Rep.Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, drew backlash from a former colleague for leaving James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S.
Senate in Texas, off her list of endorsements on Monday.Talarico, who beat Crockett in the party’s Senate primary earlier this year, was not among 14 candidates supported by Crockett’s Feuling Individual Rights Everywhere (FIRE) PAC.To former Rep.
Susan Wild, D-Pa., who served 3 terms, the list is clear evidence Crockett is putting personal reservations over the party’s success in the Lone Star State."F*** her.That’s all I can say.
And that statement has nothing to do with blind loyalty to Dems," Wild said in a post to X."It has everything to do with her being a narcissistic drama queen who has used her platform (such as it is) only to advance herself.
Karma will suck."Wild’s post is just the most recent controversy surrounding Crockett, a progressive who has called on her party to inch farther left through fiery rhetoric that’s garnered national attention during her time in Congress.LONGTIME GOP AIDE DEFECTS TO DEM RISING STAR AS TEXAS SENATE BATTLE FOR CORNYN'S SEAT HEATS UPRep.Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks to reporters after announcing her run in the Democratic primary for U.S.
Senate on Dec.8, 2025, in Dallas.
(AP Photo/LM Otero)In the past, Crockett has drawn scrutiny for incendiary comments like calling Gov.Greg Abbott, who is permanently in a wheelchair, "Governor Hot Wheels," describing Rep.
Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., as having a "beach-blong, bad-built, butch body," and describing MAGA Latino voters as having a "slave mentality."Most recently, Crockett received public backlash for entering Chris Brown into the congressional record, honoring his musical legacy in the Black community despite a history of violence against women.JASMINE CROCKETT TORCHED FOR HONORING SINGER WITH NOTORIOUS HISTORY OF VIOLENCE: 'COMPLETELY VILE'Rep.Jasmine Crockett speaks with supporters during her Senate primary election nigh...