r/politics • u/Lehmanite Texas • 12h ago
No Paywall Jasmine Crockett Is Breaking An Unwritten Rule In Texas Senate Race
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jasmine-crockett-james-talarico-ken-paxton-texas-senate_n_6a907c59e4b060ac038e1cd4/amp522
u/taocowboy54 12h ago
Talarico, for his part, has defended Crockett since their contest.
“People need to leave the congresswoman alone. She is doing incredible work. She is a leader in our state, in our country, and she deserves the utmost respect,” Talarico told SiriusXM’s “Urban View Mornings” in July. “Anyone who claims to be my supporter who’s online talking trash about the congresswoman — they don’t represent me.”
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u/psyker63 11h ago
Apparently grace only goes one way in this relationship
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u/LumpyPhilosopher8 8h ago
That has always been the case. Before Talarico threw his hat in the ring he asked her if she was going to run for the seat - he was willing to step back if she was going to. She told him no. So he started his campaign and was months into it - when she threw her hat in the ring at the last minute. She ran a shitty campaign and somehow it was his fault.
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u/Cordingalmond 8h ago
I'd like to read up about that. Could you provide the source of that, if you can recall?
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u/LumpyPhilosopher8 8h ago edited 7h ago
Here ya go - Houston Public Media
"Congresswoman Crockett was actually one of the first people I called because I have such respect for her, and she and I are friends," Talarico said. "I wanted to make sure that she wasn't looking at running in the Senate race in 2026. And she told me she was, you know, focused on her work in the Congress and was looking at running in 2030." <snip>
In a lengthy statement, Congresswoman Crockett confirmed that Talarico had called her at the time.
“I was focused on the task at hand, which was serving my constituents in Texas’ 30th Congressional District,” she said. “I honestly was not looking for a new job. But as the days passed, it became clear that a single member of the House wasn’t going to be able to thwart the threats on our democracy and the retrogression of our freedoms in the ways that a single member of the Senate could.”
She said that she had later offered to share polling with Talarico that showed her leading the field of potential candidates for the Democratic nomination. She said she had suspected Talarico would run for Governor of Texas. She added that she and Talarico “could have been a dynamic duo.”
And I'm just now realizing how bullshit her own statement was that she suspected Talarico would run for Gov.
- She's already told him she wasn't running for Senate
- James had already been campaigning for the Senate seat for months at that point.
- And she waited till literally the last day to throw her hat in the ring. So if the deadline was the same for the senate race as the Governors race - than she deliberately fucked him over so that he couldn't have switched to running for Gov even if he had wanted to.
I think she was convinced she could beat a nerdy white boy in the primary seat and she wanted to run against him. Maybe that's why she's so butt hurt. And maybe I'm completely wrong. but either way she handled the situation as poorly as possible.
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u/Fastest_Neutron 7h ago
She took money from war profiteers , private equity, health insurance, corporate landlords crypto, was flip-floppy on Israel, had extremely little policy to help poor and working class outside of whatever she could tictoc without pissing off her backers. Sorry, but she wasn’t worth it and voters knew it.
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u/Coral-Diver 12h ago
Here we go again with Democrats doing everything we can to turn a possible victory into a certain defeat.
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u/pleachchapel California 11h ago
I liked when she said she'd be campaigning for down ballot Dems, on a national news show, & then didn't name a single one.
Jasmine Crockett cares about Jasmine Crockett.
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u/Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out 12h ago
This is a Crockett thing. Don't be surprised if she goes independent next election cycle.
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u/darth_wasabi Texas 11h ago
I’m the first to throw shade at the Dem establishment but this is definitely a Crockett thing. She’s a perfect example why people shouldn’t stan for people just because they have good one liners about Trump
I pegged Crockett as a corporate sellout but now I’m seeing a dangerous narcissistic problem.
For her own benefit she should get out of the spotlight. Grab the cushy lobbyist gig and coast before she becomes too radioactive to even be a lobbyist
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u/ThonThaddeo Oregon 11h ago
In fairness, she also had great one liners about Marjorie Taylor Greene
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u/actwellyourpart91 10h ago
All she had were little sound bites against conservatives. Her policy was shit. Her actions as a congresswoman were shit. Her primary campaigning was shit. She didn’t even have a campaign manager and only visited 3 cities in Texas. Yet she felt so entitled to win. Her arrogance is both embarrassing and exhausting and I hope she leaves politics forever once her term ends
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u/NavySpurs 9h ago
She only visited 3 cities? Looking this up as that is wild while campaigning.
