{"id":2574923,"date":"2026-03-01T12:34:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-intervenes-at-last-second-in-tx-dem-senate-race-endorses-jasmine-crockett\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T12:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:36:29","slug":"kamala-harris-intervenes-at-last-second-in-tx-dem-senate-race-endorses-jasmine-crockett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-intervenes-at-last-second-in-tx-dem-senate-race-endorses-jasmine-crockett\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Intervenes at Last Second in TX Dem Senate Race, Endorses Jasmine Crockett"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-intervenes-at-last-second-in-tx-dem-senate-race-endorses-jasmine-crockett%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2574923&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>&#8211; The Western Journal reports that Kamala Harris endorsed Jasmine Crockett in Texas\u2019s Democratic Senate primary, bucking the party\u2019s usual establishment backing for state Rep.James Talarico.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Harris\u2019s robocall promotes Crockett as a fighter who can hold Donald Trump and his allies accountable; Crockett previously served as Harris\u2019s co-chair during the 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; On the Republican side, the race features incumbent John Cornyn challenging Texas Attorney General Ken paxton and U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, wiht a runoff likely if no candidate reaches 50%.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece portrays Paxton as populist-leaning but <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >notes potential \u201ccharacter issues<\/a>,\u201d while it casts doubt on Crockett\u2019s electability and points to negative attention Crockett has received online.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It argues that Democratic operatives orchestrated media appearances (such as a Colbert-related stunt) to boost Crockett\u2019s profile, describing thes tactics as a strategic miscalculation by the party establishment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; the article presents Harris\u2019s endorsement of Crockett as a high-risk, high-impact move that could shift dynamics in the race, with Paxton possibly benefiting if Crockett falters and the Democrats\u2019 messaging being portrayed as flawed.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Give former vice president and 2024 Democratic standard-bearer Kamala Harris some very marginal credit: She&rsquo;s zagging where other establishment figures are zigging.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that might not help her very much of things go awry. Which, you know, they tend to whenever you co-sign anything that Rep. Jasmine Crockett puts her name to.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Harris lent her endorsement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/media-breakup-jasmine-crocketts-campaign-reportedly-calls-cops-cnn-escorts-another-reporter-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crockett<\/a> in her run for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Texas, bucking a trend of other establishment figures who are lining up behind state Rep. James Talarico in the race.<\/p>\n<p>While early voting finished in Texas on Friday, the primary itself doesn&rsquo;t occur until Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Texas has the chance to send a fighter like Jasmine Crockett to the United States Senate,&rdquo; Harris says in a robocall recorded to go out to Texas voters, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/02\/27\/kamala-harris-jasmine-crockett-robocall-texas-senate-democratic-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Texas Tribune<\/a>, an online publication with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allsides.com\/news-source\/texas-tribune-media-bias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leftward tilt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Jasmine has the experience and record to hold Donald Trump and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-endorses-jasmine-crockett-for-texas-senate\/\" title=\"... endorses ... for Texas ...\">billionaire cronies accountable<\/a>,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s time to turn Texas blue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While the fact that Harris might secretly be a Crockett admirer wasn&rsquo;t necessarily a spoiler &mdash; the firebrand and notorious self-aggrandizing Crockett was the national co-chair of Harris&rsquo; presidential campaign in 2024, which normally wouldn&rsquo;t be something to list on one&rsquo;s r&eacute;sum&eacute;, although Crockett has been busy touting it on the campaign trail. It&rsquo;s another thing, however, for Harris to come into a high-stakes primary race on the side of someone that the GOP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/worked-dems-line-behind-moronic-firebrand-republicans-picked-swing-senate-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">desperately wants to win<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The elevator pitch for Talarico is pretty straightforward: Incumbent GOP Sen. John Cornyn is in pretty deep trouble because he&rsquo;s a career politician of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-signs-gun-control-bill-law-29-republican-lawmakers-help-push-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RINO-adjacent variety<\/a>, which has created a three-way race on the Republican side. If none of the candidates get over 50 percent of the vote &mdash; and they almost certainly won&rsquo;t &mdash; this goes into a runoff on May 26.<\/p>\n<p>Cornyn&rsquo;s opposition is Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt. Paxton has been second in most of the polls, which means he&rsquo;s likely to be the runoff opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is that, while Paxton is more appealing to populist conservatives and stands a good chance of winning, he also has what might be charitably termed &ldquo;character issues&rdquo; regarding his moral scruples, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ken-paxton-acquitted-impeachment-trial\/\">both in public office<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ken-paxtons-senator-wife-files-divorce-biblical-grounds-shakes-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his personal life<\/a>. Ergo, while Paxton has a good chance of winning the nomination, he&rsquo;d arguably have a worse chance of winning the general election.<\/p>\n<p>This pretty much goes out the window, however, if Crockett wins over Talarico. While both are pretty extreme and well outside (and to the left of) the Overton window of the Texas electorate, Crockett has flaunted her unelectability during both her time in the House of Representatives and on the Senate campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, consider that&nbsp;<em>this&nbsp;<\/em>was her campaign announcement video:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680; BREAKING: Jasmine &lsquo;Wig&rsquo; Crockett&rsquo;s Senate announcement video is just a compilation of President Trump calling her a low IQ person.