James Carville Says Jasmine Crockett Is Violating The 'First Rule Of Politics'
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The longtime Democratic strategist knocked Crockett just days after she launched her U.S. Senate bid.
Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville took on Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) for making her campaign for U.S. Senate “a lot more about herself” than about voters.
“First of all, it seems like she’s well-educated. It seems like she’s — got a lot of energy. But she, to me, she violates the first rule of politics and that is in politics, you always make it about the voters and never about yourself,” said Carville, in remarks on his “Politics War Room” podcast with Al Hunt.
On Monday, Crockett announced her bid to unseat Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in next year’s election, a move that took place just hours after Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) dropped out of the race to run in a newly drawn House district.
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