Jasmine Crockett

Listen, I'm a gun-toting Texan, right?

So I own firearms, I'm licensed to carry, and I also care about agriculture.

Way before I was running for the United States Senate, you know, I served on the Ag Committee.

I'm the girl who's actually lived in rural Texas.

I'm the girl that has actually driven farm equipment.

Crockett pointed to her support for impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and she said dramatic changes were needed at ICE.

Tallarico appeared to go further, seeming to support the abolition of the agency.

Crockett also blasted ICE for targeting U.S.

citizens in addition to undocumented immigrants.

For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.

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Yeah, I honestly don't think that he was equipped to actually swear into office in the first place.

I did have serious concerns.

And this is not about partisanship.

This is not about how he and I spar.

This is literally based upon what some actual doctors were telling me were signs.

And so we have tried to investigate this as a member of the oversight committee.

I launched an investigation requiring and asking that we get answers about not only his mental fitness, but also his physical fitness.

And they've yet to respond.

It should not matter whether or not you're associated with the Democratic Party, the Republican Party, Independent, or whomever, whether you're rich, whether you're poor, whether you're middle class, whether you're a black immigrant, or whatever.