<\/p>\n<p>I can&rsquo;t wait to see her campaign go down in flames. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G2w9wtFQ3z\">pic.twitter.com\/G2w9wtFQ3z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CJ Pearson (@Cjpearson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Cjpearson\/status\/1998142703700213799?\">December 8, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Which is probably better than Crockett talking herself, because she commits solecisms like this when she does:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Rep. Jasmine Crockett suggests the United States needs illegal immigrants because &ldquo;we done picking cotton.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Crockett made the argument that the U.S. needs immigrants for farming while speaking at Grace Baptist Church in Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So I had to go around the country and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DUEZ4PskEg\">pic.twitter.com\/DUEZ4PskEg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1909389179290894645?\">April 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: Rep. Jasmine Crockett is upset that Trump didn&rsquo;t &ldquo;holla&rdquo; at her before striking Iran<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You could&rsquo;ve hollered at us&hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am a black woman in America who just happens to be educated enough to know what the law is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you Google war and authority and Constitution,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/52jVdlWV5e\">pic.twitter.com\/52jVdlWV5e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Unlimited L&rsquo;s (@unlimited_ls) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/unlimited_ls\/status\/1936810263006646411?\">June 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Democrats aren&rsquo;t sending their best, in other words.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico, therefore, can come across as a relative template Democrat even if he&rsquo;s not, because he&rsquo;s mostly anonymous. And the Democratic establishment seems to have realized this, even going as far to create a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/colbert-catastrophe-fec-urged-investigate-host-lies-censorship-raising-millions-crockett-opponent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faux controversy<\/a> surrounding his would-be appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/colbert-reminds-us-canceled-smears-ice-agents-masked-goons-victimizing-minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Colbert&rsquo;s moribund CBS show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That whole pseudo-event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dei-dead-jasmine-crocketts-texas-senate-run-seems-like-afterthought-following-colberts-james-talarico-stunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which made it look<\/a> like Trump&rsquo;s Federal Communications Commission was afraid of Talarico (it was actually Jasmine Crockett who was the one who had reason to be angry and push for equal time under FCC regulations regarding broadcast networks), was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-united-states-and-china-trade-blows-at-alaska-talks-what-you-need-to-know\/\" title=\"The United States And China Trade Blows At Alaska Talks: What You Need To Know\">carefully orchestrated<\/a> by the Democratic establishment to raise his profile and his chances.<\/p>\n<p>If you were a Crockett fan, thus, the party seemed to be giving you every reason to shut the hell up until the race was over.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the former veep and 2024 presidential nominee deciding to go all <a href=\"https:\/\/tvtropes.org\/pmwiki\/pmwiki.php\/Main\/LeeroyJenkins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeroy Jenkins<\/a> and endorsing Crockett at the last minute is what the kids might describe as &ldquo;definitely &hellip; a choice.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s good to see that, for once, the priorities of Kamala Harris and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (who apparently goaded Crockett into the race, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/appears-jasmine-crockett-just-fell-trap-set-republican-senatorial-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as per reports<\/a>) are aligning.<\/p>\n<p>But the only person really breathing a bit easier on Friday night was probably Ken Paxton.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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James Talarico. Harris recorded a robocall urging Texas voters that the state deserves \u201ca fighter\u201d like Crockett in the Senate, a move that runs counter to the momentum among many establishment figures. The primary\u2019s Tuesday, with early voting having ended Friday; Crockett\u2019s endorsement comes as the race tightens and as Crockett\u2019s ties to Harris\u2014she helped lead Harris\u2019s 2024 campaign\u2014become a talking point about the left\u2019s influence. The race in Texas pits incumbent GOP Sen. John Cornyn against a three-way field on the Republican side, including Ken Paxton and Wesley Hunt, with a runoff likely on May 26 if no candidate hits 50%. Paxton is seen as the strongest Republican bet, but his public and personal ethics issues could hurt him in a general election, which makes Crockett\u2019s potential rise especially consequential for Democrats. The piece notes Crockett\u2019s notoriety and some unfavorable moments, and suggests the Democratic establishment has sought to boost Talarico\u2019s profile through strategic moves, so Harris\u2019s late endorsement of Crockett is a striking gamble. In short, Harris\u2019s move is remarkable and risky, and it remains to be seen whether it helps Crockett or reshapes the race in ways the party anticipates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2574924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/harris-sbs-crockett-for-march-1-2026.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,13348,74085,72986,74829],"class_list":["post-2574923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-endorsement","tag-jasmine-crockett-2","tag-kamala-harris-2","tag-texas-senate-race-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/harris-sbs-crockett-for-march-1-2026.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2574923"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2574927,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574923\/revisions\/2574927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2574924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2574923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2574923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2574923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}