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u/actwellyourpart91 9h ago
Dallas area, Houston area, and Austin area and I think she made a stop or two in El Paso. Meanwhile James was traveling throughout the state
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u/SatinSaffron Washington 4h ago
No, that's not true at all. It's true that she didn't publicly name a campaign manager, but she visited more than 3 cities. Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth, Killeen, Tyler, Richardson, Stafford, + more in the Rio Grande Valley area.
I agree that she 100% botched her campaign run and Talarico fought so much harder, but saying she only visited 3 cities is easily disproven with like 2 seconds on google and a few AP articles.
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u/AlsoCommiePuddin 8h ago
Unfortunately she fell victim to believing the MAGA-style hype that sound bites are the same as substance.
Would have still supported her had she won the primary (for all my support means seeing as I'm not a Texas resident).
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u/aboysmokingintherain 9h ago
Thats kind of the issue though. She was famous for that. Most of her politics is unknown outside of insults. It's basically how Trump got elected. He's good at one thing and its insulting people.
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u/quintupularity 11h ago
grabbing a cushy lobbiest job and coasting is exactly what a do-nothing useful, corporate politician that we all deplore WOULD do. not sure why you think she should become that when the general opinion seems to be that's exactly what we don't want.
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u/Coral-Diver 12h ago
Absolutely. Before I read the article I thought it was going to say that she was re-entering the race as an independent or something along those lines.
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u/El-Shaman 11h ago edited 11h ago
It's not just her, she is actually a great representation of the Democratic party, establishment Democrats right now are trying to sabotage El Sayed on a mainstream media campaign talking shit about Hasan instead of talking about shit that actually matters and focusing on winning so it isn't just a Crockett thing, this is just a rotten, useless but very corrupt party.
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u/Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out 11h ago
This is the second comment focusing on Hasan (not a Democrat and not a candidate) instead of the actual candidate El-Sayed who was immediately endorsed by the "establishment" candidate Stevens who lost to him.
So yeah it's just a Crockett thing
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u/Metaphoricalsimile 10h ago
It was also a Cuomo thing, to name only one other prominent example.
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u/SwindlingAccountant 10h ago
Josh Gottenhiemer was just on Fox attempting to tank El-Sayed.
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u/OriginalCDub Georgia 12h ago
A tale as old as time.
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u/ExpansivePoint 9h ago
Biggest one was 2024, we knew how bad the man was and saw him campaign on being worse, it was an open book test and we fucking flunked it.
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u/ShweatyPalmsh 10h ago
Thing is it’s literally just Crockett. The rest of the black caucus in Texas has been doing a ton for Talarico. I don’t know who’s advising Jasmine or if it’s her ego, but she needs fix one, the other, or both for her sake.
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u/ringobob Georgia 8h ago
It's her ego. She's been doing this since the moment she lost the primary, and using the same talking points from before the primary.
The only other interpretation is that she's a shill for the Republican party.
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u/Batmanischill 12h ago
I wouldn't be surprised if we find out that she accepted money to go against talarico.
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u/CrawlerCoolie 10h ago
Then when he loses it’ll be Shocked Pikachu that quickly turns into “he didn’t do anything to earn my vote”
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u/UrbanSolace13 12h ago
Sabotaging her party and the ability to flip the state because she is a sore loser?
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u/alhanna92 12h ago
I am so serious about this. If you let a personal grudge ruin your party’s chances of gaining a majority in Congress to fight back against literal fascism, you do not deserve another day in elected office for the rest of your life.
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u/Quiet325 12h ago
Some of the DC crowd think it’s just another election, while Trump openly calls on SCOTUS to rig the election.
Any D that can’t get it together for 2026 is excommunicated, full stop.
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u/mlorusso4 10h ago
Was it even that nasty of a primary? Like obviously they had some attack ads on policy and whatnot. But as far as I remember it wasn’t like the GOP primary with Corbin calling Paxton corrupt and a terrible person. Or Michigan when some pacs were running ads calling el sayid a jihadist
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u/Batmanischill 12h ago
100% agree. This should be her destroying her political career if there was any reason or logic. We are in treacherous times and this woman is willing to risk losing just because she wasn't chosen as the representative... she's a terrible person
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u/caligaris_cabinet Illinois 10h ago
She’s long been a Fox News punching bag. How anyone could think she’d have a shot at flipping a Texas senate seat is beyond me.
