Jasmine Crockett announces campaign for Texas Democratic Senate primary
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That doesn’t happen with all black candidates.
It happens with losers. And it happens across the board in high-profile races. (i.e. “Hillary didn’t campaign in Wisconsin.” “Bernie failed to reach older voters and moderates.”)
I think some of y’all only get interested when black people run and so you think shit is unique when it is actually common.
They discussed the election on Sirius XM Urban View throughout yesterday. One guest on the Clay Cane show stated that the Machismo Culture of many Latino men prevent them from supporting a woman in any position of leadership. Same phenomenon we saw with Hilary and Kamala.
"Black Democratic strategists, lawmakers and activists are frustrated that Texas Democrats rejected Jasmine Crockett as their Senate nominee Tuesday night — but they also saw it coming.
Following Crockett’s single-digit loss, they recounted a laundry list of why she fell to state Rep. James Talarico: Her campaign was unfocused; she had an insufficient campaign infrastructure to challenge Talarico, even though she earned the backing of former Vice President Kamala Harris. They also said her media strategy relied too heavily on social media rather than television ad buys — typically seen as critical in a sprawling state like Texas and its nearly two dozen media markets.
“People who don’t understand politics will be upset because Jasmine was their hero,” said Texas state Rep. Jolanda Jones, a Democrat. “But for people who understand politics, [Crockett] literally had no ground game.”
It's what I've been saying. This was her biggest campaign to date, and she didn't do her best.
Bowman was a sitting congressman and a white man backed by like $20 million in AIPAC money forced him out of politics.
That dude was a high school principal for underprivileged kids and a real brother who cares about the people.
It is wild how people didn't care nearly as much about that.
I mean she probably wasn’t gonna win being Black and in Texas, but the still taking AIPAC part was definitely not helping. The whole world is on some fuck Israel right now and she still taking AIPAC money. Foolish.
I actually don't think she took AIPAC money, she just went on a trip with them years ago. But she is way too supportive of Israel, as is Talarico.
They were both bad on that.
I honestly don't think being black had anything to do with her loss. If you read the Politico article about what local black campaign professionals said, she just ran a shitty campaign. No ground game, not a real statewide campaign. And her messaging was horrible-- That first ad with the black background and only the sound of Trump insulting her was incredibly lame. She killed with black voters but her Latino "slave mentality" quote was a pretty bad gaffe, and I don't think her supporters claiming anything slightly critical of her was Jim Crow 2.0 helped with any other group besides black voters which, as Big Tex pointed out many times, is not nearly big enough of a group to carry someone to victory in Texas.
I think a significant number of these online accounts pushing FABRICATED bullshit are just bots.
"#JamesTalarico and his supporters think all they need to do is convince white people to #vote #Democrat again"
The dude has been explicitly courting black voters. Nobody has to like him but the amount of lies spread is getting to be crazy.
Yeah they are very strong concerning patriarchy. I dont think a woman can win national office or even statewide with a lot of Latino men around
Yea Pastor Haynes be talking that shit. Not afraid to rattle the cage.
I think it's a female thing. I believe Biden got descent amount of Hispanic votes.
Of course that logic burned them voting for Trump or not voting at all in 2024.
Obama did a lot better than Hillary
Hillary Clinton won Latino vote but fell below 2012 support for Obama
Hillary Clinton won 66% of Latino voters on Election Day, a level of Democratic support similar to 2008 but lower than 2012.
www.pewresearch.org
It just may be the machismo issueI think it's a female thing. I believe Biden got descent amount of Hispanic votes.
Of course that logic burned them voting for Trump or not voting at all in 2024.
Obama did a lot better than Hillary
Hillary Clinton won Latino vote but fell below 2012 support for Obama
Hillary Clinton won 66% of Latino voters on Election Day, a level of Democratic support similar to 2008 but lower than 2012.
Nah.....it happens to a lot of black candidates
I have friends that are close to Jasmine and I met her a few times before she went to Congress. I didn't realize her new district would have still been viable. I hate it when good black representatives decide to run for Senate in red states and lose their seats. It happened to Val Demings in Florida and Kendrick Meek before her. Jasmine is unfortunately the latest.
She did not take AIPAC money.
She took money from pro Israeli organizations and accept the propaganda trip over there. Any no difference IMO, they got the same agenda.
Name them.
Texas Democrat James Talarico has campaigned on getting megadonor cash out of elections, but records show he has been cashing checks from an unlikely source: a Republican, Trump-backing billionaire.
Dark money floods Texas’ U.S. Senate primary races
The latest campaign finance reports show big-money interests are heavily invested in the Texas primaries — but unwilling to reveal their identities at a critical juncture of the race.
www.texastribune.org
A super PAC supporting one of the Democratic candidates, James Talarico, reported $6.1 million in contributions from Jan. 1 through Feb. 11. But more than half that came from a political action committee that was entirely funded by a dark money group on its last monthly report.
