Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) fired back at anti-LGBTQ+ Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) after the Georgia Congresswoman claimed she hasn’t experienced hardship as a Black woman because she is well educated.

“So she claims to be, you know, from her people,” Greene told right-wing journalist Megyn Kelly. “She puts on this image that she understands the Black American struggle. But let’s face it, the girl went to private school. She went on to, you know, I don’t know what college and law school.”

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Greene also called Crockett “a complete fake.”

“She’s as fake as her eyelashes. She’s as fake as her hair. She’s as fake as her fingernails. And she is such a massive fraud.”

Crockett – known for her outspoken passion for progressive policies – clapped back on social media.

“It is funny that MAGA cultist want to challenge my blackness because of my education… Remember how they challenged Barack Obama & his roots? Remember how they claimed Kamala ‘turned’black [sic],” Crockett wrote.

“Y’all are a joke. Walk a day in my shoes where your white supremacist friends send me hateful emails, death threats, DMs, & posts, and then you can tell me if I’m truly living the black experience in this country, UNTIL then mind your business.”

She concluded, “*ALSO ‘being black’ has nothing to do with education… (BUT for the record, if it did, just know that the MOST educated demographic in THIS country is BLACK WOMEN… so stop pretending like we are inferior in ANY WAY!)”

Crockett’s claim that Black women are the most educated demographic in the country is controversial, with some experts saying data showing merely that Black women outpace Black men in education has been wildly misinterpreted.

Crockett’s dedication to speaking out against oppression continues to ruffle right-wing feathers. Earlier this month, anti-LGBTQ+ MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk claimed she is trying to “eliminate the white population” after she slammed Texas Republicans for redistricting plans that would drastically reduce Black voting power in the state.

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