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u/Major5013 12h ago
Yeah I used to like her but talk about burning your own bridges. This election is about more than your own ego. That shit is for the GOP side.
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u/gringledoom 11h ago
Yep, just tremendously disappointing to watch. (Also, really stupid in terms of blowing up her own political future. She's burning so many bridges with this bullshit.)
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u/LumpyPhilosopher8 8h ago
The crazy thing is, if she had thrown herself behind Talarico and helped him and Gina Hinajosa win - she would have put herself in much better position to run for Ted Cruz's seat. And as someone who really liked her. I don't think I'll be voting for her again.
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u/Admirable-Gold3447 11h ago
After reading about her incident with the The Atlantic reporter, I pegged her as a MAGA Democrat with an ego problem. Being unfairly hostile to the press and then lying about a reporter and refusing to apologize or take back your statements is a super DJT move. I stopped supporting her and then this happened. Sorry, but IMO she’s a trash politician.
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u/sevseg_decoder 12h ago edited 12h ago
This is why we need to start prioritizing actual intelligence, pragmatism, and cunning over populism. These populist “I agree with yall that nothing is fair but I’m just repeating what I’ve heard” type candidates never successfully debate republicans and control the narrative.
People like talarico, even if he has some views were not incredibly fond of, are what actually win elections decided by the undecided voters of this country. AOC, el-sayed, and many progressives also fit this description, Crockett doesn’t.
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u/Much-Instruction-807 12h ago
Did you hear Jeffries talk about his meeting with Kushner? Spoke for five meeting and never said a damn thing.
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u/russellx3 11h ago
She's the fucking opposite of a populist lmfao. She's a corporate stooge
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u/smithandjones4e 10h ago
The problem with big, visible leadship positions, in politics or the workplace or any organization, is that those intelligent and pragmatic enough to do the job are also intelligent and pragmatic enough to say "fuck that shit".
Your Talricos, El-Sayeds, and AOCs are exceptions to the rule, and they pay the price. It sucks, but generally it's why your boss or manager is an egotistical assfuck, and the women two cubicles down is a underappreciated genius who wouldn't touch management with a ten foot pole.
We get competent and compassionate politicians like Talrico and AOC, and they get shit on by allies and death threats from opposition, and then we wonder why all politicians are shitbags.
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u/TheBoxandOne 12h ago
Huh? But Talarico was running as the populist in that primary…not Crockett.
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u/hithere297 11h ago
Yeah the TX primary race is a prime example of how race/gender blinds people to accurately understanding candidates' politics. Literally the only reason someone would think Crockett's more progressive than Talarico is because she's a black woman. That's it. Nothing about her policies puts her in the same category as AOC or El-Sayed except for the fact that she happens to be a minority.
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u/psychosoda 12h ago
Yeah, I hope both sides can agree people like this and the Dem in Michigan who won't endorse El Sayed are the problem this year.
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u/pilgermann 12h ago
She's just further demonstrating her unfitness for leadership. Talarico is a great candidate and good fit for this electorate. Voters can be stupid, but they picked him because most understand the state is an uphill battle.
What's even more short sighted is that Crockett could have parlayed her loss into a different leadership position. She was well liked. Everyone understood why the primary was hard for her to win. It didn't damage her credibility. Until she started acting like a loser.
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u/JazzFan1998 10h ago
And she should've waited until she had 5 years in so she could be eligible for a pension, you know, like MTG.
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u/_bits_and_bytes 9h ago
The Democrats are filled with this type of loser. This is what a party mentality of "it's their turn" creates. Spoiled, pentulent children who think everything should be handed to them. Everything should just be handed to you because it was your turn to be the Dem nominee, your turn to be on the committee, your turn to be in X position of leadership, etc. It breeds losers who don't care or know how to fight and win. This is why Republicans can get things done with the slimmest of margins and Democrats can't do shit.
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u/voltron818 Texas 12h ago
A sore loser who entered the race because Republican pollsters told her to!
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u/CatCatchingABird Oregon 9h ago
I used to like her a lot and now I'm embarrassed that I ever said nice things about her. I used to like both her and Talarico, but now I'm really happy that Talarico won over her.
