Jasmine Crockett walks back claim Hispanic Trump voters have 'slave mentality'

Rep Jasmine Crockett D-Texas denied believing that Hispanic Trump voters had a slave mentality when inquired about her past asserts on Tuesday CNN's Jake Tapper reminded the Texas Senate candidate of comments she made to Vanity Fair in when she compared Latinos who voted for President Donald Trump to slaves who would hate themselves It almost reminds me of what people would talk about when they would talk about kind of like slave mentality and the hate that particular slaves would have for themselves she commented It s almost like a slave mentality that they have It is wild to me when I hear how anti-immigrant they are as immigrants a large number of of them I m talking about people that literally just got here and can barely vote that are having this kind of attitude PRESIDENT TRUMP HITS BACK AT JASMINE CROCKETT CALLS HER A VERY LOW IQ PERSON Tapper required if all Hispanic Trump voters still have a slave mentality No and that s not what that noted at all to be clear Crockett noted It did not say that every Latino has that type of mentality No no but the ones that vote for people that believe in strong or Trump s immigration initiative Tapper clarified JASMINE CROCKETT SAYS SHE DOESN'T NEED TO CONVERT TRUMP SUPPORTERS IN HER TEXAS SENATE BID So I don t believe that the people that voted for Trump believe in what they re indeed getting That is number one What Trump commented is that he was going to kick out the bad guys And that s what I was talking about Crockett stated Crockett reiterated that she didn't understand what's happening with Latinos who insisted that there were people who came into the country the wrong way At the same time I knew what Trump meant because Trump had a record Trump had a record of locking up kids and putting them in cages So I knew what Trump meant And so that s why it wasn t making sense to me Crockett noted REP JASMINE CROCKETT CALLS TRUMP A 'PIECE OF S---' DURING LIBERAL RALLYFox News Digital reached out to Crockett and her campaign for comment In the Vanity Fair interview Crockett also disparaged White women claiming they retreated and failed Democratic candidates I disclosed I don t trust White women I disclosed I m just telling you and I think you need to have conversations with your sisters because they are the group that failed Hillary Clinton I mean when you go back and look at the numbers White women were the ones that failed her And so in my mind if they failed Hillary I don t know that I can believe that they won t fail Kamala Crockett disclosed She also accused Black men of flaking on former Vice President Kamala Harris Crockett is trying to become the first Democrat to win a U S Senate race in Texas since Trump carried the state easily in over Harris as he made major gains with Latino voters and no Democratic White House candidate has won Texas since