Jasmine Crockett Wants to Be Like Trump, and That's Why She's Going to Lose Her Texas Senate Race
Morse argues that Crockett’s campaign ad and combative style will hurt her Senate bid.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYRedState is a partisan opinion publisher, and this piece is explicitly an author’s argument rather than independent, reported coverage. The named author and transparent presentation provide some accountability, but the text offers limited independent sourcing.
- Source type — Opinion-first partisan publisher; the article is explicitly argumentative.
- Editorial standards — The piece provides commentary and some attributed material, but little independent reporting.
- Author attribution — The article names Brandon Morse as its author.
- Transparency — The article's viewpoint is overt rather than presented as neutral reporting.
The argument is clear and references Crockett’s ad and a quoted critic, but it offers little independent sourcing, no response from Crockett, and relies heavily on the author’s judgments and predictions.
HOW WE SCORE ↗This is a one-sided opinion piece. It includes a quoted critic of Crockett but no counterargument or response from her or her campaign.
- Counterarguments presented — No defense or opposing assessment from Crockett or her campaign appears.
- Loaded language — The author uses insults and strongly evaluative descriptions of Crockett.
- Opinion vs reporting — The article openly advances the author’s view that Crockett will lose.
- Source diversity — A single quoted critic provides limited viewpoint diversity, without a response from the campaign.
The author explicitly endorses Trump’s insult of Crockett, criticizes her character and campaign, and praises Trump’s political effectiveness. The framing is strongly favorable to Trump and critical of Crockett.
- Language tone — The author uses disparaging descriptions of Crockett and endorses the phrase “low-IQ.”
- Framing — The article presents Crockett as imitating Trump unsuccessfully and predicts her defeat.
- Source selection — It quotes a critic of Crockett from the left but includes no defense from Crockett or her campaign.
Brandon Morse argues that Jasmine Crockett’s Senate campaign ad imitates Donald Trump’s confrontational style and will hurt her bid to replace John Cornyn. He calls the ad self-focused and says it alienates Democrats.
Brandon Morse argues that Jasmine Crockett’s Senate campaign announcement ad borrows from Donald Trump’s combative political style. The ad shows Crockett standing silently while audio of Trump insulting her plays. Morse says the approach is unlikely to win over Democrats who already object to her positions and campaign choices.
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- Readers of left-leaning coverage: not enough votes yet
- Readers of right-leaning coverage: 50% good look
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President and model for the confrontational political style Morse says Crockett imitates
Trump's version of this story ↗Texas senator Crockett is seeking to replace
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27 OUTLETSOutlets agree that Representative Jasmine Crockett announced a campaign for the U.S. Senate in Texas, entering the Democratic primary. Left-leaning outlets focus on what her candidacy could mean for Democrats in Texas, mixing supportive treatment of her launch video with concerns about statewide electability. Center outlets focus on the race and Crockett’s statewide appeal, including campaign details and criticism from political opponents. Right-leaning outlets more often criticize her launch and question her prospects, sometimes presenting her campaign as an advantage for Republicans.
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