One of President Donald Trump’s fiercest political foes likened him to a shouty used car salesman after his end-of-year address to the nation.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas appeared on CNN on Wednesday night after Trump’s White House address, in which he kept the TV fact-checkers busy with rapid-fire boasts about his administration’s supposed accomplishments.
Crockett was asked if there was any truth in Trump’s assertion that all of America’s economic problems could be blamed on former President Joe Biden.
“There is no truth,” she replied, without hesitation.
“And the American people are done with the con man. I mean, as he stood up today in front of the American people, he sounded like a used car salesman, like ‘Let me just shout it out! Buy what I’m selling! Yes, this is a lemon!’ Yes, he is selling nothing but lemons.”
Crockett wasn’t alone in her criticism of Trump’s 18-minute White House rant. MS NOW host Jen Psaki said he’d been “extremely loose on facts.”
She added, “He basically tried to shout his alleged accomplishments at the American people, as if that was going to convince them that they were all true.”
Even some of Trump’s own MAGA base thought the president’s Wednesday night address was pointless.
“That was a waste of time,” said Real America’s Voice host David Brody during a Thursday segment. “Where was the big reveal?”
Conservative provocateur Tucker Carlson suggested hours before the president’s speech that Trump would be announcing a war with Venezuela.
Instead, the president continued with his usual talking points and attempted to reassure the American public that everything was going great, despite his plummeting poll numbers and growing discontent over Trump’s handling of the economy.
Crockett confirmed longstanding rumors on December 9 that she would enter the Senate race in Texas, following news that U.S. Rep. Colin Allred had departed from the Democratic primary.
She will challenge Austin state Rep. James Talarico in the primary, vying to unseat longtime GOP incumbent John Cornyn.
Crockett has heavily focused her campaign on her reputation as an outspoken critic of MAGA Republicans, including Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
The Texas rep was quick to pounce on the administration’s hesitancy to put out the Epstein files, calling Trump “more corrupt and more criminal than any other president that we’ve had” after last month’s release of bombshell emails related to the case.
“I will point out, he is the only president who has been convicted of 34 felony convictions that we’ve ever had in the Oval Office,” Crockett said.
“So while we don’t know exactly what crimes he may or may not have committed, just think of it this way. If you know you didn’t do anything, then why is it that you would be twisting members of your own party’s arms trying to get them not to release it?”
