"Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett, best known for snappy clapbacks and one-liners that go viral on social media, is running for a long-shot Senate seat in Texas. She will face Texas state Rep. James Talarico, a populist pastor-in-training running on a campaign of unity, decency, and battling billionaires; Colin Allred, also a member of Congress who had been running for the Senate seat, just announced he's stepping back from the race."
"Crockett is one of the Democratic Party's most vocally anti-Trump leaders, a woman known for taking the president on and often trouncing him on social media by saying what so many of us are thinking and wish we could put into words so concisely. Talarico, by contrast, is a devout Christian with politically progressive views and an affect that seems to have been calibrated by both Texan genteelness and the Ivy League-the human embodiment of what critics might call "respectability politics.""
Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic representative known for viral clapbacks, is running for a long-shot Senate seat in Texas. She faces state Rep. James Talarico, a populist pastor-in-training campaigning on unity, decency, and battling billionaires. Congressman Colin Allred recently withdrew from the race. Crockett is vocally anti-Trump and often trounces the president on social media with concise, off-the-cuff lines. Talarico projects a genteel, Ivy League-informed affect and uses social media to craft scripted 'gotcha' moments that make opponents appear foolish. Talarico emphasizes faith and respectability politics while Crockett relies on blunt, personal viral moments.
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