Jasmine Crockett racks up $75K tab for luxury hotels, limos and private security
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FIRST ON FOX: Federal Election Commission records show progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, spent nearly $75,000 on luxury hotels, transportation and security in cities across the U.S. this year
Crockett’s filings show luxury hotel and transportation expenses in Martha’s Vineyard, Chicago, New York City, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, among other major cities, even though he represents Texas’ 30th Congressional District, which includes Dallas.
In total, Crockett’s records show his campaign has spent $25,748.87 on luxury hotels and limousine services since January.
Hotel costs include $4,175.01 at the Ritz-Carlton and $2,304.79 at The Luxury Collection. Other hotel expenses include $5,326.52 to the West Hollywood Edition in Los Angeles, $1,173.92 to the Times Square Edition in New York City, $2,000 to the Cosmopolitan and Aria resort in Las Vegas, and $2,703.14 to the Edgartown Inn and $3,160.93 to The Coco, both on Martha’s Vineyard.
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, during an interview on “The View.” (Screenshot/View)
In addition, Crockett’s campaign paid $2,728.00 for travel to Chicago-based limousine service Transport 4 U, $2,310.30 to DCA Car LLC, a premium car and limousine service, and $1,254.00 to Bay Area Limousine.
in it customer gallery Transport 4 U, which says on Yelp it specializes in providing “premium limousine experiences tailored to your needs,” posted a photo of Crockett with the caption: “We were honored to provide transportation service for Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett during her visit to Chicago.” Crockett was photographed smiling and casually wearing a red sweater.
During that same time period, Crockett’s campaign spent nearly $50,000 on security expenses, despite repeatedly calling for defunding the police. “The Defund movement is really about driving recovery and ultimately investing in our communities to make them safer by addressing the root causes of crime and allowing professionals to do their jobs,” Crockett said while serving in the Texas House of Representatives in 2021. “Defund is about finally being smart about crime. Defund is about easing the burden of everything our offices didn’t sign up for. Defund is about finally being fiscally responsible when it comes to policing in this state.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Crockett for comment on the spending but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
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Crockett, one of the most well-known and outspoken members of the Democratic Party, said he is “seriously weighing” a possible run for the U.S. Senate against Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
talk with Policy “I’m seriously weighing this to the extent that I’m about to spend a lot of money to get data,” Crockett said in October.
Crockett said he is already in talks with a possible campaign leader and that his decision on whether to run will depend on the data and who the Republican nominee will be.
Cornyn, now running for a fifth term, is in a tough primary race against Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and Houston-area Rep. Wesley Hunt.
Crockett has been involved in a lot of controversy this year; Perhaps the most significant of these was his attack on “Governor Hot Wheels” Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott, who is paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair.
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Far-left Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-TX, mocked a disabled, wheelchair-bound Republican governor during a pro-LGBTQ charity dinner, calling him “Governor Hot Wheels.” (Getty Images)
“You all know there’s Governor Hot Wheels out there – come on now! And the only thing nice about him is he’s a total jerk, honey,” Crockett said.
Crockett later said his statements were misinterpreted and that he was not mocking Abbott’s injury.
In a statement published on
The statement emerged as Crockett was already facing heavy criticism for other recent statements calling for Elon Musk to be “taken down” and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, to be “hit hard in the head.”
In addition to that comment, Crockett recently came to the defense of Jay Jones, the Democratic attorney general-elect of Virginia, who created a stir after messages surfaced privately fantasizing about killing a Republican lawmaker.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, praised the Democratic Party for not abandoning Virginia Attorney General-elect Jay Jones during his race after his controversial texts were leaked. (Arturo Holmes/Getty; Washington Post/Getty)
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Crockett told host Roland Martin: “And I was thrilled to see that he managed to win. Not that I knew him – I’ve never met him, I’ve never talked to him – but it seems like people didn’t get caught up in the distractions.”
“Listen, there were still Democrats talking about this,” he continued. “My agreement was to condemn what he did, no matter what you said, but do you trust that this Republican attorney general right now is going to stand up when the state legislature decides that they need to fight fire with fire and give us more seats outside of Virginia to go to the U.S. House of Representatives because they’re trying to balance the power struggle that Trump is waging?”
