Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said voters of any party are welcome to support her bid for the U.S. Senate.
“I’m a Texan, and so at the end of the day, I think people are trying to say it has to be one (party) or the other, and I believe it has to be both. I think that we’re going to see frustration. We’re going to see people that are regretting that they voted for Trump. And those people are absolutely welcome in our campaign,” Crockett said during an interview on MS NOW. “My attitude is we need to focus on what matters most to Texans. I can tell you that our farmers and ranchers, they’ve already been feeling the heat before Trump got in there, because the Republicans would not allow for a farm bill to be passed out of the house. He’s only exacerbated their problems. And that’s why there’s record numbers of bankruptcies that are being filed right now.”
Crockett’s push to attract bipartisan support comes after she launched her Senate bid last week against Texas state Rep. James Talarico, another rising Democratic figure. The race opened after former Rep. Colin Allred exited the Senate contest to run for a House seat, and Talarico welcomed Crockett’s entry, saying Democrats should prioritize unity over division.
Democratic strategist James Carville said Crockett violated the “first rule of politics” by centering her campaign on herself rather than the voters.
“What wins elections is not sitting there talking incessantly about yourself. Winning elections is not about how many clicks you get or how much overnight fundraising you do. Winning elections is being part of framing issues and understanding where people come from,” he added.
Jasmine Crockett is a reminder that even if you had the misfortune of growing up wealthy and going to expensive private schools and private colleges, you can still make it in today’s America. Just stick on some giraffe-size eyelashes and fake a ghetto accent and bam! Congress! pic.twitter.com/DthXdweDMk
— Ian Haworth (@ighaworth) December 9, 2025
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