Jasmine Crockett Faces Backlash Over PAC Endorsement List
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What happened
Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s Fueling Individual Rights Everywhere (FIRE) PAC posted a list of 14 endorsed candidates for Texas state and local offices. The list did not include James Talarico, the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee who defeated Crockett in the March primary, or gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa. Former Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., posted on X calling Crockett a “narcissistic drama queen” who uses her platform only to advance herself, adding “F--- her” and “Karma will suck.” Crockett had congratulated Talarico the day after the primary and said Democrats must rally around nominees; she later posted that she would not address “negative or false” criticism and would support candidates who applied for FIRE PAC’s endorsement. The PAC has raised about $144,960 and mainly backs smaller races.
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BLINDSPOT.
Only right-leaning outlets are covering this story
— the other side's media is silent.
Omitted — what each side leaves out
Unpacked
Left-leaning coverage has not reported this fight at all. Right-leaning coverage says former Rep. Susan Wild tore into Jasmine Crockett for leaving James Talarico off a FIRE PAC endorsement list, calling her a "narcissistic drama queen." Both of those right-leaning write-ups treat the omitted Senate name as the news. A reader of only left-leaning outlets would miss that a former Democratic colleague publicly attacked Crockett over the party's Texas Senate nominee.
Right-leaning outlets do not tell the same PAC story. Crockett's post-primary congratulations appear in Fox News along with a description of the highlighted names as state and local. Her insistence that she will support only candidates who have "APPLIED" appears in Breitbart. Those details cut against each other on whether the omission was a snub.
Did James Talarico apply for FIRE PAC's endorsement, or was a U.S. Senate race never what that list was for?
Bottom line
Susan Wild's attack on Jasmine Crockett over James Talarico is running only on the right, where Fox News reports she already congratulated him after the primary while Breitbart reports her PAC is for candidates who applied.
The receipts — 5 facts one side's coverage lacks
- Former Rep. Susan Wild called Crockett a narcissistic drama queen who used her platform only to advance herself after Talarico was left off the FIRE PAC list.
- Crockett's FIRE PAC has raised $144,960.
- FIRE PAC's website lists higher-office candidates including Xavier Becerra, Colin Allred, Christian Menefee, and Sydney Kamlager-Dove.
- Gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa was also not on the list Wild highlighted.
- All 14 candidates on the FIRE PAC post Wild shared are state or local candidates.
The Right View
Fox News and Breitbart report that Crockett drew backlash from former colleague Susan Wild for omitting Talarico from FIRE PAC’s endorsement list, presenting the snub as personal grievance over party unity. They quote Wild’s X post in full and recap Crockett’s prior controversies, including remarks about Gov. Greg Abbott, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, MAGA Latino voters, and honoring Chris Brown. The outlets note Crockett previously said Black voters were not excited about Talarico, questioned whether she would campaign for him, and called the primary a “racist race.” They include her replies calling critics “corny,” urging coverage of Ken Paxton, and saying she would back candidates who applied to the PAC. Breitbart adds that FIRE PAC’s website lists some higher-profile candidates elsewhere, including Xavier Becerra and Colin Allred.
Our Take (balanced)
The story is thin: it is a social-media clash over a small PAC’s downballot endorsement list, not a documented policy or campaign break. Established facts are the list’s contents, Wild’s post, Crockett’s post-primary congratulations to Talarico, FIRE PAC’s roughly $144,960 raised, and its focus on state and local races. Claims that the omission proves narcissism or a refusal to support Talarico remain opinion; Crockett has said she endorsed him after the primary and that the PAC backs applicants for smaller races. No left-leaning outlet has reported this. Watch for whether Talarico applied to FIRE PAC, any published PAC criteria, whether Crockett campaigns for the Senate nominee, and further on-the-record responses from either camp.
3 sources
- ‘F--- her’: Jasmine Crockett torched by ex-Dem colleague over who she left off endorsement list
- Former Democrat Lawmaker Says 'F***' Jasmine Crockett: 'Narcissistic Drama Queen' Only Promoting Herself
- Jasmine Crockett Says She Won't Address Anything 'Negative' After Leaving James Talarico Off PAC's Endorsement List
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