There is a well-worn playbook for politicians who lose elections. You give a gracious concession speech, you endorse the winner, you go home and write a book nobody reads. Jasmine Crockett has apparently never seen this playbook and would probably call it racist if she did.
The Texas congresswoman, who lost the 2026 Democratic Senate primary to James Talarico, has decided that the best use of her remaining time in the spotlight is to torch every relationship she has left. As USA Journal reported, Crockett appeared at the Black Economic Forum earlier this month and offered her analysis of why she lost. Was it her campaign spending? Her messaging? Nope. It was racism.
"It was a racist race," she said. "We live in America and y'all are celebrating 250, okay? We know what this country is."
Just to be crystal clear about what happened here: the people who voted against Jasmine Crockett were Texas Democratic primary voters. Her people. The electorate she was courting. She is now standing at a podium calling her own party's voters racist because they picked the other guy. This is a strategy in the same way that lighting your resume on fire is a strategy.
But wait, it gets better. Crockett is also publicly refusing to campaign with Talarico heading into November. "People keep trying to say, well, Jasmine has to go and hold his hand. Nah, I don't," she announced. And technically she is correct. Nobody can make her do it. But a sitting congresswoman refusing to support her party's Senate nominee in her home state because she is still pouting four months after losing a primary is a special kind of teamwork.
She has reportedly said she will instead focus on down-ballot candidates, which is political speak for "I will be appearing at events attended by eleven people and a dog."
Now here is where things get truly entertaining for anyone who enjoys watching a political party step on rakes. Talarico, the guy who actually won, is running as a "God is nonbinary" progressive in Texas. The state of Texas. The one with all the cowboys and oil rigs. Democrats somehow managed to reject Crockett for not being progressive enough and then nominate a candidate who polls like a San Francisco city council member running in Fort Worth.
So Texas Democrats are heading into a Senate race with a nominee who seems tailor-made to lose by double digits and the runner-up actively sabotaging him from the sidelines. Susan Collins, who chose not to seek reelection, is presumably watching this unfold from Maine with a cup of tea and a satisfied grin.
Texas Republicans do not even need to run attack ads at this point. They can just retweet Crockett's press conferences and let nature take its course. When your opponent is destroying herself, you do not interrupt. You just pull up a chair and enjoy the show.
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