A public feud has broken out between two Democratic figures after former Rep. Susan Wild (D-PA) called Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) a “narcissistic drama queen” over the endorsement list released by Crockett’s political action committee, Fueling Individual Rights Everywhere (FIRE PAC).
The PAC’s list, released ahead of the midterms, includes endorsements for a range of offices such as county judges, district judges, state representatives and county commissioners. It does not include James Talarico, the Texas state legislator who defeated Crockett’s preferred primary opponent in a recent Texas race.
Reacting to the list, Wild wrote, “F*** her. That’s all I can say.”
Wild said her criticism was not about party loyalty but about Crockett personally. “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,” she wrote.
The comment drew mixed reactions online. Some agreed with Wild’s characterization, while others pointed out that FIRE PAC’s list is largely focused on downballot races and does not include larger contests. The PAC’s website separately lists endorsements for bigger offices, including Sydney Kamlager-Dove for U.S. Congress in California, Xavier Becerra for California governor, and Christian Menefee and Colin Allred for U.S. Congress in Texas.
Crockett’s Past Comments on Talarico
Crockett has previously been noncommittal about supporting Talarico’s campaign to flip a Texas seat blue. She has questioned enthusiasm among black voters for his candidacy and pointed to a lack of national party spending in the state as a sign the race isn’t competitive.
“When I look at the money, if Republicans start spending money in Texas, then I’ll be convinced,” Crockett said. “But right now, national Republicans decided they wanted to dump money into North Carolina, as well as Georgia. That’s where they’re fighting, and national Democrats have not decided to dump money into Texas either.”
She added that she was tracking spending decisions from both national Senate campaign committees. “I look at: Where does the NRSC [National Republican Senatorial Committee] stand? Where does DSCC [Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee] stand? Right now, neither one are investing, which tells me that their internals are saying the same thing. So it looks like status quo,” she said, noting she would not decide which races to support until closer to the election. “I won’t get on the ground to really start to feel it until maybe end of September, October, as I start to dig into which races I’m going to help out in, the races that I really feel like we can win.”
Crockett has also described the primary race between Talarico and her preferred candidate as “racist.” “The reality is that there was a lot of races, not a lot — it was racist. It was a racist race. It is what it is, right? But we live in America as y’all are celebrating 250, okay? We know what this country is,” she said.
Defending her approach, Crockett argued that her endorsements elsewhere mattered more than appearing alongside Talarico. “The best thing that I can do for James Talarico isn’t me standing on a stage with him,” she said. “It is the fact that I endorsed five candidates in the runoff who all happen to be black men in the state of Texas and every single one of them won.”
