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Democratic voters have said they want a fighter, and now they might have one in Representative Jasmine Crockett of Texas, Elaine Godfrey reports. She spoke with Crockett about testing out the coarse style of politics that the GOP has embraced. https://theatln.tc/4Iz74JYy

“Through her hearing-room quips and social-media insults,” Godfrey writes, Crockett has “become known, at least in MSNBC-watching households, as a leading general in the battle against Trump. The president is aware of this. He has repeatedly called Crockett a ‘low-IQ’ individual; she has dubbed him a ‘buffoon’ and ‘Putin’s hoe.’ Perhaps the best-known Crockett clapback came last year during a hearing, after Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia made fun of Crockett’s fake eyelashes. Crockett, seeming to relish the moment, leaned into the mic and blasted Greene’s ‘bleach-blond, bad-built, butch body.’ Crockett trademarked the phrase—which she now refers to as ‘B6’—and started selling T-shirts.”

Crockett gave a keynote speech at last year’s Democratic National Convention, was a national co-chair of Kamala Harris’s campaign, and has been a fixture on cable news and talk shows as well as a top party fundraiser.

Some of Crockett’s fellow Democrats find her candor refreshing. “People don’t necessarily agree with her aggressive communication style,” Representative Julie Johnson of Texas told Godfrey. “I’m thrilled she’s doing it, because we need it all.” But the forthrightness her supporters love might undermine her relationships with others in her party. “Plenty of other Democrats believe that Crockett’s approach comes dangerously close to arson,” Godfrey writes.

“Crockett’s fans are rooting for her to go bigger,” Godfrey continues. Asked if she was considering a Senate run, Crockett did not wave Godfrey off. “Clearly, lots of real-life voters want Jasmine Crockett.”

📸: Melissa Golden for The Atlantic