Jasmine Crockett promises she’s a Democrat who can win in a Republican Texas, but I’m not so convinced. Click to read:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/01/i_m_ok_said_jasmine.html
As you may have heard, we have a primary in March here in Texas. You also probably heard that Rep. Crockett lost her seat in the recent configuration of district maps. Furthermore, she is hoping to win the Democrat nomination in the aforementioned primary. The latest in that Rep. Crockett is trying to convince Texans that she is electable. This is the story:
The controversy is part of a larger Democratic disagreement about what makes a candidate ‘electable,’ a term many party leaders have used in recent years to describe scripted, vetted, broadly acceptable contenders poised to capitalize on centrists’ anger with President Donald Trump. After a dismal 2024 performance, Democrats are deciding whether they should embrace more tempered candidates or more pugnacious firebrands in primaries from Maine to Michigan this year.
The long-running debate about whether the party should focus more on turning out its base or persuading the middle was scrambled in 2024, when Democrats alienated young, non-White and irregular voters who defected to Trump. Large Democratic constituencies acted like swing voters and would not have voted Democratic even if they had turned out to the polls, according to an analysis by the Pew Research Center.
‘There’s always been a fight about who is electable and who is not,’ Democratic pollster Celinda Lake said. ‘I don’t remember a time when there was such a debate about what electability is. Is it creating and mobilizing a base? Is it a record of accomplishments? Is it change?’
The tensions, which at times encompass race and gender, have been on display in Texas, a conservative state that underdog Democrats are hoping to put into play in their long-shot attempt to retake control of the Senate. The March 3 Democratic primary between Crockett and state lawmaker James Talarico, a 36-year-old Presbyterian seminarian who has amassed a large social media following in his own right, has divided Democrats across the country as they remain torn over how the party can rebound from its losses. It will pose an early test of which direction Democratic voters want to go.
Jas vs. the preacher! Talk about a primary.
Rep. Crockett has two big problems:
- She is not that well-known, unless you watch MS NOW or catch lefty podcasts. She has avoided serious interviews, and her platform is basically anti-Trump. Maybe she is a serious person, but if so, she’s kept that to herself. Instead, she is known for rants that say nothing.
- Texas Hispanics are not fond of her comments about their support for the president’s tough immigration policies. Crockett called it “a slave mentality”, but most Hispanics call it common sense to secure your borders.
My guess is that no one will top 50% in the primary, and the runoff is going to be brutal. Her opponent, State Rep. James Talarico, quotes the Bible in every other speech. I can’t wait for these two to have a debate on foreign policy, or the kind of serious stuff that they do in the U.S. Senate.
Neverheless, Jasmine wants you to think that she is okay, or the one Democrat who can win in Texas. I don’t think so.
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