Challenge Accepted: Crockett Agrees to Take Cognitive Test
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) has accepted a challenge by President Donald Trump to take a cognitive test after the president mocked her intelligence. “Listen, if he’s down, I’m down,” Crockett said during an…
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) has accepted a challenge by President Donald Trump to take a cognitive test after the president mocked her intelligence.
“Listen, if he’s down, I’m down,” Crockett said during an appearance on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Wednesday, per The Hill.
“I know that he can’t seem to find himself in the Oval Office to make sure that he can end this shutdown, but he does have time to troll me,” Crockett said.
Earlier this week, Trump, 79, revealed he had an MRI and a cognitive test in early October.
“The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe, you know. When you get up to about five or six, and then when you get up to 10 and 20 and 25, they couldn’t come close to answering any of those questions,” Trump said.
He then criticized Crockett and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and their IQ.
“They have Jasmine Crockett — a low IQ person. They have — AOC is low IQ,” Trump said.
“Have her pass, like, the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed,” Trump, 79, said.
According to a report in the HuffPost, Trump referred to the test as “an aptitude test.” The actual “test” was the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, which checks for cognitive decline and dementia — it is not an aptitude or IQ test.
Crockett, 44, told Kimmel that the people Trump refers to as having a “low IQ” are those who “tend to be women and they tend to be women of color,” The Hill reported.
Crockett was then tested by Kimmel and successfully identified an elephant and repeated five words to Kimmel.
“I want to warn you: There are going to be questions that favor him, like, ‘How do you get ketchup out of a bottle?’ And ‘What’s the difference between a windmill and a ceiling fan?’ So this is not going to be easy,” Kimmel said.“With that said, you accept his challenge?”
“I absolutely accept it,” she answered.
“In the event of a tie, are you open to sit-up contest?” Kimmel asked.
“Well, absolutely, I don’t know that can sit up. So yes,” Crockett said.