The View hosts criticize Jasmine Crockett for mocking Greg Abbotts disability: Its never OK

“The View” co-hosts offered rare criticism of Rep.Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, who recently came under fire after appearing to mock Texas Gov.

Greg Abbott’s disability.While giving a speech at a Human Rights Campaign event on Saturday, Crockett seemed to make fun of Abbott, a Republican who is paraplegic and uses a wheelchair, by calling him “Governor Hot Wheels.”“Y’all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there – come on now! And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot a– mess, honey,” Crockett said.Reacting to the clip, co-host Sara Haines said that while Crockett is an “effective” and “talented” communicator, the wisecrack was “beneath her.”“I agree with that.I respect her, but it’s never okay to mock a disability, whether Donald Trump or Jasmine Crockett,” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin chimed in.After co-host Whoopi Goldberg stressed that politicians and public figures must be “so careful” with what they say, Griffin noted that Crockett had made similar jokes about Abbott on several occasions.“Not a good idea,” co-host Joy Behar replied.“You don’t mock people with disabilities,” co-host Sunny Hostin added.“You don’t mock people.

I was just going to say don’t mock people at all, and I admire Jasmine Crockett.I do think she is an effective messenger.

I think this was a mistake, and I think when you make a mistake, you have to own it because it gives you more credibility when you do that,” Hostin continued.Hostin also claimed that she had no knowledge of Abbott’s disability, but admitted that Crockett, as a politician in the state of Texas, must have been aware.Facing a possible censure in the House of Representatives, Crockett’s chief of staff said on Wednesday that the liberal Democrat’s comments were misinterpreted.Crockett’s chief of staff, Kimberly McClain, told Fox News Digital, “Please be assured that the congresswoman, in no way, meant any harm toward the Governor OR meant to tak...