Media-amplified allegations that the GOP tricked her into running for Senate give the egotistical Texas rep far too little credit. How potentially disastrous is loudmouth Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett’s campaign for U.S. Senate? Disastrous enough that Republicans are already being blamed for tricking her into running. Crockett announced her candidacy last week in a brief video, in which she miraculously accomplished the one thing most people thought her incapable of: she otherwise kept her mouth shut. Thus far, her entire campaign pitch is that she is not Donald Trump. That’s it. There’s nothing more to it. Historically, this approach has only succeeded when combined with a promise of normalcy (see: Clinton 2016 vs. Biden 2020). But Crockett, a lawmaker whose first real brush with internet fame came when she shamed fellow idiot Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s “bleach-blonde bad-built butch body,” is anything but normal. She is that weird brand of politician who draws disproportionate media attention despite lacking any real, widespread appeal.
If Crockett wins the Texas Democratic primary, it’s not a question of whether she will lose on Election Day, but by how much.
This brings us to a fascinating mini-news cycle where Republicans are now accused of sabotaging Democrats — by tricking a generally unelectable politician into running for the U.S. Senate.
