It Worked: Dems Line Up Behind Moronic Firebrand Republicans Picked For Swing Senate Seat

Here’s a rare bright spot for Republicans: nudging Rep. Jasmine Crockett toward a U.S. Senate run in Texas appears to be paying off — and not just by getting her into the race, but by convincing much of the Democratic base that she’s their best option.

A newly released poll suggests Crockett, the Dallas-area congresswoman known more for viral “clapbacks” than serious policy work, has jumped out to an early lead over her chief rival, state Rep. James Talarico, a self-described “progressive Christian.”

The survey, conducted by Texas Southern University and released Friday, shows Crockett ahead by eight points, pulling 51 percent support to Talarico’s 43 percent. Another 6 percent of likely Democrat primary voters remain undecided, according to KDFW-TV.

That advantage has widened quickly. Crockett’s margin has grown by six points since she officially entered the race earlier this week. Among key Democrat demographics, she dominates: 89 percent of Black voters and 57 percent of women said they prefer her over Talarico.

The timing is notable. The poll follows reporting that the National Republican Senatorial Committee quietly worked behind the scenes to coax Crockett into running — and succeeded.

“That was really a sustained effort that we orchestrated across the ecosystem for several months,” a source told NOTUS. “Not only was it getting positive news coverage, but her office was directly having traffic driven to it in terms of phone calls urging her to run.”

That effort reportedly intensified after a July Democratic primary poll that tested Crockett’s name and placed her near the top of the field.

“When we saw the results, we were like, ‘OK, we got to disseminate this far and wide,’” the source said.

Some conservatives have urged caution, warning that today’s unserious progressive can become tomorrow’s real threat. After all, figures like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York socialist Zohran Mamdani were once dismissed as jokes — until they weren’t.

But those concerns miss the mark here.

For one, Crockett may not even have a House seat to retreat to. Redistricting in Texas has already left her political future uncertain. More importantly, she lacks the attributes needed to win statewide. She performs poorly with swing voters and hasn’t built a policy profile compelling enough to make her a unifying figure on the left.

What she does excel at are viral moments — often the kind better suited for social media outrage than a general election campaign.

And even her “cleaner” rants tend to be the exception. Most of her public tirades would require more censorship than a late-night cable broadcast.

More critically for Democrats, Crockett is arguably the weakest possible nominee in a state that could — under the right conditions — become competitive. While Texas is not the purple mirage Democrats endlessly hope for, this election cycle presents challenges. Republican Sen. John Cornyn is facing a heated primary against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt, both of whom are significantly more aligned with the MAGA base than Cornyn.

Paxton currently leads that contest, though questions about his general election viability persist. Those concerns all but disappear if Democrats nominate Crockett — especially if she continues leaning into performative sound bites over substance.

Since declaring, her lead has only grown. Just as importantly, her entry effectively cleared the field of the only remotely viable moderate option, Colin Allred. While Talarico may be marginally more electable than Crockett, his ideological positions still make him a tough sell statewide — particularly in Texas, where statements about God being nonbinary are unlikely to resonate with everyday voters.

In short, the strategy worked.

Well played, GOP.