In a heartwarming tale of small-town wide-eyed innocence, 15-year-old Brooklyn of Lubbock is convinced that her heartfelt email is the sole reason U.S. Senate candidate Jasmine Crockett graced our dusty plains with her presence. Move over, high-priced strategic consultants and internal data analysts; apparently, all it takes to reroute a statewide political machine is a well-worded message from a sophomore with an Outlook account.
According to the report, Brooklyn was overcome with “tears of joy” when she realized Crockett was adding a Lubbock pit stop to her “Texas Tough” tour. The teen’s logic was simple: since James Talarico was already coming to town, we simply had to have Jasmine here too. Because if there’s one thing Lubbock is known for, it’s being a thriving bastion of Democratic enthusiasm where national candidates definitely don’t just come to beg for the three blue votes hidden behind a cotton gin.
Crockett, playing the role of the moved mentor to perfection, claimed her “sweet spot” is young people and that this specific email was the catalyst for the visit. It’s a touching narrative, provided you ignore the glaring reality that Crockett is currently being outspent five-to-one by Talarico. When your opponent has a $15 million war chest and you’re sitting on a fraction of that, you don’t “strategically select” tour stops—you go wherever a 15-year-old promises you a microphone and a sympathetic ear. But sure, she didn’t come here because she’s clawing for free earned media in a race where she’s being financially suffocated—she came because of the optimism.
Brooklyn’s takeaway for the youth of Lubbock? “Send the email and make the call.” It’s an inspiring message: if you believe in yourself hard enough, you too can convince a candidate with a depleted campaign fund that spending twenty minutes in a Lubbock community center is a “grassroots movement” rather than a cost-saving Hail Mary pass.
It’s truly beautiful to see such youthful faith in the system—bless her heart, she probably thinks the road construction on 114 is going to be finished this year, too.
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