Outgoing Democrat Representative Jasmine Crockett took a blowtorch to party politics by calling out the Democrat Senate candidate for his failure thus far to court the black vote in Texas. Crockett, who lost to James Talarico in the primary after her own district got erased through redistricting and was desperate to stay in D.C., said there is little “excitement” for blacks to support the man who defeated her at the ballot.
For context, Talarico earned the nomination after cruising to a 6-point victory over Crockett. He received 52.4% of all votes cast to her 46.2%. To her point, she did win majority-black areas in the Lone Star State, picking up most votes from urban centers around Houston, her home district, as well as the Dallas-Forth Worth area. As per her nature, while Talarico has faced no shortage of criticism for his far-left views, Crockett decided the reason for his polling shortcomings were due to his skin color.
The woke Democrat’s remarks came during an appearance on the ‘Front Page’ podcast. In it, she focused on the supposedly negative treatment she and her supporters received during the campaign against Talarico, while also specifically mentioning her and her supporter’s race as playing a prominent role. Despite tepidly endorsing Talarico against the Trump-backed Ken Paxton in November’s general election, she forced into the conversation a comment that she had wanted to support many good black candidates running for other offices down ballot.
“In my mind, the best way that I can help the people of Texas is if I go in and I help out on these down ballot races, because typically people rely on the top of the ticket to drag people in. That’s the marquee race. That’s how you get people to come out. I personally don’t feel like the excitement necessarily exists within the Black community, right? Right now, like that’s I don’t feel like they’re excited, right?” she said, inserting race into the conversation of broad Democrat support for James Talarico.
“But I do have some amazing Black candidates that are running for office in some of the largest counties. So if I can introduce Black folk to them, that may excite them and get them to the polls. So I’m working backwards,” she added. Watch that conversation below:
Crockett has often been criticized for her race-obsessed worldview. In the case of upcoming Texas elections, she wants to use her race to help advance other black candidates. Less is mentioned of helping Texans at large; rather, helping just the tribe she is part of. Indicative of her mindset was another recent congressional hearing where she interjected that racism played a role in how fans supported one World Cup finalist team over another.
In July of 2026, Crockett pointed out how Europe’s Spanish team was facing off against Argentina’s, the latter of which was comprised of more diverse players. Naturally, she then concluded much of the world’s cheering for Spain was motivated by the dreaded R-word.
“The World Cup that captured the imaginations of the entire world when they saw all of these people of color that was playing for all these teams. And ultimately, if you recall, the last two teams, it was Argentina and Spain, and it seemed like the vast majority of the world was rooting for Argentina, or actually against Argentina, right?” Crockett asked. “And why was that? Just give me an explanation if you could guess,” she asked of her stunned witness.
Watch that wild exchange below:
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