Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) has become a liberal media darling, but it appears that her Democrat colleagues in Congress do not necessarily share the same feelings.
After Crockett was denied a leadership position in the House, The Atlantic wanted to run a puff piece on her, but that backfired when a journalist with the outlet solicited comments from the legislator's fellow Democrats.
Now, Crockett has come out firing, hitting Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over what she says was their self-serving recent tour.
With all the attention Crockett has been getting, it seemed automatic that House leadership would endorse her to join their ranks as the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee.
That did not happen, however, as party leaders made it quite clear they did not want her in an authority position.
Upon withdrawing her name from consideration, Crockett stated, "It was clear by the numbers that my style of leadership is not exactly what they were looking for, and so I didn't think that it was fair for me to then push forward and try to rebuke that.”
The media quickly took up for her, saying that Crockett was denied because she is “too Black and too loud” for a leadership role.
The recent piece in The Atlantic titled, “A Democrat for the Trump Era,” was intended to bolster Crockett's image, and its writer, Elaine Godfrey, tried to gush over the firebrand lawmaker.
When Godfrey approached Democrats in Congress for quotes about Crockett, many declined or just did not respond, while some others offered noteworthy criticism of the foul-mouthed legislator.
Crockett tried to kill the piece over the situation, with Godfrey later saying, “Four days before this story was published. Crockett called me to express frustration that I had reached out to so many House members without telling her first. She was, she told me, ‘shutting down the profile and revoking all permissions.'”
The alwmaker did this because members were complaining about the problems her stances often cause them. Crockett is all about “me,” and while that plays well on social media, it is not playing well in Congress.
Considering the criticisms leveled against Crockett, it was not surprising at all to see her deflect the narrative to someone else.
In this case, it was against AOC and Sanders for their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour, saying that the rallies they are holding “kind of makes people be like, Oh, it’s about them, right? Instead of the team.”
That just backed up a point made by one Democrat staffer in The Atlantic piece, who stated, “She likes to talk. Is she a loose cannon? Sometimes. Does that cause headaches for other members? 100 percent.”
The media would love to anoint Crockett as the party’s next leader, but that does not appear likely until she dials things back a bit. What plays well for social media and gets her plenty of clicks and likes is not going well with the establishment. And let’s face facts, while Hakeem Jeffries may be the House Democrat leader, it is still former Speaker Nancy Pelosi who is really calling the shots.
