Jasmine Crockett

Well, I'm done with politics as usual.

I'm done with going along to get along and it gets us nowhere.

I'm done watching rural hospitals and public schools close their doors.

I'm done watching parents be afraid to send their kids to school or the mall or the movies because Republicans have flooded our streets with guns.

I'm done with the senators sitting around doing nothing while Trump takes your hard-earned money, skims your Social Security, slashes Medicare, and gives tax breaks to billionaires.

I'm done.

I'm done watching the American dream on life support while Trump tries to pull the plug.

The gloves have been off and now I'm jumping into the ring.

I'm asking for your support to be the next United States Senator from the greatest state of Texas.

Listen, I'm a gun-toting Texan, right?

So I own firearms, I'm licensed to carry, and I also care about agriculture.

Way before I was running for the United States Senate, you know, I served on the Ag Committee.

I'm the girl who's actually lived in rural Texas.

I'm the girl that has actually driven farm equipment.

Crockett pointed to her support for impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and she said dramatic changes were needed at ICE.

Tallarico appeared to go further, seeming to support the abolition of the agency.

Crockett also blasted ICE for targeting U.S.

citizens in addition to undocumented immigrants.

For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.

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