S6 Ep26: Twitter vs. Texans (with Elaine Godfrey)
The Focus Group Podcast
The Bulwark
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
The Texas Senate primary on March 3 between James Talarico and Rep. Jasmine Crockett is a toxic cesspool on Twitter. But Texas Democrats are practically giddy over how much they like both candidates. Atlantic staff writer Elaine Godfrey, who's profiled both candidates, joins the show to chat about the race and discuss why she was kicked out of a Jasmine Crockett campaign event.
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| 0:00.0 | In Ireland, nothing gets us talking like lions. |
| 0:02.9 | Tea? |
| 0:05.0 | Small talk. |
| 0:06.1 | Well, Jimmy, shock on weather we're having. |
| 0:08.1 | Big talk. |
| 0:09.0 | Even I've got to play county. |
| 0:10.2 | Office talk. |
| 0:11.3 | I'm MIA and the AM, but I'll circle back on the KPI's. |
| 0:14.2 | Real talk. |
| 0:15.1 | Milk before tea. |
| 0:16.6 | Should be a criminal offence. |
| 0:19.2 | You could say we talk too much, but the truth is, |
| 0:23.6 | we don't talk nearly enough. |
| 0:27.7 | Lions puts the talk into tea. |
| 0:36.7 | Hello everyone, and welcome to the Focus Group podcast. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm Sarah Longwell, publisher of the bulwark, and this week we are going back to Texas. |
| 0:45.5 | We did the Republicans last week, and this week we are going to do the Democrats. |
| 0:50.5 | The Democratic Senate primary in Texas has become just about the most toxic online turf war since, |
| 0:57.5 | actually whatever Candace Owens did last week. But it's certainly one of the worst ones in the Democratic |
| 1:02.4 | Party in the last few years. You've got James Talrico, the state representative and seminarian, |
| 1:08.6 | and Representative Jasmine Crockett, who's been a darling of Democratic |
| 1:12.6 | focus groups pretty much since she got to Congress three years ago. |
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