Jasmine Crockett Hit with $20 Million Lawsuit After “Hot Wheels” Comment Sends Advocacy Groups Spinning
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Jasmine Crockett is in hot water this week after her off-the-cuff “Hot Wheels” remark ignited a fiery backlash — and a sizzling $20 million lawsuit filed by the Americans with Disabilities Association (ADA).
The suit alleges that Crockett’s comment, made during a heated exchange on the House floor, “violated the dignity, mobility, and die-cast car collections of millions of Americans who use wheelchairs.”
“We’re not saying Congress has to be a humor-free zone,” said ADA President Linda Rollaway, “but when your joke makes 5 million people simultaneously roll their eyes — and not just because that’s how they move — we have a problem.”
Crockett, for her part, claims she was referring to “Matt Gaetz’s emotional maturity, not anyone’s mobility.” She later issued a semi-apology on social media, saying, “If anyone was offended by the remark, they clearly haven’t seen what I say when the mics are off.”
The lawsuit includes emotional damages, wheelchair repair reimbursements, and an insistence that Crockett spend 40 hours watching Thomas the Tank Engine to better understand vehicles with personalities.
In an official response, the Congressional Hot Wheels Caucus — a little-known bipartisan group of lawmakers who collect miniature cars — stated, “We’re not mad, just disappointed. And also mad.”
Meanwhile, Mattel stock briefly soared before investors realized this had nothing to do with actual Hot Wheels sales and everything to do with Congress being chronically unserious.
Legal analysts predict the case will either be settled quietly or spiral into a Netflix docuseries titled Crockett: Wheel of Misfortune.
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