Jasmine Crockett on spending drama: 'I'm just gonna sit back and sip my tea'

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) suggested Wednesday that the ongoing spending battle in the House is being waged among Republicans, saying “I’m just gonna sit back.”

“We’re looking at this like, this is their problem,” Crockett told MSNBC’s Alex Wagner. “We have seen this play out over and over in the entire two years that I’ve been in Congress.”

“But here’s the deal: There is no fixing this without the Democrats,” Crockett added later in the interview. “We have seen this over and over, and I’m just gonna sit back and sip my tea and wait on them to figure it out.”

Allies of President-elect Trump criticized a large stopgap funding bill negotiated by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that would keep the government open until at least mid-March. Tech billionaire Elon Musk — whom Trump tapped to serve on an advisory board looking to cut federal spending — lashed out at the continuing resolution, calling it a “piece of pork.”

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