Rep. Jasmine Crockett tells Colbert the origins of her legendary insult

Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas graced the stage of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Tuesday night. Crockett was named the national co-chair for the Harris-Walz presidential campaign in August, only weeks after she gave a moving speech at the Democratic National Convention. 

“You know, when you sign up for public service, you expect that you’re going to go in and hopefully effectuate the policies that you are elected to actually go and, you know, help the people,” Crockett said when asked if her first year in Congress had met her expectations. “And then you end up in random fights with random people like Marjorie Taylor Greene, and you’re thinking, ‘Am I back in high school or elementary?’ Like you’re really wondering, like, ‘what am I doing here?’”