I personally don’t feel like the excitement necessarily exists within the Black community.
Jasmine Crockett
The Public Record
Jasmine Felicia Crockett is a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Texas's 30th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, she has been serving in Congress since January 1, 2023. Crockett has focused on issues such as social justice, healthcare, and education during her time in office. She is known for her engaging speaking style and commitment to addressing the needs of her constituents in Texas.
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August 30, 2026
I frankly stopped doing as many TV interviews because I don’t want to talk about the race, to be perfectly honest.
— Jasmine Crockett
There are those that believe I have an underground railroad popping off in Texas, and that I’ve been telling all the Black folk on the underground railroad, ‘Don’t do this or don’t do that,’ and it’s so far from the truth.
Black voters are practical. So at the end of the day, I don’t know that they’re going to have to be the most excited. But I will tell you that you always want voters to be excited.
I think that there is excitement from black voters in Texas this cycle.
I believe that the primary between me and Talarico was a racist race.
Republicans ran up the tab, handed billionaires another tax break, and now wanna lecture working families about ‘fiscal responsibility’. You can’t max out the card AND pretend you’re the accountant. Pick a struggle.
Welcome to the Republicans’ white pride rally disguised as a congressional hearing.
It might be uncomfortable for some people on this committee to hear about the true history of America, and I hate that for them.
When it comes to answering the question of what America owes Black women, the answer is everything.
So, this Fourth of July, I say celebrate a Black woman that you know, because whether it's an invention that she made, or whether it's the very democracy that still hangs by a thread right now, there is Black woman to thank for her…
I said as a senate candidate that I’d be focused on the down ballot and my plan to do that hasn’t changed.
I’m not necessarily convinced — not that I could tell you the name of one person on this jury — that we had 12 impartial White folk out of Collin County sitting on a jury for this young black man.
Black women, especially black women who have black male children, live in fear and agony every single day.
The vast majority on that side of the aisle… are White men. White men are lecturing people of color because the vast majority, actually any semblance of diversity comes from this [Democratic] side of the aisle.
Listen, a lot of people don’t know what it is to live as a black person in this country.
It’s not about who sounds as clean as possible. It is about tapping into the rawness of this moment.





