We all know the score. There’s a rulebook for you and me, and a completely different one for the D.C. elite. We’re expected to build this country, play by the rules, and hope for a government that leaves us alone. For them, “public service”—or what passes for it these days—has become a golden ticket to personal enrichment, a world of insider knowledge completely detached from the citizens they supposedly serve.
This corruption festers everywhere, but it has a special virulence on the progressive left. They screech about corporate evil and social equity from the Capitol steps, then scurry back to their offices to check stock portfolios that—what a coincidence!—their policies just happen to enrich. While they demand sacrifice from everyone else, it looks like another one of the left’s loudest voices just got caught with her hand deep in the cookie jar.
From Breitbart:
“The House sophomore’s stock holdings include stakes in several corporations that stood to benefit from actions she’s taken as a lawmaker and legislation she’s introduced in Congress, and others that stand in opposition to the image she’s cultivated as a champion of green energy.
Further, Crockett, a self-described civil rights attorney, was an active stakeholder in the cannabis business—seeking unsuccessfully to open marijuana dispensaries in Ohio—even as she represented, as a defense lawyer, a man accused of murdering someone in a marijuana deal gone bad.”
The politician at the center of this mess is Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), a radical who has built a brand on being a progressive warrior. But behind that façade, her secret finances tell the real story. While posing as a champion of “green energy,” Crockett held undisclosed shares in… wait for it… ExxonMobil. While marketing herself as a “civil rights attorney,” she was busy trying to become a marijuana magnate, pushing for decriminalization in Congress while angling to profit from the very industry she was deregulating.
A Pattern of Obnoxious Behavior
If you think her financial statements are a trainwreck, her public behavior is even worse. This staggering hypocrisy is, frankly, right on brand. Crockett’s time in Washington has been defined not by serious work but by a series of abrasive, hate-filled stunts designed for clicks and division. This is the same congresswoman who, during a formal hearing, resorted to a vile, playground insult against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, sneering about her “bleached-blonde, bad built butch body.”
Her record is a highlight reel of cringeworthy performances. She once told a church congregation that “we done picking cotton,” callously suggesting illegal immigrants are needed for jobs she deems beneath others. Time and again, she trades serious debate for low-class theatrics. This isn’t just poor character; it’s a cynical strategy to distract from a profound lack of integrity and, as we now know, a deeply corrupt ethical compass.
Following the Pelosi Playbook
Crockett didn’t invent this scheme, of course. She’s just reading from a script perfected by the master of the D.C. grift: Nancy Pelosi. For decades, Americans watched as the former House Speaker and her husband became fabulously wealthy through an uncanny ability to time the stock market, often trading in companies directly affected by legislation she controlled. It’s the gold standard for political corruption: leverage your power for personal gain, all while condemning the very system you’ve rigged in your favor.
With her hidden portfolio and self-serving agenda, Crockett is proving to be an eager apprentice. She has clearly learned the central lesson of today’s Democratic Party: if you scream loud enough and direct your hate at the right people, no one will check your brokerage account. Her actions aren’t a mistake. They are an audition, a signal that she is ready to join the swamp creatures who see elected office not as a duty, but as a fast track to a fortune.
This is bigger than one corrupt politician in over her head. It’s a window into the hollow soul of the modern progressive movement. When you peel back the layers of performative outrage and virtue signaling, you find the oldest and simplest motivation of all: pure, unadulterated greed. For elites like Jasmine Crockett, the revolution is just another business venture, and “power to the people” is a slogan they use on their way to the bank.
Key Takeaways
- Rep. Crockett failed to disclose a stock portfolio that conflicts with her public image.
- Her investments in fossil fuels and marijuana reveal blatant progressive hypocrisy.
- Crockett’s abrasive public behavior serves to distract from her ethical lapses.
- She is following the well-established Democrat playbook of getting rich in Congress.
Sources: Breitbart, The Western Journal