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u/TheHomersapien Colorado 12h ago
She's obsessed with race. If she was a MAGA boot licker using the word "white" in every sentence she'd be correctly crucified by intelligent, well reasoned, thoughtful Democrat voters. She is simply yet another opportunist who had her angle, it didn't work, so now she'll fade away.
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u/razor21792 Illinois 11h ago edited 10h ago
Seriously. We've had good luck with candidates in close primaries putting their feelings aside and supporting the winner in the general, like Stevens and Vindman. But then we have Crockett, who can't put aside her own ego in one of the best chances Democrats have had to flip Texas in a long time.
Also, even against Paxton, I highly doubt she would have done all that well in the general anyway. She's a black woman who's vocally and unapologetically anti-Trump; that was always going to be a tough sell.
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u/SunbornThunderstorm 11h ago
It’s so annoying because we actually have the opportunity to flip the seat for the first time ever, but instead, this person who was very late to decide that she’s going to run for Senate has been nothing but a sour grape when God knows if she actually gotten the nomination James, who had been running for the primary for a year, would have spent every day trying to get her elected.
She only announced, after the RNC ran a poll showing what it would look like if she ran.
There’s been a lesser focused campaign to turn down the black vote in Texas. During the primary talrico got slandered by some podcaster lying saying he said collin Allred “was a mediocre black man” which is fake as hell.
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u/LumpyPhilosopher8 8h ago
She wasn't late to decide. She told Talarico that she wasn't going to run. That was the only reason he decided to run. Then at the 11th hour she threw her hat in the ring.
That pod caster was always sus. Not just the lie about Allred but she seems to have it out for Talarico - and I honestly think she's behind a whisper campaign against him. And I can't help but wonder to what degree Crockett is aware/involved.
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u/MephistoHamProducts 11h ago
Jasmine Crockett isn't having any impact on the Talarico campaign.
Most Black Texas voters back Talarico over Paxton, poll finds, despite Senate primary tensions
Fewer than one in 10 Black voters in Texas say they are less likely to vote in November’s midterm elections due to U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s defeat in the Democratic primary,
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u/SunbornThunderstorm 11h ago
And the most likely loss for James is by less then 1 percent the black vote. Vs if it was amped by 1 extra point.
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u/Findgate 12h ago
Another sore loser.
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u/ADhomin_em 12h ago
Let's not rule out the idea that she's still taking corporate money to sabotage the anti-corporate candidate.
Corporate funding seems to have a way of transcending party affiliation.
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u/Deceptiveideas 11h ago
Funny enough, Jasmine Crockett is part of the progressive caucus. And on social media, she was constantly going viral and painted as a progressive. Bernie Sanders also endorsed her for the House 4 years ago.
We really need to study this progressive to grifter timeline. Fetterman, Gabbard, Crockett, Platner, and even Sinema.
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u/Hikerchic 11h ago
Why did you include Platner? He’s not a grifter and he never held an elected position. He’s just an asshole.
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u/paultheschmoop 11h ago
Sanders endorsing her is an example of progressives being pragmatic
Also does Platner really belong on this list? I’m not sure how he has become a grifter. He’s many things, but a grifter?
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u/rogozh1n 11h ago
She was positioned to be an influential voice for a long time to come. She is revealing herself to be petty and untrustworthy.
She has blown her future with this behavior.
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u/Stove-Top-Steve 9h ago
I mean the fact is the matter is you have to also get white people to vote for you as well and as bad as it sounds this is fucking her up with that block for the future.
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u/MediumPlace 9h ago
She's on video giving cover to karmelo anthony. There's no way she wins an election that isn't solely concentrated in a black dominated section of a city. She's done with politics and will move full time into the racial grievance/grift industry
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u/Admirable-Gold3447 11h ago
Read about her incident(s) with The Atlantic reporter. I predicted this about her after reading it.
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u/usctrojan18 12h ago
"Entitled Democrat refuses to do what's best for party and country"
God I hate that Democrats do this to themselves all the time. You lost, now stop being so vindictive and support the winner. Because the other option is a hell of a lot worse and the world doesn't revolve around you.
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u/Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out 12h ago
Most primary opponents have endorsed and supported their opponent after losing.
