Roland Martin slams White progressives criticizing Crockett’s Senate bid

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Liberal commentator and podcaster Roland Martin stated that White progressives criticizing Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, and her Senate bid in opposition to fellow Democrat James Talarico, "want to sit down their a-- down."

Throughout Tuesday’s episode of "At Our Desk with Jamie Harrison," Harrison requested Martin who ought to obtain the present’s "Sit Your A-- Down" award this week — an honor reserved for somebody the visitor believes "is mistaken" and must "get themselves again collectively."

"The ‘sit your a-- down’ persons are all of the people who find themselves trashing Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett , who cannot even spell Talarico," Martin responded.

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Commentator Roland Martin on the set of "At Our Desk with Jamie Harrison" on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (Screenshot/"At Our Desk with Jamie Harrison")

He famous that he likes Talarico and lives in Crockett’s district, however what bothers him is the people who find themselves "trashing" Crockett whereas selling Talarico and "by no means talked about his title earlier than she bought into the race."

"And I am sick of those white progressives who do not dwell in Texas, and I see them, I am going to their bio [and] they a-- is in New York , San Francisco, Kansas, Missouri. I am trying, I am like, y'all do not know nothing about Texas. You understand nothing concerning the politics of Texas. You do not know the way to mobilize voters in Texas. However unexpectedly, you are a-- such as you bought an professional opinion. You are the professional. They should sit their a-- down," Martin railed.

Harrison agreed with Martin, who reiterated that White progressives skeptical of Crockett’s probabilities within the Senate race ought to "sit down."

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks after asserting her run within the Democratic main for U.S. Senate Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Dallas. (LM Otero/AP Photograph)

"If you wish to assist Talarico, high quality. In the event you wanna assist Crockett, it is high quality. However there is a notion of, 'Oh, do not give her cash, she will be able to't win.' I am sitting there going, 'However you may't even title one coverage,'" Martin stated. "And once more, in case you go to Twitter and pull up their title, you could possibly do a search of what number of instances they point out any person's title on a feed. No mentions in any respect. I am like, man, go sit y'all a-- down."

Pushing again on doubts about Crockett's candidacy, Martin stated polls present she is "aggressive" in opposition to Talarico and argued that the state's "61% minority" inhabitants provides her a further edge.

"However 60% of the individuals who vote in Texas are White," he famous. "Texas' drawback is [that]… persons are like, 'Oh no, it is hardcore pink.' When Beto misplaced to Governor Greg Abbott , 75% of voters 30 and beneath didn't vote… Texas has the biggest variety of Black eligible voters than any state within the nation. So now the query is, effectively, what is the turnout quantity?"

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Democratic Texas State Rep. James Talarico speaks throughout a marketing campaign launch rally on Sept. 9, 2025, in Spherical Rock, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Photos)

Wanting again on Texas' Senate candidates all the way in which again to the Nineteen Seventies, Martin famous that there has all the time been a racial mixture of candidates representing the Lone Star State, and that those that fail to acknowledge this reality are unfairly counting Crockett out.

He contended that those that are skeptical of the congresswoman's probabilities of successful are the identical individuals who "who don't have any understanding at the entire state, its demographics and any of that."

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"They could not inform you how efficiency is in West Texas, South Texas, voters in East Texas — they bought no clue in any respect. They could not inform you that Tarrant County is the final remaining county the Republicans management — massive county — as a result of Democrats management Harris, Dallas, Baird, Travis. They bought no clue," he maintained. "So yeah, I want them to sit down their a-- down."