Cardi B is urging her followers to vote next week for Rep. Jasmine Crockett (Texas) over state Rep. James Talarico in the Texas Democratic primary for the Senate.
“Listen up, y’all, early primary voting is happening right now in Texas, and we need Jasmine Crockett to win. She is running for U.S. Senate,” Cardi B said in a story posted to her Instagram account.
In another video, Cardi B backed the Dallas congresswoman calling her “my sister” who will ” fight for your community.”
“Early primary voting is happening right now in Texas and we need Jasmine Crockett to win,” the Grammy-winning rapper said. “If you want somebody that’s going to fight for your rights, if you want somebody to fight for your community, if you want somebody that’s going to go up there and represent you and represent your issues, please vote for my sister. … She’s going to fight whoever she has to so your voice and your problems could be heard. Vote right now. This counts so much.”
“Okurrr,” Crockett responded on X. “Y’all heard my good sis!!! She’s on a SOLD OUT tour and still took a minute to tap in. We’ve got 2 days of Early Voting left. Let’s gooooo!!! #JasmineForUS#TexasTough”
Cardi B’s support of Crockett provoked a quick response from state Attorney General Ken Paxton. He posted that he was on team Nicki Minaj, who has publicly aligned herself with the Republican Party. Paxton is one of seven challengers vying to unseat longtime Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.
Crockett is running against Talarico next Tuesday in the highly contested Democratic primary for Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) seat.
Recent polling from the University of Texas/Texas Politics Project shows Crockett leading the field among likely Democratic voters, giving her momentum in the final stretch before Election Day.
The Democratic nominee will face the Republican candidate in November. Texas has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in more than three decades.
If elected, Crockett would become the first Black person ever elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas and would further increase Black women’s representation in the chamber.