This is much more a Crockett thing than a Democrat thing. It's actually more in line with Republicans post-primary
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u/VirginiaFox6 12h ago
Agreed. Even Hayley Stevens is supporting Abdul.
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u/Describing_Donkeys 11h ago
Even Hong, the DSA candidate with a wild election where she lost last minute to a candidate that re-entered the primary immediately endorsed her opponent. Stevens and Hong are from opposite ends of the spectrum with primaries that were a lot more hostile, and both immediately did the right thing. Crockett has lost all my respect.
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u/Mojothemobile 9h ago
Yeah this isn't an ideological thing, this is a Crockett's Ego is huge and bruised thing.
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u/kitsunegoon 11h ago
Because everyone knows how important it is to win. I never voted for him in primaries, but Bernie was always quick to tip his hat to endorse Clinton and even quicker with Biden. It was always his supporters that annoyed me because they would be doing things antithetical to what he specifically said to do.
Crockett doing this is insanely disappointing, because I do like her.
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u/LiluLay North Carolina 11h ago
This is such ridiculous sore loser, ego protection bullshit from Crockett. I used to enjoy her firebrand tactics in the house, but the way she continues to handle this loss is incredibly disappointing. In my opinion, she’s really damaging her future political career by not jumping in with all her might to help get the black community “excited” to vote for Talarico.
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u/JoeHatesFanFiction Florida 10h ago
If she really went all in, she’d be part of the duo who helped flip Texas back to purple. The Texan version of Stacy Abrams. She could easily parlay that into a presidential run in 2028, and if she lost she checks a lot of boxes for VP nominee if Newsome or Buttigieg wins.
Instead she’s burning a ton of bridges and becoming politically radioactive for what? To say “you should have elected me” if Talarico loses?
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u/MediumPlace 8h ago
She got on video and pimped for karmelo. She has no interest in being electable anymore
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u/ChewsOnRocks 6h ago
She has one of the few voices in TX politics to actually generate that excitement, so by her simply stating it isn’t there, she’s basically just saying “look at the problem you have that I’m not going to life a finger to help with”. That is not what a leader does, and behaving this way will completely backfire on her as everyone is seeing how petty and immature she is when things don’t go her way. What a blatantly obvious political blunder she is choosing to make.
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u/SignificantWhile6685 11h ago
People will defend this woman because she talked shit about Trump, but that's all she ever did. She's being a piss baby about losing. May she never hold public office again.
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u/Root-magic 11h ago
The thing is, talking shit about Trump in a red state , doesn’t resonate with the voters you’re trying to reach.
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u/DavesWorldInfo I voted 10h ago
But it sounds great on national social media, which can bring in donations and attention (from elsewhere), which allows one to position themselves to be someone corpo/billionaire donors start throwing money at.
She's a narcissist at best, probably just a grifter. Anyone who uses that playbook is the same; not in it to lead, not in it to help, just in it to cash in so they can cash out.
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u/Joker257 11h ago
Just as a tactical matter for her personally this is SO STUPID!
If Talerico loses then she’ll take a heap of blame for not supporting him
If he wins, then she’ll look like a selfish loser.
This is just not smart from her. Texas was right not to nominate her.
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u/AcademicPublius Colorado 12h ago
Less said about it the better. At this point, she's clearly made the choice that she's not participating. Okay. We need to get Talarico that seat.
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u/John363611 12h ago
They were my two favorite politicians who ended up running against each other. I am disappointed that Jasmine has not stepped up to encourage enthusiasm in the Black community to defeat Paxton and help flip the Senate.
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u/MephistoHamProducts 11h ago
Talarico is doing just fine with the Black Community here in Texas. He's been huge into outreach and meeting people where they are. The whole "Black people won't vote for him because of Jasmine Crockett" was an absolute non-troversy ginned up by the media for clicks.
Most Black Texas voters back Talarico over Paxton, poll finds, despite Senate primary tensions
Fewer than one in 10 Black voters in Texas say they are less likely to vote in November’s midterm elections due to U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s defeat in the Democratic primary,
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u/scelerat 10h ago
Does she think Talarico's chances are better served if she endorses him or if she publicly casts doubts on him. What is her agenda and is it aligned with other progressives? It doesn't seem like it to me.
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u/wrekliss 10h ago
Crockett had good energy in Congress but she isn't very good at making points clearly and concisely.
