Radical Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is no longer seeking her party’s top seat on the powerful House Oversight Committee.
Crockett ended her bid after a cool reception from her fellow Democrats.
The controversial lawmaker said she would have launched an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump if Democrats won back the House and she became chair of the Oversight Committee.
Her flashy, aggressive style was too much for most Democrats.
Instead, the party elected Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), a 47-year-old staunch leftist born in Peru.
Garcia had the backing of the Hispanic Congressional Caucus and California’s Democratic delegation, the biggest in Congress.
This is only Garcia’s second term as a congressman.
He was among the Democrats who traveled to El Salvador to advocate for the return of accused human trafficker and violent gang thug Kilmar Abrego Garcia, in a spectacle that reinforced the party’s image as weak on immigration and crime.
Democrats are still without direction months into Trump’s second term, but they seem to realize that Crockett’s attention-grabbing style is not what will help them convince voters that they are serious about governing.
Crockett is aware of that perception.
“It was clear by the numbers that my style