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Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett Opens Senate Campaign to Regretful Trump Voters

MarketDash Editorial Team
14 hours ago
Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett is taking a big-tent approach in her Texas Senate run, telling voters who've grown disillusioned with President Trump that they're welcome in her campaign regardless of party lines.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) is making an unusual pitch in her U.S. Senate campaign: if you voted for President Donald Trump and now regret it, she wants your vote anyway. It's a big-tent strategy that's already exposing some interesting fault lines in Democratic politics.

Party Lines Don't Matter, Crockett Says

Speaking on MSNBC, Crockett made clear that party affiliation won't be a litmus test for her campaign. "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," she said. "I believe it has to be both."

She's betting on voter frustration with Trump growing over time. "We're going to see people that are regretting that they voted for Trump," Crockett predicted. "And those people are absolutely welcome in our campaign."

Pointing to Farm Bankruptcies Under Trump

Crockett isn't just making vague appeals to unity—she's making specific economic arguments. She pointed to rural Texas, where farmers and ranchers are filing for bankruptcy at record rates. According to Crockett, these communities were already struggling before Trump returned to office, partly due to Congress dragging its feet on passing a farm bill.

"He's only exacerbated their problems," Crockett said, linking Trump's policies directly to the rising wave of bankruptcy filings.

At her campaign launch, she defended her decision to run for Senate while still serving in the House. "What we need is for me to have a bigger voice," she explained.

Criticism From All Sides

Crockett entered the Democratic primary against state Rep. James Talarico after former Rep. Colin Allred dropped out, positioning herself as a rising star. But not everyone's convinced.

Democratic strategist James Carville criticized her for focusing too much on herself rather than voters—a sharp jab from someone who knows a thing or two about winning elections.

Meanwhile, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) dismissed her campaign entirely, saying on My View with Lara Trump that "they need to tell her that the voices in her head are not real" and predicting she would "be leaving Congress." Kennedy asserted the Texas Senate seat would stay Republican and questioned why she even bothered running.

Last week, Crockett posted a video on X featuring Trump's past insults, where he called her "a very low IQ person" and mocked her as "the new star of the Democrat Party." Her caption? "Texas, let's win this thing."

Whether her big-tent strategy pays off in deep-red Texas remains to be seen, but Crockett's clearly aiming to shake things up.

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Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett Opens Senate Campaign to Regretful Trump Voters

MarketDash Editorial Team
14 hours ago
Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett is taking a big-tent approach in her Texas Senate run, telling voters who've grown disillusioned with President Trump that they're welcome in her campaign regardless of party lines.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) is making an unusual pitch in her U.S. Senate campaign: if you voted for President Donald Trump and now regret it, she wants your vote anyway. It's a big-tent strategy that's already exposing some interesting fault lines in Democratic politics.

Party Lines Don't Matter, Crockett Says

Speaking on MSNBC, Crockett made clear that party affiliation won't be a litmus test for her campaign. "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," she said. "I believe it has to be both."

She's betting on voter frustration with Trump growing over time. "We're going to see people that are regretting that they voted for Trump," Crockett predicted. "And those people are absolutely welcome in our campaign."

Pointing to Farm Bankruptcies Under Trump

Crockett isn't just making vague appeals to unity—she's making specific economic arguments. She pointed to rural Texas, where farmers and ranchers are filing for bankruptcy at record rates. According to Crockett, these communities were already struggling before Trump returned to office, partly due to Congress dragging its feet on passing a farm bill.

"He's only exacerbated their problems," Crockett said, linking Trump's policies directly to the rising wave of bankruptcy filings.

At her campaign launch, she defended her decision to run for Senate while still serving in the House. "What we need is for me to have a bigger voice," she explained.

Criticism From All Sides

Crockett entered the Democratic primary against state Rep. James Talarico after former Rep. Colin Allred dropped out, positioning herself as a rising star. But not everyone's convinced.

Democratic strategist James Carville criticized her for focusing too much on herself rather than voters—a sharp jab from someone who knows a thing or two about winning elections.

Meanwhile, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) dismissed her campaign entirely, saying on My View with Lara Trump that "they need to tell her that the voices in her head are not real" and predicting she would "be leaving Congress." Kennedy asserted the Texas Senate seat would stay Republican and questioned why she even bothered running.

Last week, Crockett posted a video on X featuring Trump's past insults, where he called her "a very low IQ person" and mocked her as "the new star of the Democrat Party." Her caption? "Texas, let's win this thing."

Whether her big-tent strategy pays off in deep-red Texas remains to be seen, but Crockett's clearly aiming to shake things up.