'Don’t see that happening': Crockett calls Republicans' bluff on controversial Trump move

13 August

CNN host Kaitlan Collins and Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) on CNN on August 13, 2025 (Image: Screengrab via CNN / YouTube)

One Democratic member of the House of Representatives is calling on her Republican colleagues to stand by their stated principles — and against President Donald Trump.

During a Wednesday interview with CNN host Kaitlan Collins, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) suggested Trump's federal takeover of Washington D.C. may not get unilateral support from the GOP, if their belief in "small government" is genuine. The Texas Democrat argued that Trump invoking emergency powers to justify over the nation's capital has always been "what he wants to do his entire presidency."

"Frankly, the only emergency that we've had is the fact that he somehow made it back into the White House," she said. "That is how he decided that he was going to somehow initiate the [Alien Enemies] act. It's how he decided that he was going to go about taking over D.C.. It's how he decided he was going to invade the city of Los Angeles. It is time for us to get back to actual democracy."

Crockett then issued a challenge to Republican members of Congress. When Collins asked her if she thought some Democrats who feared being perceived as soft on crime, Crockett flipped the premise of the question and said that the GOP ought to vote alongside Democrats against extending the 30-day occupation of D.C. on the basis of their own political identity.

"Truly, this cannot be coming from the party of small government," she said. "I think we may even end up with some Republicans that will vote with us, because there is nothing that looks more like big government than what he's decided to do. So I don't see that happening.

"I mean, the reality is that he doesn't want for any city or state that is controlled by a Democrat to be controlled by them," she added. "Then he finds an exception to decide to just do whatever he wants to do and in any other scenario, it's a matter of, oh, small government."

Trump's emergency declaration to justify his takeover of D.C. expires after 30 days, after which it will require an act of Congress to continue. Even though Republicans control both chambers of Congress, their majorities are slim and passage may depend on a handful of swing district lawmakers.

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