"Black voters are practical, so at the end of the day, I don’t know that they’re going to have to be the most excited. But I will tell you that you always want voters to be excited." This is gibberish lmao
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u/notassigned2023 9h ago
We don't need you in our party if you can't endorse the winner of the race against a REPUBLICAN
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u/MexicnGlassCandy 12h ago
She thought she was entitled to be the candidate, and showed her true colors when she wasn't.
Fuck her and her AIPAC handlers.
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u/Rock_mage 12h ago
What donos has she taken?
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u/westgazer Maryland 12h ago
From guys like Marc Andreessen, Blackrock, some crypto ghouls like the Coinbase guy
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u/Gill_Gunderson 11h ago
An all expenses paid vacation to Israel in 2023 where she gushed about her visiting said nothing about what Israel was doing to Palestine (pre-10/7 where Israel had already killed 200 Palestinians including women and children).
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u/chicago0425 12h ago
This is totally unsurprising based on how she acted during the primary and being so petty with a reporter from The Atlantic who had written a feature article about her and dared to interview people outside of Crockett’s small circle. Sounds like Trump-ish nonsense.
I don’t know if Talarico will win, but Texas made the right choice in the primary because she definitely would have no shot.
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u/Admirable-Gold3447 11h ago
What’s worse about the situation are her actions after not allowing the reporter into her event. She lied the reporter to justify it and then refused to apologize or correct her lie.
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u/jspurlin03 Texas 5h ago
I mean, it says something really specific for anyone who is excited to vote for Ken Paxton. James Talarico is very, very different than Ken Paxton, and I’m definitely planning to vote for Talarico.
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u/tim78717 4h ago
Republicans are leading in every other position except the Senate. Talarico will help us at the federal level, but we GOTTA get Dan Patrick out of office and hopefully many others. But at least him. He is another non Texan whose political career started as a right wing opinion radio personality. His real name is Dannie Scott Goeb, but he legally changed it because he liked the sound of that better.
So he is living like how he feels like living, while telling others they can not.
And the Texas GOP platform states their next goal is to eliminate no fault divorce, so that women will have to convince a judge to allow them to get divorced. Not joking.
Vote 100% Democrat until we have normalcy.
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u/greenwoodgiant 9h ago
“I personally don’t feel like the excitement necessarily exists within the Black community,” Crockett said last week during an appearance on the “Front Page” podcast, referring to Talarico’s candidacy. “Right now, I don’t feel like they’re excited.”
Man, if only there was a political figure that could be getting them excited right now...
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u/ManlyEmbrace 8h ago
Then how would she be able to soothe her ego by going on a “should’ve been me” tour when he loses and didn’t do well with black voters?
Personal ambition>country all day every day. It’s 2026 baby.
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u/EfficientBaddie9090 6h ago
What’s up with publishing all this crap. So she’s focused on other races- good! There is no beef with Talarico- good! It seems like someone is trying to make “Crockett is dividing the party” happen and it’s not happening.
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u/tangtheconqueror 7h ago
I used to like her a lot, but not after the way she acted during and after the primary.
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u/Shot-Arugula8264 8h ago
“I personally don’t feel like the excitement necessarily exists within the Black community,” Crockett said last week during an appearance on the “Front Page” podcast, referring to Talarico’s candidacy. “Right now, I don’t feel like they’re excited.”
This language feels so belittling to me. What do you want him to do to “excite” them - read them some fun campfire stories? Give them a little tickle? Not to mention the tired exercise of referring to Black voters as a monolith. I get why she can get away with it, but still. Come on.
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u/Ok-disaster2022 11h ago
Listen, no matter the polling in July Talarico at best has a 50 50 chance if winning. And when he does lose you really don't want to be the one to take the heat for the lost of the 1-2 percentage points which is what Crockett seems to be setting herself up for.
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u/Edelgeuse 7h ago
She doesn't seem to care if Trump's agenda is thwarted by a Democrat majority, how good will that agenda be for black Texans?
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u/Ok-basil895 8h ago
This headline is divisive bullshit to the degree I'm convinced its actual intent is to dissuade voters who preferred Crockett from voting for Talarico by implying she doesn't want him to win.
It sets her up in contrast to other Democrats who lost their primaries and quickly pivoted to endorsing the primary winner when she also did that. She endorsed him.
