Rep. Jasmine Crockett is a no-show boss from hell who terrorizes staffers, aides say: 'All diva, no wow'

New York Post

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WASHINGTON — Rep. Jasmine Crockett has positioned herself as an unfiltered critic of President Trump, earning regular TV appearances and an enthusiastic online following, but congressional aides tell The Post that the Dallas Democrat is just as 'rude' and mean to her own staff.
The liberal loudmouth, 44, has rocketed to fame since taking office in January 2023 as a fiery assailant of the Republican president and his allies.
But three sources who have worked with or for Crockett say she's rarely present when TV cameras aren't rolling — and terrorizes staff when she does appear.
Crockett is not often found at her government-provided suite in the Longworth House Office Building, with one insider saying she prefers to work from her nearby luxury apartment building, sometimes for weeks on end.
3 Rep. Jasmine Crockett has been among the loudest Democrats in Congress since taking office in 2023.
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'She is laying around her apartment, won't come into the office, and is really just indifferent to staff and will scream at them,' the former aide said.
'She is never in the office and is very disengaged. She does her bulls— that goes viral, and then freaks out over the most random things.'
A second source close to Crockett's team added: 'It is widely known that she's not nice to staff and is just not a really dedicated member focused on constituents.'
'She is focused almost exclusively on being an influencer, not a member of Congress,' said a third source who has worked with Crockett, describing her as 'all diva, no wow.'
'You're stupid if you think so'
When Crockett does show up for work on Capitol Hill — often to attend a committee hearing where she deploys a made-for-social media attack on Trump — she prefers to have a staff member drive her the short distance to her office in a rented car rather than the staffer's own, a cheaper option commonly used by lawmakers.
The staffer is expected to stand outside the vehicle, which 'has to be an Escalade' or similar upscale make, and open the door for her.
3 Sources describe the Democrat as a disengaged public servant when the cameras aren't rolling.
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'You're technically allowed to do this but it's wildly inefficient. Instead of using the scheduler's car, she rents a car every week in DC,' one source said.
'She expects her staff to drive her around while she's in the back seat,' they added, calling it a 'power play' akin to 'treating the staffer like an Uber driver.'
Crockett, a former criminal defense attorney and Texas state legislator, burst into the national spotlight in May 2024 when she attacked Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) at a committee hearing for having a 'bleach blonde bad built butch body' after Greene ridiculed her 'fake eyelashes.'
While Crockett tried to fundraise off the 'Real Housewives'-style viral clash, the congresswoman's staff — which includes multiple gay and lesbian members — were left with mixed feelings.
Complaints poured in from lesbians who objected to Crockett's derogatory use of the term 'butch' to attack Greene, which even left some aides uneasy.
'She told her gay staff members, 'That's not offensive. You're stupid if you think so',' a former aide recounted to the Post. 'It was kind of like how Trump says, 'The gays love me'.'
Three months later, Crockett was given a coveted speaking slot at the Democratic National Convention, where she ripped the former and future president as a 'vindictive vile villain.'
'Toxic staff environment'
Crockett has burned through employees at such a pace that she's becoming known as a present-day version of the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), long known as the Capitol's toughest boss.
A number of staff have become fed up with their treatment, while others have either been fired or left on their own — a distinction often difficult to discern in Washington.
Some former aides cited fear of retribution when declining to participate in this story.
'She thinks she's her own best adviser, she knows best, and has this toxic staff environment,' a source said. 'She gets rid of press people because she's like, 'I do all of the press stuff.''
On one occasion described to The Post, Crockett reduced a legislative aide to tears, bellowing: 'Do you really want to be here? And if not you can leave!'
3 'The only person that she thinks about and cares about is herself,' a former Democratic aide said of Crockett.
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Another aide, a young black woman, was fired abruptly and confided to a colleague: 'I don't want to hear Jasmine Crockett talk about helping black women when she just fired one for no reason!'
Capitol Hill jobs often are filled based on personal connections and openings are circulated among friend groups.
A source told The Post that a job listing for Crockett's team recently was shared among a large group of black Democratic women — but nobody expressed interest in the gig.
'You would think working for a black woman, if you were a young black woman or a young person of color, you would feel empowered in that space,' said a former Democratic congressional aide.
'But truly, the only person that she thinks about and cares about is herself.
'The staff is really just an island unto itself, because she doesn't care about the local issues happening in her district,' this person added. 'She's more focused on, 'Get me on 'The View,' get me on this late night talk show.
'A lot of [congressional] hearings are on the most boring, basic s—. So how is it at every hearing, it's about Trump? It's about Trump again and again and again. And it's like, she's not actually doing any real work. She's at a hearing — we can be talking about the budget, they can be talking about appropriations — and she brings it back to Trump every time,' the source griped.
'She causes some kind of tension and issue, the hearing has to stop, the chairman has to bang the gavel. It's like a spectacle and a show … Not everything has to be clipped for MSNBC.'
Crockett has also cycled through several chiefs of staff, with one observer saying it's 'because they want her to do her actual job, and the actual job of a member of Congress isn't fun and glamorous. So unless you are somebody willing to say yes to all of the outrageous things she would like to do, you're not gonna last long.'
'This looks like crap'
Crockett hasn't been coy about her treatment of staff — recently offering two examples of rough treatment of subordinates in an interview with Atlantic magazine journalist Elaine Godfrey.
'Behind the scenes, the representative speaks casually,' Godfrey reported.
'She can also be brusque. During our interview at the Waldorf, she dialed up a staffer in DC in front of me and scolded him for an unclear note on her schedule. Another time, in the car, after an aide brought Crockett a paper bag full of food from a fundraiser, she peered inside, scrunched her nose, and said, 'This looks like crap.''
The Texas congresswoman, despite granting Godfrey access for the profile, attempted to retract her interview remarks when the journalist didn't ask her permission to request comment from other members of Congress, most of whom reportedly would not volunteer flattering words.
The lawmaker claimed she was 'shutting down the profile and revoking all permissions.'
It wasn't Crockett's first self-inflicted PR problem.
In May, she allegedly boarded a commercial flight ahead of two handicapped people, according to Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.).
'Her cutting in line in front of a handicapped person is really indicative of the type of person she is,' said a source who has worked with Crockett. 'She is interpersonally very rude and doesn't get along well with people.'
The Post did not receive a reply after sending multiple detailed emails requesting comment to a press-request email advertised on Crockett's website.
Nobody answered the phones at her DC or Dallas offices during the workday; both went straight to voicemail.