Crockett was the hand-picked replacement for the late U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson. Her progressive nature precedes her time in Congress, having been anointed the Texas House's third-most progressive member per the Texas Tribune, after she was sworn in 2021.

Texas, reportedly wanted to "revok[e] all permissions" from The Atlantic ahead of a profile piece that was published on Sunday.

Representative Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) tried to suppress a profile by The Atlantic after learning that staff writer Elaine Godfrey had reached out to her congressional peers for insights. According to Mediate,