Dems were telling her about this a month ago. But for Jasmine, the important thing now is that she learns from this and does better next time, and not just double down on a losing strategy to save face. She owes it to herself, hell, she owes it to all the people that support her no matter what to reward that support by doing better.
Jasmine Crockett Is Not Running a Traditional Campaign. It’s Making Allies Anxious.
The Democratic Senate candidate hasn’t named a campaign manager or run broadcast TV ads.
"Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s post-Senate campaign announcement fundraising surge never materialized. She has been outspent nearly 19-to-1 on political ads this year and hadn’t run a single broadcast ad as of early February. And some Democrats in communication with her campaign aren’t sure who exactly is in charge of it.
Even by her own advisers’ admission, Crockett is not running a traditional campaign.
With three weeks until next month’s primary, Crockett is locked in a tight fight with state Rep. James Talarico, battling for the Democratic nomination for Senate in Texas. The primary is one of the most closely watched in the country, drawing interest for the implications it carries for November’s general election and the way it has highlighted intense internal divisions within the Democratic Party.
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In Texas, Crockett is eschewing many of the traditional facets of a major Senate bid, choosing instead to focus on in-person politicking and local events that supporters say energize the rank-and-file liberal voters. Campaign officials say Crockett often does more than a dozen stops on weekends before returning to Washington during the week and receives overwhelmingly positive responses.
“We reject the DC playbook of politics as usual, because this moment — and winning — demands something different,” Karrol Rimal, Crockett’s deputy campaign manager, told NOTUS in a statement.
But the campaign’s choices have left some Democrats scratching their heads, anxious that the unconventional approach could squander Crockett’s significant edge in name recognition against Talarico in a race that’s now in its home stretch, especially in a large state where mass media is usually seen as a strategic necessity.
“I don’t think she’s a particularly strong candidate,” said one Democratic strategist tracking the race, who was granted anonymity to speak candidly about their evaluation of Crockett’s campaign. “I don’t think she’s putting together a particularly strong effort. And I don’t think they’re particularly interested in taking any advice on how to make things better.”
The contrast with Talarico’s campaign is so stark that the primary amounted to a “political science experiment” set to test how much campaigns even matter in a Democratic primary, the Democrat said.
The source and other Democrats, including those supportive of Talarico, emphasized that Crockett remains capable of winning the March 3 primary, in part because of her near-celebrity status among Democratic voters and the strong affection of her most dedicated supporters.
But some Democrats nonetheless expected more, even if Crockett only launched her campaign two and a half months before the primary.
“A lot of candidates jump in late to the game,” said one Democrat who talks with the congresswoman’s campaign. “It’s what they do. And a lot of candidates are able to find a real campaign manager and are still able to put together a commanding fundraising plan with a singular goal of beating your competition in the first 24 hours.”
Crockett’s campaign hasn’t done any of those things, the source added.
“There wasn’t that work done ahead of time, but there should have been,” the source said. “I just don’t get it. She could have been better organized, but she wasn’t.”
Of particular frustration to Democrats in contact with the Crockett campaign is the lack of a known campaign manager. Many expected the campaign to be managed by Jason Lee, son of former Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee who most recently worked for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, according to two Democrats.
But Crockett advisers have publicly denied that Lee is running the campaign, and they have not announced a campaign manager.
Veteran Democratic pollster Terrance Woodbury is the campaign’s pollster. Ad-maker Cayce McCabe is doing the creative work for its paid media operation.
Democrats are closely watching the primary between Crockett and Talarico, hopeful that a budding political backlash to President Donald Trump and the GOP’s own messy primary could give Democrats a chance to win statewide in Texas for the first time in more than 30 years. Their hopes were turbocharged late last month, after a Texas state Senate candidate won a special election to represent a seat held by the GOP for nearly 50 years.
Until late last year, the contest was on track to be a showdown between Talarico and former Democratic Rep. Colin Allred, the party’s nominee for Senate in 2024 who launched another bid last year.
But the entrance of Crockett — who since being elected to Congress in 2022 has risen to national prominence thanks to her colorful if controversial denunciation of Republicans — pushed Allred out of the race. And it’s left analysts pondering whether a Democrat can win in Texas by animating the Democratic base and commanding media attention, even if some rhetoric risks alienating moderates, independents and Republicans frustrated with the party.
Crockett’s campaign dismissed criticism as meaningless chatter in Washington, divorced from the congresswoman’s success in on-the-ground-campaigning in Texas. Rimal pointed to an event in San Antonio last month, for instance, that he said was meant to be a small event but turned into a full-on rally because so many people showed up.
