In fiercely competitive Democratic Senate race, social media influencers increasingly drive the conversation

“nope. we’re not doing this ‘it’s automatically racist and sexist to ever say a Black female politician isn’t 100% a magical perfect being’ thing again,” Armand Domalewski, a Democratic political podcaster who has posted in favor of Talarico’s campaign, said on X. “It’s 100% legitimate to urge people to not donate to a politician because you think they’re not a good candidate!!!”

And so the social media battle lines were drawn, camps pitched on each side dogmatizing Crockett and Talarico’s differing theories of how to win statewide while denouncing the other side’s position as either a product of racism or misguided identity politics.