Rep. Jasmine Crockett tells “The View” a congressional staffer made ‘threatening’ call betting money on fight with Nancy Mace
Rep. Jasmine Crockett told The View cohosts that her highly publicized clash with Rep. Nancy Mace — which occurred at a January House hearing and included Mace suggesting that the pair should take the fight “outside” — led to a “threatening” phone call from a congressional staffer.
“I’m sure when she said that she as just offering to go for coffee or something,” cohost Sara Haines joked Wednesday during Rep. Crockett’s appearance, which also included a recollection of an alleged phone call the Texas politician reportedly received in the aftermath.
“Obviously, we get tons of calls from lots of haters all the time, but there was actually someone who works for another sitting member of congress that called from that congressional office to our office to try to basically say, ‘Yeah, I want to put money on this, I want them to go outside,'” Rep. Crockett said. “That is completely inappropriate.”
Panelist Sunny Hostin called it “threatening” — an assessment Crockett agreed with.
“It is threatening, and I don’t care what side of the aisle you come from, but it should never be okay for a staffer — and it wasn’t okay for [Mace], either,” Crockett continued. “We’re living in a time when, yeah, people on the outside are following their lead, but instead of Nancy Mace challenging me to go outside to fight, what she should be fighting for is a better economy — especially those in South Carolina that are about to feel it.”
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Jasmine Crockett with ‘The View’ cohosts
Crockett and Mace previously verbally sparred at the House hearing, with Mace exploding after Crockett used a colloquialism that Mace received as if Crockett called her a “child.”
In January, Joy Behar quipped on the talk show that the exchange sounded “like The View sometimes.”
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Moderator Whoopi Goldberg added: “I don’t know whether she doesn’t realize that when we’re talking to people, I say, ‘Look, girl, chile,’ whatever. She has a difficult time recognizing [that].”
Crockett first revealed that she received the phone call in January, right after her exchange with Mace.
Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Rep. Crockett and Rep. Mace for comment.
The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on ABC.
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