Overview
- The president posted Thursday on Truth Social that Davy Crockett is "obviously a distant relative" of Rep. Jasmine Crockett and attached a clip of actor Fess Parker singing The Ballad of Davy Crockett.
- Reporters and fact-checkers said there is no documented family link between the Texas lawmaker and the 19th-century frontiersman.
- Crockett replied on X that the post may relate to her questioning of former Attorney General Pam Bondi and said she will press oversight work through January.
- Newsweek noted the post arrived the same day Trump fired Bondi, a move that revived concern about Justice Department independence.
- As the post circulated, social media reactions ranged from mockery to claims of trolling, and the White House had not offered a clarification.