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Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D) has revealed that Democratic donors are already eyeing the "safest white boy" as the party's presidential nominee.
During a recent radio appearance, Crockett discussed the future of the Democratic Party following Vice President Kamala Harris' loss to now-President Trump in the 2024 election, per The Independent.
The Texas lawmaker said Democratic donors are eyeing a white man to represent the party in the 2028 election since previous woman candidates like Harris and Hillary Clinton have been unsuccessful in their bids for the White House.
“It is this fear that the people within the party, within the primary system, will have about voting for a woman because every time we voted for a woman, we’ve lost so far,” Crockett said.
“I think that that’s a natural fear because we just want to win,” she added. “So there’s a lot of people that are like, ‘You know what? Like, let’s go find the safest white boy we can find.’ I mean, I’m just saying.”
The Democratic congresswoman noted that major donors are excited about “one specific candidate."
“I had a donor on the phones with me, telling me that all the donors are lining up behind that candidate,” Crockett said. “So I can tell, and I tell you, it’s not a Black person nor a woman.”
“So they have, quote unquote, ‘they,’ have chosen,” she continued. “When I say ‘they,; it’s the same donors that most likely had their opinions about Joe Biden and moved… So like, that would be the “they” that I would talk about.”
Crockett declined to reveal the candidate's identity. There are several 2028 frontrunners for the Democratic presidential nominee that align with Crockett's comments, including California Governor Gavin Newsom, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.
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