Jasmine Crockett says Democrats need ‘the safest white boy’ for 2028 ticket and have a particular candidate in thoughts | EUROtoday

Representative Jasmine Crockett has revealed Democratic donors are vying for the “safest white boy” doable within the 2028 presidential race.

The Texas lawmaker joined Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta Thursday on SiriusXM’s Urban View to debate their get together’s future following Democrats’ electoral defeat in November.

There, Crockett mentioned Democratic donors are already beginning to rally behind potential 2028 presidential candidates. Donors are longing for a white man to run, she added.

“It is this fear that the people within the party, within the primary system, will have about voting for a woman because every time we voted for a woman, we’ve lost so far,” Crockett mentioned, referring to Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024.

“I think that that’s a natural fear because we just want to win,” she added. “So there’s a lot of people that are like, ‘You know what? Like, let’s go find the safest white boy we can find.’ I mean, I’m just saying.”

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Urban View host Clay Cane mentioned he usually hears from listeners who desire a white man to run: “Those are the callers that we’re hearing…A white man’s got to do it. We’re getting those callers.”

Major donors are enthusiastic about “one specific candidate,” Crockett responded.

“I had a donor on the phones with me, telling me that all the donors are lining up behind that candidate,” she mentioned. “So I can tell, and I tell you, it’s not a Black person nor a woman.”

“So they have, quote unquote, ‘they,’ have chosen,” she added. “When I say ‘they,; it’s the same donors that most likely had their opinions about Joe Biden and moved… So like, that would be the “they” that I’d discuss.”

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Crockett didn’t reveal this candidate’s identification, however there are numerous predicted 2028 frontrunners who meet her description.

California Governor Gavin Newsom is term-limited and can go away workplace in 2027, so many count on a presidential marketing campaign will comply with. Other potential candidates embody Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

Meanwhile, a number of different Democratic front-runners don’t meet Crockett’s description of the “safest white boy” doable, together with the get together’s final candidate, former Vice President Kamala Harris, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.