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After Charlie Kirk Assassination, Jasmine Crockett Falsely Claims Both Attempted Trump Assassins Were Republicans

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (Screenshot/YouTube/The Official Jamal Bryant Podcast: Let's Be Clear)

Days after the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett inaccurately claimed on “The Breakfast Club” that both men who allegedly attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump were Republicans.

Alleged attempted Trump assassin Ryan Routh, who is currently on trial, seems to be registered as an unaffiliated voter and reportedly voted in the Democratic primary in March 2024. Crockett claimed during a Friday appearance on the radio show that neither alleged assassin had voted for Democrats.

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“[I]t looks like the two people that went after the president before he was the president had ties to the Republican Party. Like, they had not voted Democratic,” Crockett said. “They were registered as Republicans. Like, so let’s talk about it.”

Routh also seems to have previously contributed to Democrats while living in Hawaii, according to federal campaign finance records.

Moreover, one of Routh’s social media posts mirrored Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden’s repeated assertion that “democracy is on the ballot” during the 2024 election, according to reports.

Deceased attempted Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks donated $15 to the Progressive Turnout Project through the ActBlue donation platform in January 2021, when Biden was inaugurated, according to campaign finance records. However, he was a registered Republican, a voter-registration record reveals, according to The New York Times.

Little is still known about Crooks, who was killed after attempting to assassinate Trump during a Butler, Pennsylvania rally on July 13, 2024.

Crockett in May also smeared Republicans as fundamentally “violent” on “American Fever Dream,” while dismissing left-wing extremism.

“They try to act like, ‘Oh, political violence, it’s the Democrats and it’s the liberals,’ and it’s like, actually, actually, actually — I mean, I’m not gon’ say that like a left-leaning person cannot be violent, ’cause that would be like crazy to say that somebody can’t be,” Crockett said. “But baby, baby, y’all got the white supremacists galore, okay? Like all of ’em. You got the Proud Boys, you got the neo-Nazis, you have people that literally should be classified as domestic terrorists, because a lot of times that is what they are doing — they’re engaging in domestic terrorism.”

“And guess what? They all align with your side, including the KKK. So like, I mean, this is who aligns with that. So like, inherently in like who you are, y’all are violent. And most of your violence has to do with people that’s got a little bit of melanin. But nevertheless, like, y’all are a violent group,” she continued. “Like, you attract violent actors. And like, I’m sorry, I know they tried to make Black Lives Matter out to be the most violent — ‘Oh, what about Black Lives Matter?’ No, no, no. So that’s the thing — like, they try to pretend like that.”

Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday while speaking to a large crowd of students at Utah Valley University (UVU). Authorities found anti-fascist messages inscribed on the ammunition from the rifle they recovered near the assassination, according to Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox at a Friday press conference.