By Skyler Winston 

Howard University News Service

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) was a featured speaker on the first day of the Democratic National Convention. True to form, she delivered another of her signature alliterations, this time aimed at former President Donald Trump.

While highlighting the differences between Trump, the Republican nominee for president,  and presumptive Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, the freshman congresswoman stressed the importance of voting for Harris to protect freedom.

“The question before us is, will a vindictive, vile, villain violate voters’ vision?

“I hear alliterations are back in style,” she quipped, prompting the crowd to erupt in laughter.

But earlier in her speech, a visibly emotional Crockett took a more serious tone when she shared her initial doubt on whether she had made the right decision about serving in the U.S. Congress.

“I was going through all of this when I visited the vice president’s residence for the first time,” she recalled. “As I approached for our official photo, she turned to me and asked what’s wrong? She saw right through me, and I immediately began crying. Then the most powerful woman in the world wiped my tears.”

Crockett continued to share that the month after that moment with Harris, she went viral for her response to a verbal sparring during a Congressional hearing with U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga), saying that she had delivered “a dose of their own medicine” to the Republicans.

Skylar Winston is the News & Politics editor at The Hilltop and a reporter for HUNewsService.com.