Report Details Media Investigation Behind Profile
Oh, this is rich. Representative Jasmine Crockett, the fiery Texas Democrat who never met a microphone she didn’t like, thought she was about to get a puff piece in The Atlantic — a little political makeover to crown her as “a Democrat for the Trump era.” Instead, she got a reality check so brutal it reads like satire.
Reporter Elaine Godfrey started doing her job — you know, actually talking to other lawmakers to get a sense of how Crockett is viewed by her colleagues — and that’s when Crockett completely lost the plot.
Some interesting details from The Atlantic's profile of Rep. Jasmine Crockett:
1. Her phone's lock screen is a photo of herself
2. She thought she deserved to be the top Dem on Oversight because she has the largest social media following
3. She tried to shut down the profile… pic.twitter.com/CvRlFtRNkd— Amber Duke (@ambermarieduke) July 28, 2025
Godfrey says the congresswoman called her up, furious that she’d dared to contact other members without her permission, and announced she was “shutting down the profile and revoking all permissions.” The reporter, with the kind of politeness that must have been hard to muster, basically responded: “That’s not how this works.”
And why was Crockett so desperate to pull the plug? Probably because Godfrey’s calls weren’t yielding the choir of glowing endorsements Crockett expected. Of the 33 Democrats contacted, most didn’t even bother to respond. Those who did? Some offered anonymous assessments that Crockett is “undisciplined,” a “loose cannon,” and a source of “headaches” for her own party. Ouch.
Then there’s the cringe factor. Crockett seemed stunned — stunned — that she wasn’t handed the top Democrat spot on the House Oversight Committee purely because she has the biggest social media following.
“It’s like, there’s one clear person in the race that has the largest social-media following,” she actually said, as if that’s how leadership posts are decided in Congress. She ended up finishing dead last before quietly withdrawing her bid.
Free advice to profile subjects: do not ever do this https://t.co/IeTs4jeYqO pic.twitter.com/36OIPXatBE
— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) July 28, 2025
Godfrey’s piece also captured some head-shaking moments: Crockett has a lock-screen photo of herself (who does that?), she sneered at food an aide brought her (“This looks like crap”), and she spun an origin story about her legal career starting after racist letters she allegedly received at Rhodes College — then conveniently “couldn’t remember” the name of the lawyer she called her “shero.”
When Godfrey tracked the attorney down, the woman couldn’t even confirm she worked with Crockett, and the college had no records of the incident.
In the end, Godfrey delivered the line that should make Crockett wince: “Crockett does not have supporters so much as she has admirers.” Translation? She’s Twitter-famous. In the actual halls of power? Not so much.