The hallmarks of political fame are different for every elected official.
Nowhere, though, is the congresswoman greeted with more fanfare than in Dallas.
(Crockett described Ohio senator and Republican VP candidate J.D.
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Because then you cant have a simpleminded, underqualified white man somehow end up ascending.
Instead, you have to pay attention to the qualified Black woman on the other side.
Then those people are the first to complain about resources not getting to their districts fast enough.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
They play too many games.
She emphasizes the broad nature of her legal experience to me as we sip our alt-milk lattes.
After law school she worked as a public defender for Texass Bowie County.
From left, Sarah Sherman as Troye Sivan, Ego Nwodim as Jasmine Crockett, and Bowen Yang as Charli XCX in a sketch from the season premiere of Saturday Night Live, September 2024.
So I understand the complexities that sometimes bring people into the criminal-justice system.
Crockett also defended peaceful protestors who were arrested during the Black Lives Matter protests that followedGeorge Floyds murderin 2020.
I didnt go to college planning to be a lawyer.
Representative Jasmine Crockett at Soirée Coffee Bar in Dallas
I had no lawyers in my family.
Shes like, Youre not going to intimidate me.
I know what Im talking about and am going to say what a lot of us are thinking.
Crockett at a check-presentation event at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Dallas
Indeed, Crockett frequently learns that shes gone viral not from the news or her advisors but from Instagram.
Its never my prepared remarks that hit.
Its always these unadulterated, unfiltered moments.
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Crockett is 43Im young in congressional years, but Im old!
I get emails daily, and they tend to be from the generation behind me, she says.
