name in your mouth a lot,” Crocket fired back via social media afterwards.
“Every time you say my name, you’re reminding the world that you’re terrified of smart, bold Black women telling the truth and holding you accountable. So keep talking…”
Crockett has deployed aggressive antics against House Republicans during her time in the lower chamber. In March, she participated in a rally for the “Tesla Takedown” movement, which prompted a warning from US Attorney General Pam Bondi, who told her to tread carefully.
The Texas rep’s name has been floated as a potential contender to replace Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) as the top Democrat on the powerful House Oversight Committee.
Connolly announced last week that he was stepping down as ranking member due to a resurgence in his cancer.
“Squad” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has since passed on vying for that highly coveted post.
Unlike Ocasio-Cortez, who would’ve required a waiver because she doesn’t serve on the Oversight panel anymore, Crockett currently sits on the committee, where she has gotten into fiery confrontations with some of its GOP members, such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)
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