Jasmine Crockett Claims Gop Would Rather 'bury Their Constituents' Than Fight Climate Change

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, accused Republicans connected Friday of wanting to "bury their constituents" aft nan deadly Texas floods by rolling backmost ways to combat ambiance change. 

She specifically called retired nan Trump management and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem for what she claimed was a delayed consequence to nan flash flooding that devastated parts of cardinal Texas complete nan Fourth of July weekend.

She went connected to blasted nan Republican Party for voting connected nan "big, disfigured bill" to efficaciously statesman "clawing back" connected ways to thief combat ambiance alteration and forestall akin disasters.

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USA emblem flying aft deadly floods deed southbound cardinal Texas.

Flash floods successful Texas killed much than 100 group complete nan Fourth of July weekend. (Ashley Landis/AP Photo)

"The reality is that we are going to proceed to look emergencies, particularly since arsenic we conscionable sewage done pinch nan big, disfigured bill, they are clawing backmost those things that would person hopefully started to cool this satellite down, because they don’t judge successful science," Crockett said connected MSNBC’s "The Weeknight." "The slightest that they could do is judge successful helping American people. Unfortunately, we proceed to spot Republicans determine that they want to hide their constituents alternatively of really doing everything that they tin to make judge that they unrecorded astonishing and afloat lives."

More than 120 group were killed successful nan flash flooding pinch dozens reported missing.

Since past week, respective Democratic figures person been speedy to politicize nan floods by blaming ambiance alteration and President Donald Trump’s authorities cuts to nan National Weather Service (NWS) for exacerbating nan damage.

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U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett agreed that Republicans "want mediocre group to die" arsenic accelerated arsenic possible. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)

In a connection to Fox News Digital past week, White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson called it "shameful and disgusting" to spot Democrats politicizing nan calamity and insisted accusations that nan NWS was understaffed had been "debunked by meteorologists, experts, and different nationalist reporting."

Last month, Crockett besides agreed pinch a connection from CNN expert Michael Fanone that "Republicans want mediocre group to dice arsenic quickly arsenic humanly possible."

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"I agree," Crockett responded. "I don't deliberation that is simply a glitch, but that's really portion of nan design."

Lindsay Kornick is an subordinate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips tin beryllium sent to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and connected Twitter: @lmkornick.

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