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Representative Jasmine Crockett’s latest on-floor theatrics blew up in her face this week when she accused Republicans of taking money from the infamous Jeffrey Epstein — a claim that collapsed under the weight of public FEC records and common sense. What should have been a straightforward fact-check turned into an embarrassing spectacle that raises real questions about her competence and the standards of proof Democrats demand before they sling the dirtiest allegations.
Crockett made the charge while opposing a Republican effort to censure Delegate Stacey Plaskett, naming figures like Lee Zeldin as recipients of Epstein cash. Public campaign filings, however, show donations came from different men who happen to share the same name — including a physician from Manhasset whose contributions were recorded well after the convicted sex offender died in 2019 — not the notorious financier Crockett implied. The sloppy reliance on name-matching in the FEC database is a rookie mistake that should never have made it to the House floor.
Lee Zeldin rightly pushed back, pointing out that the donor was a physician and that there was no connection to the convicted predator, a rebuke Crockett could have avoided with five minutes of due diligence. Instead of a prompt apology, Crockett dug in and insisted she had said only “a Jeffrey Epstein,” a distinction that conveniently reads like an excuse rather than an explanation. Americans deserve representatives who check the facts before weaponizing reputations for political gain.
Crockett later told friendly media that her team “Googled” the filings under time pressure — a weak defense for an elected lawmaker who sits on oversight committees and who regularly demands transparency from others. If Crockett is too rushed or too sloppy to parse basic donor records, how can voters trust her to handle the serious oversight she claims to prioritize? Political theater has its place, but not when it substitutes for competence on the House floor.
This episode is more than an embarrassment; it’s emblematic of a broader pattern in which Democrats fling sensational accusations without the paperwork to back them up, then expect the media to do their cleanup work. Whether it was sloppy research or willful conflation, Crockett’s stunt undermines the cause she was trying to champion and hands conservatives a clear talking point about left-wing hypocrisy and irresponsibility. The American people deserve better than gimmicks masquerading as oversight.
There should be a simple remedy: a public apology, a correction on the House record, and a pledge from Crockett to stop trading in innuendo. If Democrats want to be the party of law, order, and accountability, they must start by holding their own to the standard they claim to demand of others. Hardworking Americans watching this circus deserve representatives who act like adults, not performers.
