On Twitter, Crockett adamantly contested HuffPo’his conclusions, proverb that she “NEVER stated or implied that the voting rights of disabled or non-English speaking citizens should be questioned.”
Crockett has the backing of the state’s Republican Party in her run for secretary of state, the official responsible for election surveillance. If she wins Tuesday’s primary, she will face Democratic incumbent Steve Simon of Minnesota in the general election.
As HuffPo notes, this isn’t the only time Crockett has made bigoted comments. She made headlines in 2019 when, as the head of a right-wing think tank, she spoke to the New York Times on Somali resettlement efforts in Minnesota. “I think of America, the great assimilator, like a rubber band, but with this – we’re at the breaking point,” Crockett told the Time. “These are not people from Norway, let’s put it this way. These people are very visible.”
Earlier this year, Crockett played an anti-Semitic campaign at the state’s Republican convention video in which George Soros, the Jewish billionaire and frequent donor to liberal causes, is depicted as a puppeteer controlling Simon, who is Jewish.
Crockett is one of the number of GOP-approved promoters of the Big Lie — the claim that the 2020 election was stolen — running for secretary of state positions in swing states across the country. These individuals, including Nevada’s Jim Merchant, Arizona’s Mark Finchem, and Michigan’s Kristina Karamo, could play a vital role in determining the outcome of the next election. All three have been endorsed by the ultimate Big Lie champion and likely candidate for 2024, Donald Trump.