Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) is joining the chorus of celebrities who are publicly condemning Nicki Minaj’s advocacy of President Trump and his administration.
“I just don’t do sellouts, especially in this moment,” Crockett told TMZ on Tuesday. “Things are too serious. There are too many people that are being harmed.”
She continued with her speech, calling out Minaj’s immigration status amid Trump’s current attack on undocumented citizens.
“And especially with her being an immigrant, then deciding to go and cozy up to this administration that is specifically putting targets on the backs of immigrants and anyone who stands with them … that is wrong, and I don’t even understand how you can play with it and pretend like it’s anything but wrong,” she added.
Minaj’s was previously a critic of Trump’s hardline immigration policies
Minaj, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago, wrote in a 2018 Facebook post that she came to the U.S. illegally when she was 5 years old. She was, at the time, speaking out against the first Trump administration’s controversial policy that separated migrant families at the southern border.
At the time Minaj wrote, “I can’t imagine the horror of being in a strange place & having my parents stripped away from me at the age of 5. This is so scary to me. Please stop this. Can you try to imagine the terror & panic these kids feel right now?”
But the “Starships” rapper has changed her tune years later. Crockett suggests that switch up could be motivated from her quest to become a citizen or a presidential pardon for a relative.
The Texas rep also told TMZ she was against Minaj’s attack on Lemon. “But going after people like Don Lemon, who I love dearly, is just wrong, like she’s just on the wrong side of history.”
To add subtle shade, Crockett shared that she adores Minaj’s archnemesis Cardi B, saying “I’ve always loved Cardi B more.”