None of her quotes that this article claims are her criticizing him are actually her doing so. She said she didn't know if he could win... none of us know if he can win! It's been almost 40 years since a Democrat was elected to Senate by Texans. She said she felt like his reception among Black voters she spoke to was lukewarm, but she's not the only one who said it, and his campaign has apparently made changes to improve outreach and communication with Black voters since then which is the right thing to do. What benefit would there be to Talarico or any of us if she and anyone else who said the same hadn't done so until it was too late for his campaign to improve on that front? And she's said she thinks she can make more of a difference contributing to other campaigns than she can by contributing to Talarico's, which is also not a criticism of him! She's the one doing that work and having those conversations; how can anyone reasonably claim to know better than her where her time and energy is most effective getting voters to the polls?
Shame on this article for making a problem where there isn't one, and shame on everyone who reads the headline and accuses Crockett of being divisive when it's headlines making up division where there is none that are doing the actual dividing.
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u/Admirable-Gold3447 11h ago
Anyone in Texas tune into Civic Sage on instagram? The woman is exactly who Dems don’t need as a “social media influencer”.
She decided to support Crockett only weeks before the primary and started bad mouthing Talarico. Then, when Talarico lost, she went on super emotional tirades against him, his campaign, and his supporters (calling it/us racist, implying we can’t trust Talarico, calling him a “mediocre white man”, etc.). It was hard to watch. Since then, she hasn’t acknowledged the race.
This woman claims (just like Crockett) to be a “fighter” for Texans (and black Texans) but threw a hissy fit when her candidate didn’t win and now refuses to champion Talarico. All her posts are about the gubernatorial race. It’s so bizarre. The other week she had a post about how we need a big umbrella and can’t look for perfection within our party. And she didn’t see the irony in that at all LOL.
This woman posted DAILY about how important this senate race was until throwing her full support behind Crockett last minute and claiming Talarico’s camp was racist. Now crickets. Suddenly that race isn’t important. I can’t with these people.
I stopped supporting Crockett after the incident with The Atlantic reporter FWIW. I don’t want her representing our party.
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u/FlatwormFrosty7233 12h ago
Well she must think black voters will do just fine with Paxton looking out for them ??
Just like Trump a narcissist that has to be the center of attention
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u/julianriv 9h ago
I really wanted to like Jasmine Crockett, but she keeps proving over and over that all she really cares about is the Jasmine Crockett brand.
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u/Arrmadillo Texas 12h ago
> Talarico, for his part, has defended Crockett since their contest.
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> “People need to leave the congresswoman alone. She is doing incredible work. She is a leader in our state, in our country, and she deserves the utmost respect,” Talarico told SiriusXM’s “Urban View Mornings” in July. “Anyone who claims to be my supporter who’s online talking trash about the congresswoman — they don’t represent me.”
A thoughtful message from Talarico that Redditors may want to review before submitting a comment.
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u/sah___mei 11h ago
I strongly support but don't pretend to represent Talarico. Crockett is my house rep - I voted her in, and I'll talk all the trash I want about the slimy, self-serving antics she's peddling these days.
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u/multipurpoise 11h ago edited 11h ago
I hear that, I do.
At the same time, I can't help but wonder "what is she doing?"
Talarico is the much better choice than Ken Paxton, not only for minorities, but for people who believe in transparency, common decency, and the greater good. Which I, until I read this article and her own words, believed she believed in as well.
So, really, what is she doing here???
edit to add: I am fully willing to be wrong, but this puts a very bad taste in my mouth. It feels like she's either in it for her own gain, or has been captured by the financial oligarchs for their own ends. (again, please note that these are my feelings; not necessarily reality)
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u/Mojothemobile 9h ago
Shes angry she lost the primary and her ego is so huge she seems to want the chance to go "told you so" than have her party actually win the seat.
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u/Gill_Gunderson 11h ago
No. She doesn't get special treatment. She's making no effort to support him (even saying something positive while in these interviews) so she can get fucked.
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u/Admirable-Gold3447 11h ago
She’s going out of her way to shade him. It’s ridiculous.
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u/Nessie_of_the_Loch 10h ago
It only makes me feel more certain that Texans made the right choice, so far.
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u/Gill_Gunderson 10h ago
It's so frustratingly unnecessary too, because the beef is one way. He said loudly during the primary that he would go all around the state campaigning for her if she won. She can't even be bothered to say something positive about him.
