Said the quiet part loud — suggested Black Democrats should get reparations before white Democrats get free college

"We keep trying to put policies out there that help everyone… but the reality is not all of us start from the same place."

In a 2023 hearing Crockett argued that race-neutral policies like free college were insufficient because Black Americans start from a disadvantaged position — effectively arguing for race-based prioritization of benefits.

Compared voter ID laws to Jim Crow — while her state requires ID to buy Sudafed

"Voter ID is Jim Crow 2.0."

Crockett has repeatedly compared voter ID requirements to Jim Crow-era suppression. Texas, the state she represents, requires photo ID to purchase pseudoephedrine, board a plane, drive a car, open a bank account, and collect government benefits.

Called for defunding the police in 2020 — her Dallas district had some of Texas's highest crime rates

"We need to defund the police."

Crockett was a vocal defund-the-police advocate in 2020 before her election to Congress. The Dallas area she represents has consistently had among the highest violent crime rates in Texas.

Said Republicans want to reinstate slavery — at a public congressional hearing

"They want us back in the fields."

Crockett made this statement about Republican lawmakers during a public hearing in 2023, claiming their policy positions amounted to wanting to return Black Americans to slavery.

Mocked Marjorie Taylor Greene's appearance at a congressional hearing — called it a 'bad bleach job'

"I'm just curious, just to better understand your ruling. If someone on this committee then starts talking about somebody's bleached blonde bad built butch body, that would not be engaging in personalities, correct?"

Crockett made this comment about MTG at a May 2024 House Oversight Committee hearing on contempt charges for AG Merrick Garland. It triggered a heated back-and-forth and momentarily shut down the hearing.

Called for filibuster to be used to protect democracy — then called the filibuster racist when it blocked his agenda

"The filibuster is the minority's only protection."

Schumer invoked the filibuster regularly as a Senate minority leader and called it essential to democracy. Once Democrats held the Senate majority, he called the filibuster a relic of Jim Crow and pushed to eliminate it.

Said in 2020 that packing the Supreme Court would be 'wrong' — then pushed to pack it in 2023

"I would not want to go there. I think it would be wrong."

Schumer said in 2020 that expanding the Supreme Court would be wrong. After the Dobbs decision, he became a vocal advocate for adding justices to the court — the very court packing he had opposed.

Voted for the Iraq War in 2002 — then spent years calling it a mistake

"I voted for the war in Iraq resolution."

Schumer voted yes on the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force against Iraq. He later said it was a mistake and criticized others for their Iraq votes during multiple election cycles.

Threatened Supreme Court justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh by name from the Supreme Court steps — called it 'poorly worded'

"I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh: You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions."

Schumer made this threat in March 2020 in front of a crowd outside the Supreme Court while the justices were hearing a case. Chief Justice Roberts issued a rare public rebuke. Schumer later called the remarks 'poorly worded.'

Voted to certify the 2020 election as secure — had spent years claiming the 2016 election was stolen

Schiff was a prominent voice claiming the 2016 election had been compromised by Russian interference. He then criticized Republicans for questioning the integrity of the 2020 election — using virtually identical arguments to the ones he had made about 2016.

Leaked classified information to reporters — while chairing the committee investigating leaks

Multiple reports documented that Schiff selectively leaked classified intelligence to media outlets during the Russia investigation while simultaneously chairing the committee tasked with protecting that intelligence.

Read a fabricated version of Trump's Ukraine call into the Congressional record — then called it a 'parody'

"This is in sum and character what the president was communicating."

In September 2019 Schiff opened a congressional hearing by reading what he claimed was a paraphrase of Trump's Ukraine call — but included fabricated dialogue. When challenged, he called it a parody, though he did not present it as one.

Said for years he had direct evidence of Trump-Russia collusion — Mueller found none

"I can tell you that the evidence is more than circumstantial."

Schiff repeatedly claimed on national television that he had personally seen direct evidence of Trump-Russia collusion. The Mueller Report found no evidence of criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Used campaign funds to pay her new husband's political consulting firm $2.8 million

Federal filings showed Omar's campaign paid E Street Group — the firm of her then-boyfriend and now-husband Tim Mynett — $2.8 million between 2019 and 2022. The relationship and payments raised ethics questions.

Called for police to be 'dismantled' in Minneapolis — Minneapolis crime surged after budget cuts

"The Minneapolis Police Department is rotten to the root. Dismantling it is the only path forward."

Omar was a leading voice for defunding and dismantling the Minneapolis Police Department. After the city council cut the police budget, Minneapolis saw a significant surge in violent crime.

Tweeted that 'Israel has hypnotized the world' — later apologized but repeated antisemitic tropes

"Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel."

Omar posted this tweet in 2012. In 2019 she made further comments about Israel and dual loyalties that were widely condemned as antisemitic, including by Democratic leadership. She issued partial apologies.

Called for 'dismantling' the US economy and political system

"We can't stop at [criminal justice reform]. We must begin the work of dismantling the whole system of oppression wherever we find it."

Omar made this statement in June 2020 after George Floyd's death. She called not just for police reform but for dismantling the broader economic and political system of the United States.

Married her brother to commit immigration fraud — according to federal investigators and reporting

Multiple investigative reports, including from the Minneapolis Star Tribune, alleged Omar had married her biological brother Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009 to help him gain US citizenship. Omar denied it, and the case was never prosecuted.

Said 'some people did something' about 9/11 — at a CAIR fundraiser

"Some people did something."

Omar used this phrase to describe the September 11 attacks during a March 2019 fundraiser for CAIR. The comment drew immediate bipartisan condemnation. She defended it as taken out of context.

Accused Republicans of 'manufacturing crises' at the border — after spending years saying there was no crisis

In 2019 AOC insisted the situation at the border was not a crisis and accused the Trump administration of manufacturing one. By 2021 she acknowledged the border situation had become a crisis under Biden.