Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) isn’t backing down. After right-wing commentators andconservative media outlets mocked her for saying Republicans “don’t know how to count,” the Texas Democrat has responded with the kind of sharp, unapologetic clarity that has made her one of Congress’s most outspoken new voices.“Let’s be clear,” Crockett began in a post-interview statement that quickly went viral.”What | said was about accountability — not arithmetic.If Republicans knew how to count votes, we wouldn’t be teetering on another government shutdown every few months.The math I’m talking about is political math — and they keep flunking it.”Setting the Record Straight