“Whether it’s the clubs in Houston, the bars of McAllen, or church services in San Antonio -- people immediately recognize the Congresswoman and are eager for a picture, to share words of encouragement, a quick prayer, or even FaceTime their loved ones who follow the Congresswoman’s work,” Rimal said in a statement.
Talarico has had his own recent difficulties, including last week when Allred endorsed Crockett after a liberal influencer accused the state lawmaker of calling Allred a “mediocre” Black man. Talarico has said he called Allred’s campaign “mediocre.”
Some Texas Democrats defended Crockett’s approach, saying that she has always taken an unconventional approach to campaigns and that it’s always worked out for her.
“This isn’t an apples to apples comparison of traditional campaigns because for all intents and purposes, Jasmine Crockett is not a traditional politician,” Jen Ramos, political commentator and a member of the Texas State Democratic Executive Committee, told NOTUS. “So it would only make sense that she does not run a campaign in a traditional way.
“Candidates of color cannot use these traditional methods because these traditional methods were not designed for them,” Ramos added.
Still, Talarico’s spending edge so far in the primary is alarming to some Crockett supporters. His campaign has spent almost $4.9 million this year, according to AdImpact, compared to $260,000 from Crockett’s campaign.
A super PAC supporting Talarico, meanwhile, has spent about $3.2 million this year, according to AdImpact. Crockett has not yet received financial support from a super PAC.
None of Crockett’s spending has gone toward broadcast advertising, which is traditionally where campaigns have spent their most ad money. Crockett has money for ads — her campaign had more than $6 million on hand to start the year — and her supporters have previously suggested that her campaign would start running ads shortly.
Political strategists point out that with the primary almost three weeks away, time is already running out for her ads to have much of an effect on voters. Early voting in Texas begins next week.
Rimal said the campaign was trying to be thoughtful of how it spends its donors’ money. The deputy campaign manager declined to say when ads would start to run.
“We will ramp up our spending on the airwaves on our timeline based on our strategy to win both the primary and general election,” Rimal said.
The campaign did signal over the weekend that it wanted an allied outside group to start spending money on its behalf, putting up a so-called “red box” on its website containing instructions on which voters to target and with which message. Such communication methods, which are necessary because super PACs and candidates are not legally permitted to coordinate their activities, usually imminently precede an ad spending blitz from an outside group.
That spending still wouldn’t come from Crockett’s campaign. Some Democrats also say they expected Crockett to raise more money in the opening weeks of her campaign, given her national name recognition and the size and fundraising might of a wealthy state like Texas.
Crockett raised about $2 million from her campaign launch on Dec. 8 through the end of last year, according to records filed with the Federal Election Commission.
Talarico’s spending edge has helped him close what supporters acknowledge was an early deficit against Crockett, whose superior name recognition gave her an initial edge in the contest. Now, many of them think the state lawmaker has a real chance of winning, in large part because of the money and effort behind his campaign.
“I think there was an assumption that she was going to be this fundraising powerhouse, and we haven’t seen any evidence to that effect,” said one Democratic strategist who is not affiliated with either campaign.
“It’s totally wild that we’re not seeing more ad buys this late in the campaign from them,” the source said. “It is possible that they’re just doing digital, which wouldn’t get tracked as well in the metrics because it’s not like ad buying in the same way. But it doesn’t seem that way.”
Them titties tho
Lol so those mofos were silent and still voted for trump when that mofo at his rally called Puerto a shit hole.
Em mofos still pledge undying love for trump as he sling shot them to wherever they came from.
What's the explanation for that?
After looking at the demographics. She was going to lose anyway. Yes they're all talking about the unconventional methods that Tex said she used. But she achieved her number 2 goal which was expanding people who don't vote at this time which was twice as many. She didn't get trounced.
Overall turnout is still shitty though (76% still didn't give a shit)
Overall turnout is still shitty though (76% still didn't give a shit)
What do you think of a mofo asking "what has she done for black people?" As an argument for supporting talarico?
That's what's bugging me out. She got over a million votes (despite people's claim of dysfunction) and they're acting like she only received 200k votes.
Ask her constituents which are mostly black that have re-elected her. Ask them who is more likely for the next six years gonna do more for Black people? I feel if they already ask that question, they were not gonna vote anyway or they felt comfort in voting for him.
You could rattle off in her private life getting a cop getting convicted and sentenced for killing a Black boy, getting projects funded for her constituents in major appropriations and supporting other Black down ballot candidates. But that won't matter because change is uncomfortable for them.
Took the paid trip from American Israel Education Foundation (AIPAC affiliate). She didn’t receive money directly but through AIPAC’s individual mega donors(bundlers)
Yeah you got 3rd and 4th generation hispanics here in Dallas that's doing better than some black folks.......that was a terrible thing to say in a red state that's full of hispanics.
I probably could have ran her campaign better......
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She took that trip three months before the kidnapping went down. She went to India as well on the trip. Five months in her first term. Really???
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