In an emotional interview that’s now making waves online, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) tore into the Trump administration over a controversial — and, frankly, disturbing — social media post shared by an official Trump White House account.
The post in question wasn’t just another political meme. It showed a doctored image designed to look like a New York Times headline, taunting Kilmer Abrego Garcia — a man currently held in a maximum-security prison in El Salvador — with the phrase: “He’s never coming back.”
Crockett, speaking with MSNBC host Katie Phang, was stunned when she first saw the image.
“One of my colleagues actually dropped it in a group chat,” she said. “And I was like, ‘Okay, this isn’t real, right?’ It just looked like a bad joke. But then they told me, ‘No, it’s absolutely real.’ And I just thought — where are we living? Who are we? Who’s running this country right now?”
It wasn’t just disbelief. Crockett didn’t hold back, calling the post childish, cruel, and possibly illegal — raising concerns that it could have serious legal consequences down the line.
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“This isn’t just a post that disappears into the void,” Crockett warned. “This is the kind of thing that ends up in a court filing. When a judge is trying to decide if the administration ignored a court order, this could be Exhibit A in a contempt hearing.”
At the heart of the controversy is not just the message, but the messenger: the post came directly from an official White House channel. And while political trolling is nothing new, Crockett argues that the use of government platforms to mock someone in custody — someone potentially caught in a larger legal and diplomatic fight — crosses a line.
“This will come back to bite them,” she said. “I don’t know who’s advising them, or if anyone is. Maybe they just don’t care.”
The incident isn’t happening in a vacuum, either. It comes amid broader tensions between the U.S. and El Salvador, with multiple public figures — including Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough — slamming Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele for what they describe as undermining U.S. laws and mocking American values.
Crockett’s comments add fuel to a growing fire over the Trump administration’s increasingly aggressive — and personal — tone on social media. What used to be dismissed as “just Twitter” is now being scrutinized in the context of real-world power and legal accountability.
And as Crockett put it, this post isn’t just cruel. It’s a flashing red warning sign about the kind of leadership Americans are living under.
