Does a video describe a real CNN debate between Jasmine Crockett and Mike Huckabee involving a bible quote? No, that's not true: The description of the viral YouTube video makes it clear the entire interaction was a work of fiction created using artificial intelligence. Searches of CNN's website for the supposed debate brought up no results.
The video (archived here) was published on the YouTube channel "Union Exposed" under the title "Jasmine Crockett's Bible Quote HUMILIATES Mike Huckabee On Live TV!" on August 22, 2025. The description of the video read:
🔥 In a jaw-dropping live TV moment, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett shuts down Mike Huckabee with nothing but a powerful Bible quote! The entire studio went silent as Huckabee struggled to respond, leaving viewers stunned. Was this the most humiliating clapback in political debate history? Watch till the end -- you won't believe how it all unfolded!
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The narration of the half-hour long video was automatically transcribed by YouTube and it opened like this:
The studio lights blazed like the spotlight of history itself, reflecting off the polished surfaces and the anticipation hanging in the air.
Mike Huckabe, former Arkansas governor, seasoned politician, and lifelong Baptist preacher, strode in with the kind of confidence only decades in public life could forge. Across from him sat Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, 42, a civil rights attorney, progressive, Democrat, and lifelong Baptist. Her calm gaze seemingly unshakable. Yet her eyes held a quiet fire.
This wasn't going to be an ordinary interview. This was a confrontation that would ripple across faith, politics, and morality in America.
Huckabee began immediately, his Southern draw cutting the tension like a knife. He questioned Crockett's moral compass, her understanding of Christian values, and accused her of supporting policies that he claimed undermined traditional morality. He leaned forward, certain that the young congresswoman would flinch under the weight of his experience and authority. For Huckabee, this was routine, a chance to lecture a progressive on faith and ethics.
But Crockett was ready.
The Bible quote in question was from Matthew 25 according to the transcript:
"Governor Huckabe, what does Jesus say in Matthew 25 about how we will be judged?" The question hovered in the air like a storm cloud. Huckabee blinked, momentarily thrown. He muttered something about sheep and goats, the final judgment, trying to regain the floor. Crockett pulled out her phone and began to read the words verbatim, letting scripture do what no political rhetoric ever could. "I was hungry and you gave me food. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed me. I needed clothes and you clothed me. I was sick and you looked after me. I was in prison and you came to visit me."
Later in the transcript it was made clear the supposed confrontation happened at CNN:
Jasmine Crockett's measured scripture-backed responses had ignited a dialogue that stretched far beyond the walls of the CNN studio.
A Google search for pages on cnn.com containing the phrases "Mike Huckabee", "Jasmine Crockett" and "Bible quote" brought up no trace of the supposed interview (archived here).
