Rapper Cardi B is urging Texas voters to support Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Democrat U.S. Senate primary as early voting enters its final days, despite previously criticizing the United States and vowing she would not back presidential candidates again.
On Wednesday, Cardi B posted a video to her Instagram Story encouraging support for Crockett’s campaign.
“Listen up y’all. Early primary voting is happening right now in Texas, and we need Jasmine Crockett to win. She is running for US Senate. And if you want somebody that’s gonna fight for your right, if you want somebody to fight for your community, if you want somebody that’s gonna go up there and represent you and represent your issues, please vote for my sister, Jasmine Crockett, because one thing about it: she’s gonna fight her best. She’s gonna fight whoever she has to so your voice and your problems could be heard. Vote right now. This counts so much. Vote right now,” Cardi B said.
Crockett shared the video on X, writing, “ Okurrr Y’all heard my good sis!!! She’s on a SOLD OUT tour and still took a minute to tap in. We’ve got 2 days of Early Voting left. Let’s gooooo!!! #JasmineForUS #TexasTough”.
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The endorsement comes as Crockett leads Texas state Rep. James Talarico in the Democrat primary contest.
A University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll conducted February 2–14 among 369 likely voters found Crockett ahead 56 percent to 44 percent, a 12-point advantage.
Earlier surveys from the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs and Texas Southern University in December also showed Crockett leading.
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Crockett has also received support from former Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland.
On February 19, Crockett posted on X, “If you know anything about Texas women, you know we don’t sit quietly. We show up. So go vote!
Early voting ends February 27 y’all
#TexasTough #JasmineForUS #TXSen @KELLYROWLAND”.
The post included a video clip in which Rowland told viewers, “You guys gotta get out there and vote. You know what to do.” Crockett appeared alongside her, saying, “That’s right. We are starting voting on February 17 and you heard it from THE Kelly Rowland.” Rowland concluded, “You have a voice just go use it.”
Her campaign is so Kamala 2024 coded in all the worst ways my goodness https://t.co/GN0KAQIFgb
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Former congressman Colin Allred, who exited the Senate race in December and filed to run for Texas’s newly redrawn 33rd Congressional District, endorsed Crockett and criticized Talarico over comments he viewed as racially disparaging.
Cardi B’s involvement in the Texas primary follows a series of public political statements over the past two years.
After President Donald Trump won the 2024 election, Cardi B posted and later deleted a video stating, “This is why some of y’all states be getting hurricanes,” at a time when parts of North Carolina were still recovering from Hurricane Helene.
She has also criticized the United States in other remarks.
In December 2025, while in Saudi Arabia for the Soundstorm Festival in Riyadh, Cardi B said during an Instagram Live broadcast to her 164 million followers, “I’m starting not to like America,” and urged, “Y’all need to convince me to come back.”
She referred to the United States as “ghetto” and “dusty,” and said, “I haven’t even seen a bum” in Saudi Arabia.
She described the country as “very luxury,” adding that “these people over here, they got that real money.”
Cardi B acknowledged, “It’s very strict out here. They will put you under the jail, they ain’t playing around,” and added that “it is very easy to follow the rules here.”
She also said, “Americans don’t be respecting other people’s stuff,” before concluding, “I like it over here, I really, really like it.”
The rapper had previously stated she would not back “no f**king presidents no more,” but later endorsed then–Vice President Kamala Harris at a Wisconsin rally in November 2024, saying, “I believe every word that comes out of her mouth.”
Her endorsement came after she publicly criticized former President Joe Biden, saying he had “really, really, really f**ked” up America.
With early voting set to end February 27, Cardi B’s latest endorsement adds another high-profile voice to the Democrat primary contest in Texas.
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