Rep. Jasmine Crockett isn’t drawing neat partisan lines as she launches her bid for the U.S. Senate. Instead, she’s throwing the doors open.

In a Saturday interview on MS NOW, the Texas Democrat made clear that any voter — regardless of party affiliation — is welcome to support her campaign, including those who backed Donald Trump and now regret it.

“I’m a Texan, and so at the end of the day, I think people are trying to say it has to be one or the other, and I believe it has to be both,” Crockett said. “I think that we’re going to see frustration. We’re going to see people that are regretting that they voted for Trump. And those people are absolutely welcome in our campaign.”

Crockett framed her Senate run as less about partisan purity and more about practical consequences — particularly for rural Texans already under strain. She pointed to Republican gridlock in Washington, arguing that farmers and ranchers were suffering even before Trump returned to power.

“Our farmers and ranchers, they’ve already been feeling the heat before Trump got in there, because the Republicans would not allow for a farm bill to be passed out of the House,” she said. “He’s only exacerbated their problems. And that’s why there’s record numbers of bankruptcies that are being filed right now.”

The remarks come just days after Crockett formally announced her bid for the upper chamber, entering a high-profile Democratic contest in Texas. She is challenging state Rep. James Talarico, another rising star in the party who has built a national following and emphasized faith-driven progressive politics.

Rather than bristling at the competition, Talarico welcomed the race, saying the Democratic movement should be rooted in unity rather than division.

Crockett, for her part, has been candid about the internal pushback she faced before deciding to run. Speaking at her campaign launch event, she acknowledged that many urged her to remain in the House, where she has become a sharp-edged national voice.

“There are a lot of people that said, ‘You got to stay in the House. We need our voice. We need you there,’” she said. “And I understand, but what we need is for me to have a bigger voice.”

Her entry reshapes a race already in flux. Just before Crockett announced her candidacy, former Rep. Colin Allred exited the Senate contest to pursue a return to the House, clearing space for a new Democratic showdown.

Now, Crockett is betting that Texas voters — burned by economic pressure, legislative paralysis, and political exhaustion — are ready for a campaign that asks less about where they came from and more about where they want the state to go. In a political climate defined by hardened camps, she’s pitching something riskier: an invitation.