James Carville blasts Jasmine Crockett as not a viable Texas Senate candidate

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville argued Thursday that Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett will not be a viable candidate, suggesting a few of her controversial statements will come again to chunk her in an election.

Carville, co-host of the “Politics Warfare Room” podcast, has been outspoken for years about how the Democratic Celebration’s tone on varied points has misplaced them elections. He beforehand criticized Crockett by stating that she talks extra about herself than voters, one thing he mentioned breaks a cardinal rule in politics.

On one episode of their podcast Revealed Thursday, co-host Al Hunt learn a query from a listener asking why Carville thinks Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is a greater candidate than Crockett for the Texas Senate race.

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Democratic strategist James Carville says Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett will not be viable, arguing her controversial statements will harm her in elections. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Photos for Amazon Studios)

“Crockett has mentioned that Hispanics who voted for Trump have a slave mentality. That is not very good. That may come again to chunk you within the… within the normal election,” Carville mentioned.

Crockett in contrast Hispanic Trump supporters involved about unlawful immigration to individuals who have a “slave mentality” in a 2024 interview with Vainness Truthful. In December, Crockett tried to stroll again these feedback throughout an interview on CNN.

He went on to say, for the sake of “anybody who has any sense of humanity,” that “they had been making enjoyable of Greg Abbott – a comic book character – however not as a result of he’s a comic book character and an mental wimp, however as a result of he was really in a wheelchair. That is not proper.’

“That is simply making an attempt to lift cash on-line with some rabid progressives from Seattle,” he argued about her controversial remark.

Crockett had referred to as wheelchair-bound Texas Governor Greg Abbott “Governor Scorching Wheels,” prompting her bipartisan response. She mentioned afterward that she solely “considered the planes, trains and automobiles he used to ferry migrants to communities led by Black mayors, intentionally stoking stress and worry among the many most weak.”

Carville additional argued that Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico will not be solely extra viable, however he would probably vote for a similar progressive agenda.

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks to reporters after saying her entry into the Democratic major for U.S. Senate on Dec. 8, 2025, in Dallas. (AP Picture/LM Otero)

“I am for Jim Talarico as a result of I believe Jim’s an amazing man and all, however actually I would be for whoever I believed had one of the best likelihood of successful,” Carville mentioned. “And it is clear to me that Jim would have a a lot, a lot better likelihood of successful the overall election than Jasmine Crockett.”

“I do not suppose Jasmine is a foul individual. And apart from, I do not suppose there’s a lot distinction in how they might vote. I do not suppose you get a whole lot of completely different merchandise, however should you do not win, you have not achieved something.

“So if you wish to win the election, if that is essential to you, as it’s to me, then you need to be for Jim Talarico,” Carville mentioned. “It is that straightforward.”

Fox Information Digital has reached out to Rep. Crockett for remark.

Democratic Texas State Consultant James Talarico speaks throughout a marketing campaign launch occasion on September 9, 2025 in Spherical Rock, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Photos)

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