Rep. Jasmine Crockett entered the Texas U.S. Senate race this week. Since her election to the House of Representatives in 2022, Crockett has built a national profile off viral confrontations with MAGA figures like President Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene. Her forthcoming campaign will force a long-deferred strategic argument into the open: whether the real blue barrier in the Lone Star State is Republican strength, or the limits Democrats have placed on their own tactics and ambition.

Crockett has already made clear she isn’t going to twist herself into a pretzel to try to win over previous Trump voters at the margins. She hopes to build bridges to new voters, arguing she can run as a progressive and outperform

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