Jasmine Crockett Kicks Up a Firestorm With Remarks About James Talarico
I think that the Democratic powers that be thought that James Talarico had a better chance against the Republicans in the general election for the Senate seat from Texas than did Rep. Jasmine Crockett (TX-30).
However, they may have deluded themselves with that thought, as the problematic statements and issues in Talarico’s past have come tumbling out. The Democrats are trying desperately to repaint Talarico as “not a leftist” and “clarifying” his past statements. That’s generally a bad look; then he looks inauthentic as well.
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They also have another problem — they don’t appear to have Crockett on board to stump for Talarico after he beat her in the primary.
Talarico’s campaign said the winning candidate recently personally phoned the lefty firebrand, who lost to him in the Democratic primary in March, and left a voice message inviting her to give a keynote speech at the party’s upcoming convention.
But Crockett told the Dallas Morning News late last week that she didn’t even listen to the message, ripping it as an “afterthought invite,” and indicated she doesn’t plan to attend the convention.
Oof, that sounds like she’s a tad miffed that she lost and she doesn’t think they are giving her enough attention for her support.
Crockett didn’t just leave it there. She said she didn’t know if she would campaign for Talarico.
“I have no idea. I am more focused on down-ballot races in general,” she sniffed to the outlet.
She also indicated there could be a problem for Talarico with black voters.
“I’ve not heard a bunch of kumbaya,” she told the outlet about Talarico’s standing among black voters. “People don’t seem to be convinced at this point.
“But there’s a lot of time between now and November,” she noted.
Alrighty, now.
That’s not going to help if that’s true. Talarico is going to need all the votes he can get in what’s likely to be a very challenging race for him. He’s going to need the black vote. If there’s any angst from black voters over Crockett, that could be a problem.
Crockett made clear that she was opposed to the Republican candidate, Ken Paxton, and had never voted for a Republican. But she also groused about why people weren’t asking Janet Mills if she was going to be campaigning for Graham Platner, whom she lost to for the Senate nomination in Maine.
Jasmine Crockett is mad that she keeps being asked about campaigning with Talarico:
“I am not currently running for US Senate and therefore you will not see me on the trail as if I am running for US Senate.”
“But y’all are still so focused on me. Bro, like, I’m not running.”… pic.twitter.com/oaEG8GQrJo
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 21, 2026
“I will say it for the record, I am not currently running for US Senate, and therefore you will not see me on the trail as if I am running for US Senate….I will be helping down-ballot candidates. But you all are still focused on me. [….]
“There is one person that is guaranteed not to become the next senator in the state of Texas, and that’s Jasmine Felicia Crockett.”
Oh, she sounds like a happy camper. Not.
We’ll have to see how much of an issue all that is, but Talarico is already going to have trouble grabbing people in the center on his own. And if her voters are not all on board for him, he could have more issues.
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