Jasmine Crockett wants Texans to believe she is a civil rights icon taking on the system. She sure acts like it every time there is a camera in her vicinity. But behind all that smoke is a woman who has been quietly working to build her own marijuana empire while using political power to clear the path.

And now she is hinting at a Texas Senate run. Before she climbs any higher, voters deserve to know who she is really fighting for. Based on her track record, the answer seems to be Jasmine Crockett.

It feels like longer — such is the frequency with which Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas does obnoxious and/or self-aggrandizing things — but it was just a week ago that she said she was “strongly” considering running for Senate in the 2026… https://t.co/hQWWQfBRgU pic.twitter.com/iVjOYN1WQc

— The Western Journal (@WesternJournalX) October 28, 2025

Years before she walked into Congress, Crockett owned a significant stake in a company called Black Diamond Investments. The plan was to open medical marijuana dispensaries in Ohio. There is nothing wrong with starting a business. The problem is when a politician uses public office to push laws that would boost her own bottom line while pretending it is all about justice and helping others.

During her time as a Texas state lawmaker, Crockett introduced several pieces of legislation that could have provided a boon to her cannabis holdings, including bills that would have decriminalized drug paraphernalia associated with marijuana use and expanded access to medical marijuana in the state. None of those bills became law in Texas, but Crockett continued her marijuana advocacy after she took her seat in Congress, co-sponsoring legislation in August to decriminalize marijuana at the national level.

Crockett maintains personal ties to the cannabis business through Black Diamond Investments, a firm she reported as owning in her latest congressional financial disclosure. – Free Beacon

Crockett was not just a name on the paperwork. She was the one running operations. She was preparing to cash in on legalized weed long before she turned around and made weed policy her main political mission. If she had simply said she wanted both money and reform, that would be honest. Instead, she sold voters a story while protecting her stake.

At the same time, Crockett was still working as a defense attorney in Texas. She saw firsthand how messy the illegal drug world can get and how quickly people can get hurt. Yet she was simultaneously chasing her own place in the legal marijuana market. She understood the risks. She just preferred to focus on the potential profits once the law changed in her favor.

While that bid played out, Crockett appeared in Bowie County court in 2018 as defense counsel for Tyvon Montrel Gullatt, who was later convicted of murder and sentenced to life for shooting a man during a marijuana-related encounter, according to local courtroom reporting. – Daily Caller

Then she got elected. Suddenly, she was a national player. The media loved her energy. She became a go-to voice for progressive outrage. And Texas. Well. Texas became the place she visited between interviews.

And fame comes with attention, not all of it flattering. Donald Trump has already labeled her “low IQ.” For someone who seems to enjoy every spotlight she can find, that has to sting. But if Crockett wants to be taken seriously as a future United States Senator, she might consider proving him wrong by delivering something real for Texas, instead of just delivering more TV clips.

Crockett has made a career out of accusing others of greed and corruption. Big Oil is terrible. Big Pharma is dangerous. Corporations are the enemy. Yet when she was a state lawmaker, she reported investments in those same companies. Then she went to Congress, and those holdings slipped quietly out of sight. Maybe she sold everything. Maybe she didn’t. She does not seem eager to clarify.

Texas deserves leaders who put in the work. Leaders who talk less about power and more about service. Leaders who do not treat public office like a stepping stone to their next audition.

For all her talk about fighting for Texans, the only concrete enterprise she has ever truly invested in is her own weed venture and her own rise. The bills she pushed. The spotlight she chased. The ambition she flashes every time a reporter points a camera her direction. None of it has been about the people living in her district. It has all been about what benefits Jasmine Crockett.

Texas is not looking for a marijuana mogul in the making. They are looking for a representative who remembers who sent her to Washington in the first place.

Jasmine Crockett loves to say she is nobody’s wife and nobody pays her bills. Independence is admirable. But independence does not automatically translate to integrity. If she would like to earn that promotion she keeps hinting at, she can start by showing Texans she is here to work for them instead of using them as the ladder.

Anyone can perform outrage on camera. It takes a lot more to deliver results back home. So far, Crockett has spent most of her time polishing the image. Texas is still waiting for the substance.

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