Crockett's down-ballot answer leaves Talarico endorsement question unresolved

Democracy Watch's reposted Damage Report segment examines whether supporting local candidates rules out campaigning alongside the Democratic Senate nominee.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 181,112 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (15,036).

Jasmine Crockett Drops UNEXPECTED Refusal As James Talarico Surges In Polls

Democracy Watch has posted a pointed exchange between Laura Coates and Jasmine Crockett: asked whether she will campaign alongside James Talarico, the Texas congresswoman redirects the conversation toward down-ballot races.

Crockett's argument is about where to put her effort. Texas Democrats have tried concentrating attention on a prominent statewide candidate, she explains, while she wants to focus on candidates further down the ticket. Coates presses the practical question: must those choices be mutually exclusive?

The upload carries commentary from The Damage Report's John Iadarola and Brett Erlich, rather than an interview conducted by Democracy Watch. Iadarola acknowledges Crockett's freedom to choose whom she supports. "She is under no obligation to endorse or campaign for anyone that she doesn't want to," he says. But he finds her explanation unconvincing; Erlich likewise questions why she does not offer a straightforward endorsement.

The segment also presents an ABC13/Texas Public Opinion Research poll putting Talarico six points ahead of Republican Ken Paxton. That is a poll cited in the reposted discussion, not a new election result. Several commenters question the upload's timing, pointing to its reference to the midterms being months away.

The video has drawn roughly 111,000 views in its first ten hours, well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for regular uploads. It includes a sponsored mobile-service segment between the CNN excerpts. The substantive follow-up resumes with Coates asking Crockett why down-ballot campaigning and support for Talarico cannot go together.

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The numbers

The repost has already passed Democracy Watch's usual first-day views for regular videos, with a much busier comment section as well.

the video's first day

usual first day here

15,036

this video

181,112

subscribers

154,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

65,770,438

views per day

315,399

typical day: 258,387

the video

views

110,959

likes

3,632

comments

621

days online

1

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