Meet the Texas man who says he has what it takes to beat rising Democrat Jasmine Crockett: He's Republican Sholdon Daniels.
Mr. Daniels is a veteran of the US Army, an attorney and a consultant to small businesses, according to his resume, and is a graduate of the University of Texas Dallas and Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law in addition to being a native of North Texas.
"People want answers, people want results. Jasmine Crockett has no legislative wins," Daniels says, speaking of the U.S. Representative for Texas' 30th Congressional District,who's been in that office since January 2023.
Congresswoman Crockett is a University of Houston graduate and a lawyer, whose Congressional district includes inner city portions of Dallas plus a large swath of territory south of the city.
Crockett has been the face of the "resistance" against President Donald Trump this year, and Democrats love her -- she's already raised nearly $4 million in campaign funds for her reelection, which isn't until November of next year.
That's much more than any other Texas incumbent, and since fundraising is among the top skills required to move up in politics, she's considered a rising star, yet Republican Daniels says Ms. Crockett lacks the trust of the Democrat elite.
"She has no real value that she brings to Congress, she doesn't even have the confidence of her own party," Mr. Daniels says, adding that she's not a legislator, she actually an entertainer, much like a number of up-and-coming Democrats.
Congresswoman Crockett says climate change caused the Texas Hill County floods, and has said she never was concerned about the mental state of former President Joe Biden while he was in office.
“While Jasmine Crockett chases headlines, I’m building a movement to put working families, small businesses, and public safety first,” Daniels said in a recent statement on his website.
Crockett is quoted as saying a few years ago, "There are definitely guns that we want to take away because it's the equivalent of some of these people having cannons, I'm sorry but it's not okay for my next-door neighbor to have a cannon."