After losing her primary, Rep. Jasmine Crockett has decided the smart move is to publicly shrug at the notion that James Talarico might actually flip the Lone Star State this fall.
Because nothing says “enthusiastic team player” quite like eye-rolling at the polls, obsessing over who is (or isn’t) dumping cash into the race, and casually declaring it looks like the same old red status quo while national Dems and Republicans alike treat the place like an afterthought.
That being said, we'd be lying if we said we weren't absolutely entertained and amused by everything going on in the Democrat Party right now.
They really want us to think Talarico can flip Texas blue ... their own party members disagree:
Asked Jasmine Crockett last night in St. Louis if she thinks James Talarico can turn Texas blue this fall.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 5, 2026
“I don't know,” she said.
She doesn’t buy the polls, saying they’ve historically overstated Democrats’ prospects in Texas. “I watch money.”
“When I look at the money, if… pic.twitter.com/rJLZOuKhlC
Post continues:
... Republicans start spending money in Texas, then I'll be convinced. But right now, national Republicans decided they wanted to dump money into North Carolina, as well as Georgia. That's where they're fighting, and national Democrats have not decided to dump money into Texas either... I look at: where does the NRSC stand? Where does DSCC stand? Right now, neither one are investing, which tells me that their internals are saying the same thing. So it looks like status quo. I won't get on the ground to really start to feel it until maybe end of September, October, as I start to dig into which races I'm going to help out in, the races that I really feel like we can win.”
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Ruh-roh, sounds like trouble in Democratville.
I mean, if she was a pundit, this is a perfectly good/legitimate answer but she is a Democratic Party politician who lost to Talarico - the only acceptable political answer is ‘of course we can turn Texas blue and I plan to do everything in my power to help him do so.’ https://t.co/N5ySeOl02C
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) August 5, 2026
Man, Mehdi Hasan has been flipping out on X for the past two days. Don't get us wrong, he's usually a disaster on X overall, but he's been especially embarrassing most recently.
Imagine being this sore of a loser lol https://t.co/1idNcijxDo
— James🗳 (@_fat_ugly_rat_) August 5, 2026
Dear sister,
— Pastor Ben (@BenjaminPDixon) August 5, 2026
America cannot afford this.
We need all hands on deck stopping MAGA!
Texas is winnable in a transition year such as this!
And at a minimum it's a worthy fight! https://t.co/fI7rOhyU9v
*yawn*
“I watch money”
— Julian Andreone (@JulianAndreone) August 5, 2026
We know. https://t.co/fLxEnNT22P
Full disclosure, we had the headline written about this post before we even started digging through the replies because WE KNEW the Left would be mad at her for this.
Tee and hee.
The only answer should be Yes, I believe he can win.
— mavsmarie (@mavsmarie) August 5, 2026
If she’s hesitant about him winning, then so are a number of her supporters. Again, why does she keep answering questions like this? It’s beyond disappointing now. https://t.co/gOewPvgsZb
WOMP WOMP.
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