Jasmine Crockett: Fake Progressive Hero of the Year
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Posted For: Rotorblade
Before 2024, I barely remember hearing Jasmine Crockett’s name. If I did, it certainly didn’t register. In 2025, however, she managed to make herself impossible to ignore. Over the past year, her public profile has risen sharply—particularly among progressive activists—which has effectively earned her “hero” status on the left.
It’s difficult to know where to begin with Crockett, whose carefully curated image often seems more like performance than substance. Her presentation, rhetoric, and cadence shift depending on the audience she’s addressing, especially when speaking to Black voters. That kind of code-switching might be praised by political consultants, but it comes across as deeply cynical—particularly from someone who routinely accuses others of racism. The implication that minority audiences require exaggerated stereotypes to relate to a speaker is not only condescending, it undermines the very principles she claims to defend.
Crockett’s personal background makes this act even harder to swallow. She attended the Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School, one of the most expensive private schools in Missouri, with tuition that rivals many colleges. This is not the résumé of someone who grew up “on the streets,” yet she often tries to present herself as if she did. She rarely acknowledges the privilege that shaped her upbringing or explains why, despite opposing school choice, her own family opted out of public education. The result is a kind of political cosplay—an affluent upbringing repackaged as hardship for maximum political effect.
Ironically, were a Republican to attempt a similar reinvention, Crockett would likely be among the loudest voices crying foul. In modern politics, the people who speak most loudly about victimhood are often the quickest to weaponize it.
Now, facing a district that no longer offers a comfortable, gerrymandered advantage for Democrats, Crockett has chosen to step aside rather than compete on less favorable terms. For someone who talks endlessly about fighting and accountability, the retreat is striking.
Rather than leave the spotlight—or the fundraising—behind, Crockett appears to be following a familiar path in progressive politics: perpetual candidacy. Running statewide in Texas offers visibility, donor money, and a campaign-funded lifestyle, all while avoiding the inconvenience of private-sector employment. It’s a well-worn model, and a lucrative one, even in defeat.
In a recent Senate campaign email, Crockett claimed that President Trump and Republicans are attacking her because she “stands up for the truth” and that she has “won some of the toughest fights against Republicans in the House.” That claim doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. She has not passed major legislation, nor has she led successful policy fights that resulted in law. Her influence is largely rhetorical—sound bites, viral clips, and made-for-TV speeches that excite donors but produce little tangible result.
Crockett’s appeal is almost entirely performative. Like other media-driven politicians before her, she thrives on attention rather than accomplishment. Supporters who believe otherwise are mistaking theatrics for effectiveness.
If Jasmine Crockett didn’t exist, she would sound like a caricature invented by political opponents. Yet she is very real—and, ironically, quite useful to Republicans. Her exaggerated rhetoric, shifting personas, and reliance on grievance politics tend to alienate voters outside the progressive base. For many Americans who are tired of identity-driven politics, she represents exactly what they want to vote against.
So while Democrats may celebrate her as a rising star, her presence on the national stage arguably does more harm than good for her party. In that sense, congratulations are in order.
Congratulations, Jasmine Crockett—progressive hero of 2025.
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