A top Democrat in the House of Representatives made a surprising prediction about her run for a Senate seat in Texas on Monday during an interview on CNN.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) joined CNN's "Laura Coates Live" on Monday night to discuss her Senate run, which she announced earlier that day. Her announcement ended months of speculation that Crockett would run for Senate after Texas Republicans redrew the state's congressional map, and made Crockett's district more competitive for Republicans.
During the interview, Crockett said that she expects to pick up support from a surprising group of voters.
"A lot of peoplecontinue to think that this isabout policy, yet they can'treally explain how it is thatyou have Mamdani-Trump voters orhow you have Obama-Trump voters,or how you have AOC-Trumpvoters," Crockett said. "The reality is that's where weare going to walk that fineline."
"We are going to be able toget people that potentially havevoted for Trump, even though Iobviously am one of his loudestopponents, because at the end ofthe day, they vote for who theybelieve is fighting for them," Crockett said. "It's about moving people, and I've got a trackrecord of doing that."
Crockett has been one of President Donald Trump's loudest critics from the Democratic side of the aisle. She has accused him of using his presidential powers to "attack" everyday Americans with immigration raids, and has sharply criticized his handling of the economy and the Jeffrey Epstein files.