"When it came down to the presidential, I told the team, I said, Stop sending me to all the urban centers. Yes, I can do that, yes, but you've got plenty of surrogates that can go do that. You need to send me to rural America.' And they were looking like, Huh?' Crockett recalled. The congresswoman argued she would have been far more beneficial speaking in rural areas with her Texas background."
"I'm like, listen, I was in East Texas. I live there. I know the struggles. I know what it's like when the paper mill is threatened with shutting down or Cooper Tire may shut down. I know and the angst. I know how these small-town economies work.' I get it because I lived it. I still have property out there. I'm like, Just try me. Like, trust me on this, she said."
Jasmine Crockett campaigned as a surrogate for Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential cycle and urged the campaign to prioritize rural America over urban centers. Crockett emphasized her East Texas roots and firsthand knowledge of small-town economic challenges, citing threats to paper mills and Cooper Tire as examples. Harris's team initially resisted the rural focus but later shifted toward more rural outreach. The later pivot came when Crockett's schedule no longer permitted widespread rural travel, given the driving and time demands of reaching small towns.
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