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Texas State Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas) talks on her phone as she joins other members of the Texas House Democratic Caucus as they gather together to discuss meeting with Senators, in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, Wednesday, July 14, 2021.

Dallas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is going viral – just the way she wants it

A freshman in Congress, Crockett is trying to find her audience and her uncensored barbs and musings have helped launch her into the spotlight.


Rep. Jasmine Crockett uses a mobile device in her office on the second day the 118th Congress on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 in Washington, D.C. The House adjourned without a speaker voted in.
United States Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas) speaks at the United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing ìThe Basis for an Impeachment Inquiry of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC on Thursday, September 28, 2023

“Always a fighter”

Texas State Representative Jasmine Crockett holds a bag that reads, “Protect Black People” at a joint press conference with the Texas Legislative Black Caucus, the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland and the Texas Legislature Democrats in Alexandria, Va. on July 16, 2021.
State Rep. Jasmine Felicia Crockett, D-Dallas, speaks at a Texas House Progressive Caucus at the Capitol on Sept. 20, 2021.
Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson talks to District 30 Democratic candidate Jasmine Crockett at Crockett’s election night watch party in Dallas, TX on May 24, 2022.

“Pragmatic progressive”

Rep. Jasmine Crockett walks through the U.S. Capitol on the second day the 118th Congress on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023 in Washington, D.C. The House adjourned without a speaker voted in.
U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-Dallas) casts her first vote on the House floor on the first day of the 118th Congress on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023 in Washington, D.C. The House adjourned without a speaker voted in.

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