{"id":121761,"date":"2026-02-20T18:37:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/crockett-blasts-left-for-alleged-skin-darkening-in-ads-as-texas-senate-clash-heats-up-121761"},"modified":"2026-02-20T18:37:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:37:43","slug":"crockett-blasts-left-for-alleged-skin-darkening-in-ads-as-texas-senate-clash-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/crockett-blasts-left-for-alleged-skin-darkening-in-ads-as-texas-senate-clash-heats-up-121761","title":{"rendered":"Crockett blasts \u2018left\u2019 for alleged skin darkening in ads as Texas Senate clash heats up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A progressive House Democrat claims that attacks from her left were racially motivated in what\u2019s become an explosive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Senate race<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, told supporters that she\u2019s used to attacks from Republicans and the right, but racially tinged shots from her left flank weren\u2019t something she expected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The thing that is not normal is for me to be attacked from the left,&#8221; Crockett said. &#8220;That is the new wild card in this scenario. But it&#8217;s just interesting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/democratic-senate-candidate-calls-national-party-condescending-hostile-toward-faith-red-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATE CALLS NATIONAL PARTY &#8216;CONDESCENDING,&#8217; HOSTILE TOWARD FAITH IN RED STATES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And you know, I&#8217;ve been asked a couple of times about it,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And you know, I look at this specifically as a civil rights lawyer, and I see when they&#8217;re sending out ads and they&#8217;re darkening my skin. And I&#8217;m just like, I know what this is, right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Crockett did not get into specifics about which ads she was referencing or who was behind them.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital reached out to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Crockett\u2019s Senate campaign for comment but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s another instance in the Democratic primary for Texas\u2019 Senate seat between Crockett and Texas state Rep. James Talarico in which race has again been jolted into the conversation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/jasmine-crockett-hits-back-liberal-critics-her-senate-bid-suggests-might-getting-paid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JASMINE CROCKETT HITS BACK AT LIBERAL CRITICS OF HER SENATE BID, SUGGESTS THEY MIGHT BE GETTING PAID<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Before the latest drama over Talarico\u2019s appearance on Stephen Colbert\u2019s &#8220;The Late Show,&#8221; which Crockett said she has not received an invitation to since launching her Senate campaign, the state lawmaker was embroiled in another back-and-forth with his former opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Before Crockett entered the contest, Talarico was running against former Rep. Collin Allred, D-Texas, who was again vying for the Senate after losing to Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/ted-cruz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ted Cruz<\/a>, R-Texas, in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Allred exited the race in December 2025 but earlier in February alleged that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/controversies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Talarico had referred to him<\/a> as a &#8220;mediocre Black man&#8221; in reference to his campaign against the former lawmaker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/cornyn-warns-paxton-would-kiss-death-gop-bloody-primary-race-ramps-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CORNYN WARNS PAXTON WOULD BE &#8216;KISS OF DEATH&#8217; FOR GOP AS BLOODY PRIMARY RACE RAMPS UP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Talarico pushed back against the allegation in a statement to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/02\/02\/texas-us-senate-democratic-primary-colin-allred-james-talarico-mediocre-black-man-tiktok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Tribune<\/a> at the time and said that he would &#8220;never attack him on the basis of race.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a Black man in America, Congressman Allred has had to work twice as hard to get where he is,&#8221; Talarico said. &#8220;I understand how my critique of the congressman\u2019s campaign could be interpreted given this country\u2019s painful legacy of racism, and I care deeply about the impact my words have on others. Despite our disagreements, I deeply respect Congressman Allred. We\u2019re all on the same team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Early voting already is underway <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in Texas<\/a>, with primary election day right around the corner on March 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Who either Crockett or Talarico will face in November remains in the air, given the three-way Republican primary battle among Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/crockett-blasts-left-alleged-skin-darkening-ads-texas-senate-clash-heats-up\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/crockett-blasts-left-alleged-skin-darkening-ads-texas-senate-clash-heats-up <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A progressive House Democrat claims that attacks from her left were racially motivated in what\u2019s become an explosive Texas Senate race. Rep. 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