Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett this week announced she’s joining the race for the Democratic party’s top spot on the House Oversight committee. The position is open after the death of U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia late last month.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) reflected on the Civil Rights Movement in an interview on the "Outlaws with TS Madison" podcast. REP. JASMINE CROCKETT (D-TX): I just think about and I wonder what did the struggles look like back in the day when we had not enjoyed things such as the passing of the Civil Rights Act when we did not enjoy some of the freedoms where we acknowledge things like Jim Crow was wrong and I think about the fact that when they justified not treating us as a whole person when they justified us being somebody else's property when they justified,