The famously sassy Crockett told The Dallas Morning News this week she has “no idea” when asked if she would support Talarico in November, saying she is focused on the down-ballot races.<\/p>\n
Crockett also declined an invitation to speak on Talarico\u2019s behalf at the upcoming Texas Democratic Party Convention<\/a>. In fact, she is just skipping the whole thing.<\/p>\n Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, and James Talarico, right. (Mark Felix\/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Gabriel V. Cardenas\/Bloomberg via Getty Images)<\/p>\n On one hand, this refusal to play ball could just be the ire of a woman scorned, but even if that is so, there are a few reasons for Democrats to be worried about Crockett taking her endorsement and going home.<\/p>\n RISING STAR TALARICO TOPPLES PROGRESSIVE FIREBRAND CROCKETT IN HIGH-STAKES TEXAS SENATE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY<\/a><\/p>\n The first reason Crockett’s refusal to endorse Talarico would hurt is that it takes away an important political weapon, specifically, the fact that long-serving GOP Sen. John Cornyn<\/a>, who lost his party’s primary, is also refusing to endorse the man who beat him, Ken Paxton.<\/p>\n Talarico would love to slap on a smug smile and tell Texas voters, “Even John Cornyn, who is as Republican as it gets, won\u2019t back my extreme opponent,” or whatever. But if his own primary opponent, a sitting member of Congress, is snubbing him too, it just evens out.<\/p>\n The deeper problem for the party that Crockett\u2019s recalcitrance reveals is a growing worry among Black Democrats<\/a> that their power in the party is being marginalized and diminished.<\/p>\n TEXAS DEM SENATE PRIMARY FRACTURES OVER RACE RHETORIC AS \u2018MEDIOCRE\u2019 JAB, \u2018OPPRESSOR\u2019 REMARKS IGNITE BACKLASH<\/a><\/p>\n In our deep blue cities, the Democratic Socialists of America are actively replacing old Black power within the party with immigrant candidates. The voters most aggressively fueling this shift are well-off, well-educated White people who always rank most progressive-leaning in polls<\/a>.<\/p>\n New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks at a Ramadan Iftar hosted by his team at the New York Taxi Workers Association March 18, 2026, in New York. (Angelina Katsanis\/AP)<\/p>\n New York City<\/a> Mayor Zohran Mamdani held a rally this week for his slate of wacky congressional candidates in Gotham, none of whom are Black, all of whom are socialists and most of whom are opposed by the Black House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who lives in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n Jeffries is supposed to be the boss of Black political power in New York City, but it sure looks like he doesn\u2019t have much of it anymore.<\/p>\n DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MAYORAL NOMINEE CREATES GROWING HEADACHE FOR VULNERABLE NEW YORK DEMOCRATS<\/a><\/p>\n The far-left rally came on the same day as the opening of the Barack Obama<\/a> Presidential Center in Chicago, a funeral for the old party establishment on the shores of Lake Michigan, a baptism of the new socialist party in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n On Friday on CNN, Corey Booker, a Black senator from New Jersey<\/a>, was shown a clip of Commie Mamdani calling the Democrats a party of the past that has to be replaced. His response: “I don\u2019t want to talk about the Democratic Party.”<\/p>\n In other words, total surrender.<\/p>\n DAVID MARCUS: ESTABLISHMENT DEMS TURN ON GRAHAM PLATNER, BUT IT’S WAY TOO LATE<\/a><\/p>\n Meanwhile, in purple state Senate races<\/a>, such as in Maine, and Crockett\u2019s own Texas, the Democrats have decided this cycle that “relatable” White guys are the ticket to success.<\/p>\n Graham Platner<\/a> in the Pine Tree State is as scandal-scarred a candidate as we have seen in a long time, yet Democrats think they have found a White guy who knows how to load a gun.<\/p>\n The Alamo March 13, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas (Visit San Antonio)<\/p>\n In Texas, race was the underlying theme<\/a> of the Democratic Party primary. In one viral clip from the contest, we saw a middle-aged White woman voter in tears, telling a reporter she loved Crockett but had to vote for Talarico because Texas is too racist to elect a Black woman.<\/p>\n TEXAS DEMOCRAT CRIES FOR VOTING TALARICO OVER CROCKETT BECAUSE ‘WE NEED SOMEBODY WHO CAN WIN’<\/a><\/p>\n It was astounding, actually, that this woman all but said, “I have to commit an act of racism to fight racism.”<\/p>\n Feckless congressional Democrats<\/a> who continue to feed the communist tiger of their party\u2019s Hasan Piker wing, hoping to be eaten last, might want to consider Crockett\u2019s example. She may have committed political hari-kari, but at least she is standing up for herself.<\/p>\n Even Crockett\u2019s promise to focus her energy on down-ballot races shows she is not convinced that either the national or Texas Democratic Party are really listening to her supporters but are instead taking them for granted.<\/p>\n Republicans<\/a> should also be paying attention to Crockett\u2019s rebellion here and offering Black voters who aren\u2019t communists and don\u2019t believe men should be in women\u2019s sports or shelters a way back home to the GOP.<\/p>\n![\"Jasmine](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/crockett-and-talarico.jpg\")
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