Oh, Jasmine Crockett thought she was getting a puff piece. Instead, she ended up starring in one of the most unintentionally brutal profiles in recent memory — and the best part? She did half the damage to herself.
Elaine Godfrey over at The Atlantic set out to write a piece on Crockett, painting her as a “Democrat for the Trump era.” You’d think this would be exactly the kind of glossy feature any rising lawmaker would want. But then Crockett caught wind that Godfrey was actually — brace yourself — calling her colleagues to get their thoughts. And that’s when the Texas congresswoman completely lost it.
Some interesting details from The Atlantic's profile of Rep. Jasmine Crockett:
1. Her phone's lock screen is a photo of herself
2. She thought she deserved to be the top Dem on Oversight because she has the largest social media following
3. She tried to shut down the profile… pic.twitter.com/CvRlFtRNkd— Amber Duke (@ambermarieduke) July 28, 2025
Godfrey says Crockett called her four days before publication, “expressing frustration” that the reporter dared to contact other members of Congress. Then she went full hall monitor, declaring she was “shutting down the profile and revoking all permissions.” You could almost hear the record scratch as Godfrey had to explain that, uh, no, that’s not how journalism works.
Why so panicked? Well, it turns out Crockett’s fellow Democrats didn’t exactly leap to sing her praises. Godfrey contacted up to 33 of them. Most either ignored her or flat-out refused to comment.
Those who did talk? They didn’t exactly deliver the glowing endorsements Crockett probably envisioned. Instead, anonymous senior staffers called her “undisciplined,” a “loose cannon,” and a source of “headaches” for her colleagues. That sound you hear? It’s the air hissing out of Crockett’s hype balloon.
Free advice to profile subjects: do not ever do this https://t.co/IeTs4jeYqO pic.twitter.com/36OIPXatBE
— Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) July 28, 2025
And then came the cringe. Oh, the cringe. Crockett genuinely seemed shocked that her massive social media following didn’t automatically hand her the top Democrat slot on the House Oversight Committee. “It’s like, there’s one clear person in the race that has the largest social-media following,” she lamented, as if Congress were an Instagram influencer contest. She finished dead last.
The profile also served up some unintentionally hilarious tidbits: Crockett has a lock-screen photo of herself. She sneered at food her aide brought her from a fundraiser, complaining “This looks like crap.” She called a lawyer from her college days her “shero”… then claimed she couldn’t remember her name when the reporter wanted to speak with her. The lawyer, when tracked down, couldn’t even confirm she worked with Crockett at all. Rhodes College, meanwhile, had no records of the supposed incident that launched Crockett’s legal career.
