Democratic Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s aides have alleged that she “terrorizes” her staff and rarely shows up to the office unless she is in front of a camera.
Crockett, who has a history of contentious behavior toward her colleagues, reportedly screams at her staff in the rare times that she is present at the workplace, anonymous sources told the New York Post. Two other unnamed sources said it is widely known that Crockett is focused on being an influencer rather than a voice for her constituents, with one source referring to her as “all diva, no wow.”
“She is laying around her apartment, won’t come into the office, and is really just indifferent to staff and will scream at them,” a former aide said. “She is never in the office and is very disengaged. She does her bulls— that goes viral, and then freaks out over the most random things.”
Every week, Crockett reportedly makes a staffer act as a chauffeur by renting a Cadillac Escalade or another upscale vehicle to drive her the short distance to her office, according to the Post. The congresswoman reportedly sits in the backseat of the luxury vehicle, which her staff have described as being a “power play.”
Crockett’s office has experienced constant turnover as fed up employees have quit left and right, the Post reported. Some of her former aides declined to comment on their previous employment to the outlet out of fear of retribution from Crockett. On one occasion, the congresswoman made a legislative aide cry as she yelled, “Do you really want to be here? And if not, you can leave!” according to the Post.
Another former aide, a young black woman, said Crockett abruptly fired her “for no reason,” the outlet reported. A job listing for Crockett’s office had been shared to a large number of Democratic black women, though none of them expressed interest in the job.
“You would think working for a black woman, if you were a young black woman or a young person of color, you would feel empowered in that space,” one former Democratic congressional aide said. “But truly, the only person that she thinks about and cares about is herself. The staff is really just an island unto itself, because she doesn’t care about the local issues happening in her district. She’s more focused on, ‘Get me on ‘The View,’ ‘Get me on this late-night talk show.’”
The Atlantic’s Elaine Godfrey, who published a profile on Crockett, said that she witnessed the congresswoman call her staff and scold him for an “unclear note” on her schedule during an interview at the Waldorf. On a separate occasion, when an aide handed her a paper bag full of food from a fundraiser, Crockett scrunched her nose and said, “This looks like crap.”
The Texas congresswoman is also “highly conscious” of her own outward appearance and has a headshot of herself as her phone screensaver, The Atlantic first reported. She also declared that her Democratic colleagues should have backed her to become the next chair of the Oversight Committee because she has one of the “largest social media following[s].”
Crockett further threatened to shut down Godfrey’s profile after she reached out to her colleagues for their insight on her.
In May, Crockett appeared to board a commercial flight ahead of two handicapped passengers, House Republican Conference chairwoman Lisa McClain reported on X. In an Instagram post responding to the Texas flood that killed at least 135 people, Crockett gave a personal shoutout to her hairdresser for giving her a new haircut.
Crockett’s office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
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