
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Controversial Representative Jasmine Crockett has jumped into the Texas Senate race shaking up the Democratic primary mere hours before the filing deadline.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The far-left firebrand will challenge Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D-Austin) for Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) seat in the upper chamber, announcing her campaign the day congressional candidates had to formally file paperwork.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In her campaign launch video, Crockett doesn’t say a word as the camera holds steady on her face. Rather, it stars the voice of President Trump calling Crockett the “new star of the Democrat Party” and a “very low IQ person.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“There’s a reason Trump always has my name in his mouth,” Crockett said in her campaign-launch speech about an hour after posting the video. “… I believe that’s because Trump has seen the same numbers I have: I have a track record of getting people out to vote, moving people who are disillusioned with politics and felt like their vote didn’t matter.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Yet Republicans were gleeful about her entry into the race, dubbing her too far left for the state and more beatable in a general election.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“I think she [will win] the Democratic primary, and she’s the worst possible candidate they could have in Texas,” Cornyn said, per Fox News. “She’s unelectable.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The race has already proved to be a hot one, Talarico previously made headlines ;for racking up a record $6.2 million in the first three weeks after announcing his campaign in September.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The addition of a national name like Crockett’s adds new energy to Democrats’ long-shot bid to flip the state blue, as Cornyn has held the Senate seat since 2002.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“If Texas were so red, they wouldn’t be so pressed to silence our voices,” Crockett warned, alleging that prior Democratic strategies failed because they were not hers.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Y’all ain’t never tried it the JC way.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cornyn already faces a competitive primary against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Crockett, 44, jumped into the race just hours after ex-Rep. Colin Allred ditched his own Democratic bid and decided to try clawing his way back into the House instead.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">She’ll face off in a March 3 primary against Talarico, a former teacher-turned-rising liberal star whose viral rants against GOP moves like private school vouchers and Ten Commandments-in-classroom mandates have caught national attention. ;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Republican rule of the Senate hinges on ensuring Democrats don’t pick up another four seats in the chamber.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Working in the GOP’s favor, most of the seats up for reelection belong to senators of states that Trump won in 2024.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Crockett has ;garnered national headlines for her abrasive personality, both with fellow lawmakers in congressional hearings and behind closed doors, notably laughing off accusations in August that she was a no-show boss from hell.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Multiple former staffers and aides told The Post that month that the Dallas-area rep is “rude,” a “diva,” “screams” at employees and rarely comes into the office.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“She is focused almost exclusively on being an influencer, not a member of Congress,” a source said at the time.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Confronted with the reporting, Crockett told CBS at the time that the criticism meant “that I have arrived, honey.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"> ;National Republican Senatorial Committee Joanna Gonzalez, in a statement to the press after Crockett announced her Senate bid, charged that &#8220;Jasmine Crockett leading her primary is the latest sign that the Democrat Party is being run by radical leftists.&#8221;</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>PB Editor: </strong> This will be a telling race. The odds of beating Cornyn are low, but the primaries will be telling as to whether the Democrats choose a more mainstream common sense guy in Talarico or a flaming radical in Jasmine Crockett. Anyone taking bets?</p>

Trump Hater Jasmine Crockett launches US Senate Run in Texas
