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Jasmine Crockett releases ad with Trump's Insults Against Her (Original Post) Emile Dec 9 OP
Powerful ad. ProudMNDemocrat Dec 9 #1
it is a powerful primary ad rampartd Dec 9 #3
Your average Texan is like "OHHH YEAH!"" durablend Dec 9 #4
According to a University of Texas poll in October Wiz Imp Dec 9 #40
It's a brilliant ad. Emile Dec 9 #12
It counts on an important reaction Bluetus Dec 9 #34
Oh no! Dave Id Dec 9 #2
Kick dalton99a Dec 9 #5
Smart women apparently terrify Trump. democrank Dec 9 #6
Like a rattle snake in your sleeping bag. twodogsbarking Dec 9 #8
Smart beautiful women, he knows he is unmatched on all levels. When will this disgrace of a man get out of our lives? Escurumbele Dec 9 #20
I usually like women but I really like this one. She has it. twodogsbarking Dec 9 #7
I don't know how effective it is as an ad, barbtries Dec 9 #9
79 year old white man, scared shitless johnnyfins Dec 9 #10
Especially smart women of color. nt MarineCombatEngineer Dec 9 #11
IQ4.7 loves using the term "Low IQ" when referring to others KS Toronado Dec 9 #13
I think he pretty much uses low IQ to say black Walleye Dec 9 #28
Well forgive me, I do not understand how this ad is powerful. Trueblue Texan Dec 9 #14
Because it's using his insults to energize the Democratic base. Emile Dec 9 #15
I do not see how hearing more of his insults directed at a black woman is energizing. Trueblue Texan Dec 9 #30
It presents her as a fearless, confident, and strong candidate. That is very appealing Emile Dec 9 #33
It's a quiet version of FDR's "I welcome their hatred" HariSeldon Dec 9 #17
A little, no, a LOT too nuanced for Texans. Trueblue Texan Dec 9 #31
I tend to think we Texans can easily grasp nuance Torchlight Dec 9 #35
DJT having the audacity to call anyone a "low IQ person." MIButterfly Dec 9 #16
As one of my favourite posters reads, "In a sane world, the village idiot niyad Dec 9 #22
I love Jasmine Crockett, but I think this ad does her campaign a disservice. nt Trueblue Texan Dec 9 #32
This old Texan loves it! K&R nt Torchlight Dec 9 #18
Get 'em girl! BradBo Dec 9 #19
The hatred and misogyny in the youtube comments is disturbing, but niyad Dec 9 #21
I think she's counting on them! Prairie Gates Dec 9 #26
Good response. The racists will see what they want to see, but the rest of us see a powerful woman who ha not been Martin68 Dec 9 #23
Great ad LetMyPeopleVote Dec 9 #24
Like I said, she's gonna make it fun Prairie Gates Dec 9 #25
No doubt in my mind. Emile Dec 9 #45
Whatever she says I would say "yes ma'am" . Respect. twodogsbarking Dec 9 #27
The question is. Why doesn't every Black person in Texas come out and vote Democratic Walleye Dec 9 #29
A lot of them get knocked off the polls... Trueblue Texan Dec 9 #36
Americans seem so indifferent toward their main civic duty Walleye Dec 9 #41
There's been stuff done to kick Black people off the voting rolls for decades... electric_blue68 Dec 9 #44
Jasmine Crockett brings Nukes to the gunfight. thought crime Dec 9 #37
Genius. She continues to bring it. Iris Dec 9 #38
Jasmine Crockett vs Trump: The IQ test he can't pass! Emile Dec 9 #39
Donald is furiously trying to figure a way he could cheat on this right now Walleye Dec 9 #42
Crockett impresses me La Coliniere Dec 9 #43
We need to show WHY A BLACK WOMAN IS WHO TEXAS NEEDS Kid Berwyn Dec 9 #46

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,630 posts)
1. Powerful ad.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 07:40 AM
Dec 9

Nothing like using the words against him.

But knowing him, he will say it's AI and not his voice.

rampartd

(3,835 posts)
3. it is a powerful primary ad
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 07:46 AM
Dec 9

but your average texan thinks trump bs about low iq and such is the inspired word of baby jesus.

i hate to lose her in the house

Wiz Imp

(9,012 posts)
40. According to a University of Texas poll in October
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 11:59 AM
Dec 9

Trump's favorability in Texas was just 41% and his unfavorability 50%. In february he was at 53% favorable and 41% unfavorable, so his approval in Texas is crashing just like it is nationwide.

https://texaspolitics.utexas.edu/set/donald-trump-favorability-trend

Also, there have already been 6 Texas Republicans in Congress who announced they are not running for reelection.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/texas-retirements-congress-gop-trump-21169190.php

Bluetus

(2,308 posts)
34. It counts on an important reaction
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 11:23 AM
Dec 9

For this ad to work, the viewers have to make the connection, "If Trump is saying these things, he must really be scared of her. Maybe we should learn why Trump is so scared of her."

I salute her fearlessness. I don't know it this will work on our dumbed-down population.

I do think her timing is right. The whole country -- including many MAGAs, is really sick of Trump now. And a great many Americans will immediately connect with the unfairness of what Trump is saying here, and just how destructive he is. They don't want pissing contests, They want to get past Trump. And that is the message she is sending without any words.

I hope it goes viral.

Dave Id

(242 posts)
2. Oh no!
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 07:46 AM
Dec 9

Another very scary intelligent Black woman. What's Donnie to do but puke out stupid overused by him insults?

