Jasmine Crockett Drops Race Card On Group You Might Not Expect

Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett claimed during a Thursday campaign event that attacks she received from liberals were motivated by race.

Crockett and Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico were tied in the Democratic Senate primary, according to Friday’s RealClearPolling average. Crockett said during the remarks at an event in Richardson, Texas, that she was campaigning on her “credentials,” before claiming liberals were attacking her because she is a black woman.

“The thing that’s not normal is for me too be attacked from the left. That is the new wild wildcard in scenario. It’s just interesting,” Crockett said. “I’ve been asked a couple of times a couple of things about it. I look at this specifically as a civil rights lawyer. I’ve seen that sending out ads in darkening my skin, I am just like, I know what this is. And the reality is that, I woke up a black woman. I was born a black woman. I was a black woman for everyone who doesn’t think I know, just FYI. But I am not running on the fact that I am a black woman. I’m running on my credentials.”

Some liberals have said Crockett would be unable to win a statewide race, notably the hosts of “Las Culturistas,” a podcast co-hosted by former “Saturday Night Live” star Bowen Yang. Talarico has outraised and outspent Crockett in the primary campaign.

Since a clash with then-Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia during a May 2024 House Oversight Committee hearing, Crockett has become a prominent House Democrat. She has used profanity and unleashed racially-charged rants during congressional hearings and called Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas “Governor Hot Wheels” in reference to Abbott’s use of a wheelchair after he was paralyzed following a back injury.

Crockett falsely accused EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin of taking money from registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a debate on the floor of the House of Representatives in November on legislation to force the Trump administration to release files pertaining to Epstein.

During her Sept. 12 appearance on “The Breakfast Club,” Crocket compared Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations to “slave patrols.”