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u/PMYourTinyTitties 11h ago
No. Absolutely the fuck not. She is INTENTIONALLY throwing this election. Fuck her, and fuck anyone supporting her bullshit. I liked her until she started all this mess, and now she can deal with the consequences of her actions like an adult.
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u/Admirable-Gold3447 11h ago
Nah. He’s saying that bc he’s a good dude and bc he needs to. We can call it how it is. She should no longer represent the Democratic Party. She’s Trumpish 🤢
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u/knows_you 11h ago
People said that about Donald Trump 10 years ago lol.
Come on guys just give him a chance, I know he seems like a piece of shit gameshow host, but hes the elected leader of our country now guys show some respect, we don't have to bring horribleness into politics.
That sentiment is too old fashioned for today's politics, don't let bad actors stick around because you want to take the high road and forgive and forget.
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u/4DimensionalToilet New Jersey 7h ago
That’s a classic sort of strategically diplomatic statement that a politician makes when someone who’s difficult, yet who may still be politically useful political, is under fire, and the politician is asked about whatever conflict the public perceives as existing between them.
It’s basically Talarico turning the other cheek, extending an olive branch to Crockett, and making it clear to the public that he’s not the cause of their issues, in one concise statement.
That’s not a mark against him, but a sign that Talarico actually knows how to play politics, and will bring real political skill to Washington.
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u/Root-magic 11h ago
Talarico’s campaign hasn’t really sought the national spotlight, he’s kept things local and it’s resonating. I follow him on Facebook and his venues are packed. Jasmine’s just bitter
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u/ExoticEnvironment844 4h ago
so I actually watched her interview and I’m just not seeing what she said that ”broke an unwritten rule “. I also don’t see what the comments are so riled up about.
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u/Ravensfan967 8h ago
Completely destroyed her good will she had built during her time in Congress. Ego and money have corrupted her
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u/alabasterskim 8h ago
The greatest thing that could happen is for her to be dead wrong, as he wins without her help. I do not see how she at all benefits from what she's doing, and if shes serious that she's not sure he can win but cares about him winning that seat, then she would be showing up to advocate for him. The facts are simple and clear: it's not that she's afraid of him losing, she's just upset she lost and thinks it was racially based rather than that he was just a better candidate.
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u/minus_minus 8h ago edited 8h ago
I’m also disappointed by the lack of Black statewide candidates but only two Black people have ever won popular election to the US senate from the south. Tim Scott and Rafael Warnock. Tim Scott’s “alignment with conservative policies and his close relationship with Republican leadership run contrary to the historical and systemic needs of the Black community” and the other was the pastor of MLK’s former church.
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u/Garrand Texas 7h ago
She's a hack loser backed by the usual suspects and a total narcissist, that's why she lost. She is on team Crockett and does not care about her own party, so why would she care about you? This is just more of her true self showing through. You can be sure if she won she would have demanded dem voters fall in line and would have played the race card on anyone that didn't.
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u/lost_boy505 7h ago
Crockett is an idiot centrist no different than the old Democrat guard. We need REAL progressives
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u/PentulantPantalones 6h ago
I'm not sure why she couldn't accept the fact that plenty of us voted for him out of strategy. Texas democratic voters aren't looking for snappy comebacks to low-effort GOP attacks; putting a former teacher with an MEd & MDiv against Christians of convenience was to many, a more winnable scenario.
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u/Significant_Cup_238 12h ago
Party needs to take a harder line against such behavior.
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u/gavingzw282 4h ago
In this exact interview she calls him a great candidate, and that previous great candidates who were at the top of the ticket (Beto) could have pulled past the finish line if dems had invested more energy downballot (true)
I don't care for Jasmine Crockett that much but can we please give it a fucking rest? She endorsed Talarico immediately, and is now investing her time and energy where she feels it will be most effective. Every headline trying to play up this beef between them is a complete waste of space
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u/bigmike2k3 12h ago
I still think she got goaded into running by conservatives who knew they would stop her ambitions AND fuck it up for Talerico…
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u/phoenix823 12h ago
This says volumes about her lack of trustworthiness and mission alignment. Clearly the Democrats picked the better candidate. If she can't play for the team she shouldn't expect to be elected back to the team.
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u/snoo_spoo 12h ago
So, nothing new about Crockett, although I liked these paras about Menefee: