House GOP Moves to Censure Rep. Crockett Over Comments About Texas Governor

A Republican-led effort seeks to censure Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) for referring to Greg Abbott as “Governor Hot Wheels.” Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) confirmed the move in a brief statement on X. “I plan to introduce a bill to censure Jasmine Crockett for her disgraceful and vile attacks against our Governor of Texas,” he wrote, while reposting a news story on his efforts. “This kind of rhetoric has no place in Congress.” Abbott was paralyzed from a falling tree shortly after graduating from law school and has since used a wheelchair. Weber, in another statement, later said that “words have meanings” and actions carry consequences....