Former Rep. Susan Wild unloaded on Rep. Jasmine Crockett after the Texas Democrat left party Senate nominee James Talarico off her FIRE PAC’s list of 14 endorsements.
Crockett lost the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Texas to state Rep. James Talarico, then publicly congratulated him and pledged party unity the next day. Months later, her political action committee left the nominee off a fresh slate of backed candidates, and a former House colleague tore into her for it.
Fox News reported that Crockett’s Feuling Individual Rights Everywhere PAC posted support for 14 state and local candidates and omitted both Talarico and gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa, drawing sharp backlash inside Democratic ranks.
The list issue surfaced on a Monday and quickly became a fight over whether Crockett’s personal grievances were crowding out the party’s general-election needs in Texas.
Former Rep. Susan Wild, a Pennsylvania Democrat who served three terms in Congress, did not mince words on X.
Wild wrote that her reaction had nothing to do with blind loyalty to Democrats.
"F--- her. That’s all I can say. And that statement has nothing to do with blind loyalty to Dems. 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 framed the omission as Crockett putting personal reservations ahead of party success. Crockett’s side offered a different story.
The day after the primary results were finalized, Crockett said she called Talarico, congratulated him on becoming the Senate nominee, and urged Democrats to stick together.
"This morning I called James and congratulated him on becoming the Senate nominee. Texas is primed to turn blue, and we must remain united because this is bigger than any one person. This is about the future of all 30 million Texans and getting America back on track. With the primary behind us, Democrats must rally around our nominees and win. I’m committed to doing my part and will continue working to elect Democrats up and down the ballot."
That public pledge is now set against the later PAC list that left the nominee out. Crockett answered the criticism by attacking the coverage and the critics.
In her reply she told opponents to “keep receipts,” called them “corny,” and complained that news outlets were riding a “tabloid lane” instead of focusing on facts. She also redirected attention to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, writing that reporters should cover “KEN F***in PAXTON” and sounding off that critics “sound like corny groupies.”
Representatives for Crockett did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Talarico beat Crockett 52.4% to 46.2% in the Democratic Senate primary. Crockett had announced her run in Dallas on Dec. 8, 2025. The two debated on Jan. 24, 2026, at the Texas AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education Convention in Georgetown, Texas. On election night, March 3, 2026, Crockett spoke with supporters at her party in Dallas as the loss sank in.
The PAC that skipped Talarico is small by national standards. Fox News reported it has raised only $144,960 and mostly focuses on smaller races. All 14 names on the disputed list were state or local candidates. Leaving the party’s U.S. Senate nominee off that roster is what lit the fuse.
In a conversation posted by the Native Land Pod, Crockett called her failed Senate bid a “racist race” and argued she did not need to campaign with Talarico. That claim sits beside her earlier unity language and the later endorsement snub, giving critics a clean contrast between what she said after the loss and what her PAC did when it counted.
The same reporting notes a longer pattern of personal shots from Crockett. She previously called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “Governor Hot Wheels.” She described Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in crude physical terms. She also entered singer Chris Brown into the congressional record to honor his musical legacy in the Black community, despite his history of violence against women.
Those episodes are not the Monday list fight. They are the backdrop Wild and other Democrats were pointing to when they said Crockett’s platform has often served Crockett first.
Talarico is now the Democratic nominee in a state where the party has struggled for years to break through statewide. Crockett remains a high-profile House member with a national following and a PAC that can still steer money and attention to favored local races. The gap between her post-primary unity statement and the omitted endorsement is the story Democrats now have to explain to donors and voters.
Wild cast it as ego. Crockett cast it as media noise and insisted the prior congratulations should settle the record. The PAC list did not include the Senate nominee. That fact is not in dispute.
Party leaders talk about turning Texas blue and rallying “up and down the ballot.” A nominee left off a colleague’s endorsement slate is a concrete test of whether those words bind anyone when the primary bruises are still fresh.
Democrats asked for unity after a bitter primary. What they got was a PAC snub, a public blowup, and another reminder that personal brand still beats party discipline on the left.
