Brianna Tucker(@BriannaATucker):🚨 NEW: Losing primary candidates almost always fall in line — but Rep. Jasmine Crockett is breaking that norm. She endorsed James Talarico and said she would “absolutely” campaign for him, but hasn’t. Instead, she has repeatedly suggested Black voters aren’t excited about his campaign. “I don’t know who is in her social circles, or who she’s talking to,” the TX Democratic Party Chair @KendallScudder told me. “The people I talk to seem very excited, but you know, her lived experience is different than mine.” And many more Democrats have weighed in. Read from me + @ArthurDelaneyHP here:

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🚨 NEW: Losing primary candidates almost always fall in line — but Rep. Jasmine Crockett is breaking that norm. She endorsed James Talarico and said she would “absolutely” campaign for him, but hasn’t. Instead, she has repeatedly suggested Black voters aren’t excited about his campaign. “I don’t know who is in her social circles, or who she’s talking to,” the TX Democratic Party Chair @KendallScudder told me. “The people I talk to seem very excited, but you know, her lived experience is different than mine.” And many more Democrats have weighed in. Read from me + @ArthurDelaneyHP here: