Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) has been trying to rise up in the ranks of the Democratic Party, and the media has been pushing her forward the entire time.
While Crockett is now the darling of the mainstream media, the party establishment itself has been trying to hold her back, with many not appreciative of her abrasive style.
The Atlantic was planning to do a puff piece on Crockett, but it turns out that she is not very well-liked within her own caucus, and when the lawmaker found out that the publication was seeking opinions from her fellow Democrats, she reportedly tried to kill the piece.
As the new legislative term was starting, Crockett made a run for a leadership role, hoping to become the Democrats' ranking member on the House Oversight Committee.
Her effort was defeated rather swiftly by party leaders, as word came down from above that Crockett was not going to be permitted to win the post she sought.
Soon thereafter, Crockett announced that she was pulling back her bid, stating, "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.”
By leadership, I wonder if she is referring to her preference for serving as an obstructionist rather than a legislator or her tendency to drop F-bombs every time she does an interview.
After Crockett withdrew her name from consideration, pundits took up her case to call out Democratic Party leadership for blocking her efforts.
For instance, an opinion piece ran in Newsweek claiming that Crockett was “too Black and too loud” for the role.
The piece started, “Let me translate what she couldn't say publicly: The Democratic Party just told one of its most effective warriors that she's too Black, too bold, and too uncompromising for leadership.”
It’s always about race… whenever there is a Black member of Congress being criticized or blocked, it becomes about race. Mind you, one of the leaders of the party is a Black man, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY).
This brings us to the aforementioned profile piece that was being written for The Atlantic, for which the publication sought comments about Crockett from her fellow House members.
The publication was stunned by the sheer volume of members who either told them they did not want to comment or who simply did not respond to requests. And those who criticized her often did so anonymously for fear of retaliation.
Staff writer Elaine Godfrey said Crockett has reached out to her "to express frustration that I had reached out to so many House members without telling her first,” several days before the report went live. She continued, "She was, she told me, ‘shutting down the profile and revoking all permissions.’" The report did go live, much to the chagrin of Crockett.
The firebrand congresswoman clearly does not understand how the free press works in this country, but she may want to reach out to President Donald Trump about that. When they profile you, they reach out to other people for comments, which is more or less a fact-check from your colleagues. Crockett knows she is not well-liked because of her brash style, so I guess she was just expecting The Atlantic to take her at her word and not get input from anyone else. Sorry, Jasmine, but now the entire country knows you are not as popular as you and most mainstream pundits want everyone to believe.
