Progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) is being slammed online as “unhinged” for using violent rhetoric implying that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, “has to be knocked over the head, like hard.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cruz responded to the controversy simply by posting a meme to X. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In response to a question about how Democrats can win elections specifically in the red state of Texas, Crockett said<\/a>, “I think that you punch, I think you punch, I think you OK with punching.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “It\u2019s Ted Cruz,” she went on. “I mean, like this dude has to be knocked over the head, like hard, right? Like there is no niceties with him, like at all. Like you go clean off on him.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Responding to the clip, the White House\u2019s <\/a>“rapid response” X account, called Crockett “another unhinged Democrat inciting violence.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n