‘Pro-diversity’ party has repeatedly dismissed brave, bold, beautiful candidates of color in U.S. Senate primaries
Jasmine Crockett dared to be different. Now she’s reaping the consequences. The congresswoman was bold enough to seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Texas because representation matters. “What we need is for me to have a bigger voice,” she declared with unfathomable courage.
The Democratic establishment had other ideas. They weren’t interested in promoting black excellence. They wanted Crockett to shut her proud, black mouth and stay on the “plantation” where she belongs. Her hopes and dreams—and the hopes and dreams of millions of little black girls watching at home—didn’t matter. The only thing they care about is right now coddling the privilege-fueled ambition of her mediocre white opponent, James Talarico, who is also a confirmed racist.
With the primary election less than two weeks away, the Democratic machine has ramped up its efforts to destroy Crockett and elevate Talarico. Tensions boiled over this week when former comedian and mediocre white man Stephen Colbert—a seasoned purveyor of establishment propaganda—accused CBS News of refusing to broadcast his interview with Talarico on Monday. The network denied the allegation, stating that the company’s lawyers had simply advised that airing the interview could trigger an FCC-imposed rules requiring CBS to give “equal time” to Talarico’s opponents.
Crockett called bullshit. She confirmed that neither CBS nor the federal government “shut down” the interview with Talarico. Colbert and his producers could have aired the segment, she said, they “just needed to offer me equal time.” Colbert and his Democratic cronies were so afraid of letting Crockett speak her mind, they decided to scrap the interview and blame Donald Trump. Now they’re accusing Crockett of being a liar and taking Trump’s side. CNN’s Karen Kaitlan Collins [sic], a notorious establishment hack, said forcing CBS to interview an accomplished black woman would be like “saying that right-wing talk radio must give equal time to Democrats.”
The message is clear: Democrats and their allies in the mainstream media are terrified of black excellence. “The systems are not pleased,” Crockett observed.
It is hardly the first time the Democratic establishment has conspired to empower boring white candidates at the expense of brave, bold, and beautiful black challengers. The bigotry has been particularly egregious in U.S. Senate primaries, in which Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) has repeatedly demonstrated a bizarre (and arguably racist) aversion to black candidates.
California (2024): The Democratic establishment backed Adam Schiff, one of the most mediocre white men in the history of human civilization. He went on to win—because the Democratic candidate always wins in California. Democrats could have shown their commitment to diversity by supporting former representative Barbara Lee, but they refused. Katie Porter, the belligerent former congresswoman, also ran in the primary despite saying a black woman should succeed the late Dianne Feinstein.
Michigan (2024): Establishment favorite Elissa Slotkin won the nomination by defeating Hill Harper, an Ivy League-educated Hollywood actor. Crockett’s opponent, Talarico, has been widely condemned for disparaging the intelligence of black men.
Tennessee (2024): Marquita Bradshaw, a female climate activist of color, defeated Schumer’s preferred candidate, a white man, to win the party’s nomination in 2020. Determined to get his revenge, Schumer backed white woman Gloria Johnson in 2024 and made sure she trounced Bradshaw in the primary. Schumer got his way, and Johnson wound up losing to incumbent Marsha Blackburn by almost 30 percentage points.
Kentucky (2020): Amy McGrath, a former fighter pilot backed by Schumer and the DSCC, won the nomination by narrowly defeating Charles Booker, a state lawmaker endorsed by Jesse Jackson, Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. McGrath raised tens of millions of dollars from liberal elites in her quest to defeat “Cocaine Mitch” McConnell in the general election. She lost by 20 percentage points.
North Carolina (2020): “Sen. Schumer, for whatever reason, did not want an African American running for Senate in North Carolina,” said Erica Smith, the state lawmaker who was defeated in the primary by Cal Cunningham, a mediocre white man backed by Democratic establishment. Cunningham won the nomination and was poised to unseat incumbent Thom Tillis until reports emerged that Cunningham had a steamy affair with an Army veteran’s wife until she eventually realized the Democrat was “not even cute enough” to deserve her “p—y.”
Texas (2020): Democrats pulled the same stunt the last time Sen. John Cornyn (R.) was up for reelection. The Texas Coalition of Black Democrats denounced Schumer and the DSCC for endorsing M.J. Hegar over black state lawmaker Royce West, who accused party leaders of “trying to lock African Americans out of the process.” Cornyn won reelection by a 9-point margin.
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