Escurumbele

(4,021 posts)
20. Smart beautiful women, he knows he is unmatched on all levels. When will this disgrace of a man get out of our lives?
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:16 AM
Dec 9

barbtries

(31,135 posts)
9. I don't know how effective it is as an ad,
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:48 AM
Dec 9

but you know you're doing something right when you've become a worm on krasnov's demented brain.

she's actually brilliant and I sorta think an ad displaying some of that might be more effective. but i'm not an ad person and i avoid looking at commercials assiduously.

johnnyfins

(3,445 posts)
10. 79 year old white man, scared shitless
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 08:55 AM
Dec 9

of smart women. What a worm this guy is. Miserable fuck.

KS Toronado

(23,060 posts)
13. IQ4.7 loves using the term "Low IQ" when referring to others
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 09:33 AM
Dec 9

PROJECTION PROJECTION PROJECTION

Trueblue Texan

(4,196 posts)
14. Well forgive me, I do not understand how this ad is powerful.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 09:34 AM
Dec 9

Someone is going to have to explain it to me. I'm from Texas, remember?

Trueblue Texan

(4,196 posts)
30. I do not see how hearing more of his insults directed at a black woman is energizing.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 11:17 AM
Dec 9

We have heard enough of him. His voice, even in this ad, maybe especially in this ad makes me want to turn it off. There is nothing new, fresh, or exciting about this. Certainly nothing energizing and it tells you absolutely nothing about the candidate. People here will see it as the "angry black woman" trope. I hope they've got better ideas coming.

Emile

(40,656 posts)
33. It presents her as a fearless, confident, and strong candidate. That is very appealing
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 11:23 AM
Dec 9

to the Democratic base.

HariSeldon

(536 posts)
17. It's a quiet version of FDR's "I welcome their hatred"
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 09:55 AM
Dec 9
Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred.

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, October 31, 1936

And also, though citation of this particular version is in question:
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.

- Attributed to Abraham Lincoln, Golden Book magazine, November 1931

Trueblue Texan

(4,196 posts)
31. A little, no, a LOT too nuanced for Texans.
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 11:20 AM
Dec 9

They need to talk dollars going out the door. They need to talk about health care folks are losing, groceries they can no longer buy and the filthy greed and corruption that is lining folks in TSF world's pockets. This ad is a step in the wrong direction. I hope they've got better writers working for them.

Torchlight

(6,318 posts)
35. I tend to think we Texans can easily grasp nuance
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 11:23 AM
Dec 9

as well as meat and potatoes issues. Great ad and in the right direction!

MIButterfly

(2,100 posts)
16. DJT having the audacity to call anyone a "low IQ person."
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 09:52 AM
Dec 9

Takes one to know one. It would be laughable except he's the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! People actually voted for that shit.



Anyway, I agree with others who say that he's extremely intimidated by intelligent women, especially women of color. What a weak, pathetic poor excuse of a man.

As for Jasmine Crockett, I will use an old expression: you go, girl!

niyad

(129,607 posts)
22. As one of my favourite posters reads, "In a sane world, the village idiot
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:31 AM
Dec 9

and the president would be two different people", and variants thereof.

niyad

(129,607 posts)
21. The hatred and misogyny in the youtube comments is disturbing, but
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:28 AM
Dec 9

not in the least surprising.

Prairie Gates

(7,209 posts)
26. I think she's counting on them!
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:40 AM
Dec 9

It's actually fairly ingenious, you ask me. She's drawing them out and letting them make her case for her: you really want to be aligned with these clowns?

Martin68

(27,081 posts)
23. Good response. The racists will see what they want to see, but the rest of us see a powerful woman who ha not been
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 10:35 AM
Dec 9

intimidated by an obviously low-IQ bigot.

Walleye

(43,844 posts)
29. The question is. Why doesn't every Black person in Texas come out and vote Democratic
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 11:15 AM
Dec 9

Are they not registered? This should be doable electing a smart black woman in Texas should not be impossible. The top three states with the highest percentage of Black people are all in the south and vote Republican. What is the deal with this? Are they just addicted to being shit on and insulted?

Trueblue Texan

(4,196 posts)
36. A lot of them get knocked off the polls...
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 11:24 AM
Dec 9

...for no other reason than being black if you ask me. Every single voter, black, white, brown, trans, gay, straight, or other needs to check their voter status frequently before an election. https://www.texas.gov/living-in-texas/texas-voter-registration/

electric_blue68

(25,946 posts)
44. There's been stuff done to kick Black people off the voting rolls for decades...
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 04:22 PM
Dec 9

And why the conservatives on the SC took away one of the major protections of the VRA - voting rights act a few years ago.

La Coliniere

(1,758 posts)
43. Crockett impresses me
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 02:21 PM
Dec 9

with her intelligence, bravery and take no prisoners style of fighting the fascists. Using the felon’s own insults against her is an effective tactic in exposing his ignorant and racist appraisals of her (and most Black women who pose a threat) and inspiring the base who are looking for a genuine fighter. I’d vote for her in a heartbeat if I lived in Texas.

Kid Berwyn

(23,010 posts)
46. We need to show WHY A BLACK WOMAN IS WHO TEXAS NEEDS
Tue Dec 9, 2025, 05:31 PM
Dec 9

Corporate McPravda won’t do its job, so it’s up to us.

For starters:

Had the United States elected Kamala Harris President, Vladimir Putin wouldn’t today be threatening NATO.

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