{"id":108399,"date":"2025-10-30T06:57:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T06:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/108399\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T06:57:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T06:57:03","slug":"jasmine-crockett-accepts-jimmy-kimmels-trump-iq-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/108399\/","title":{"rendered":"Jasmine Crockett Accepts Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s Trump IQ Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ball is officially in <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s court.<\/p>\n<p>In a surprise appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a> Wednesday night, Texas Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/jasmine-crockett\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jasmine Crockett<\/a> accepted Kimmel\u2019s offer to take part in a televised IQ competition with President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel has been talking up his live televised challenge since Monday, when President Trump told reporters he\u2019d <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/news\/jimmy-kimmel-challenges-trump-to-televised-iq-test-against-crockett-aoc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201caced\u201d a cognitive screening<\/a> and challenged both Crockett and New York Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> to take the same test and\u2014in Trump\u2019s words\u2014\u201cgo against Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019ve been watching our show over the past two nights, you know I\u2019ve been working on teeing up a major event,\u201d Kimmel explained during his monologue Wednesday night. \u201cI think this could be bigger than the Super Bowl and Jake Paul fighting Dick Van Dyke combined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After reintroducing the competition by its full name\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/latenighter.com\/news\/jimmy-kimmel-expands-his-trump-iq-test-challenge-into-a-full-blown-invitational\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The James C. Kimmel Cognitive Aptitude and Mental Brilliance Invitational<\/a>\u2014Kimmel brought in Crockett, whom Trump had labeled a \u201clow IQ individual\u201d earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>Crockett didn\u2019t hesitate to accept. \u201cHe can\u2019t 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,\u201d she said. \u201cSo listen, if he\u2019s down, I\u2019m down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Kimmel asked if she\u2019d noticed a pattern in the kinds of people Trump tends to call \u201clow IQ,\u201d Crockett replied, \u201cThey tend to be women\u2014and they tend to be women of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, okay. So you are smart. Okay,\u201d replied Kimmel.<\/p>\n<p>The host then gave her a sample question from the test Trump took, showing her a drawing and asking her to identify it. \u201cIt looks like an elephant?\u201d Crockett responded. \u201cYes, it is an elephant!\u201d Kimmel said. \u201cWow, you\u2019re going to crush this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crockett\u2019s acceptance makes her the first confirmed participant in what Kimmel is calling \u201cthe greatest television show of all time\u201d\u2014a fitting escalation in what\u2019s become a nearly weeklong saga.<\/p>\n<p>Watch Kimmel\u2019s complete conversation with Crockett at the top of this post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ball is officially in Donald Trump\u2019s court. In a surprise appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! 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