Crockett: 'I see the government shutting down' in January

Source: The Hill

12/24/25 5:08 PM ET


Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Tuesday she predicts the government will shut down in January and that lawmakers will not pass any appropriations bills to keep the government funded before the funding deadline.

“I see the government shutting down,” Crockett said in her livestream “Crockett’s Quarterly Update” on Facebook. “One of the reasons that I am going to be a little bit more absent than I would like to be in my district, especially in January, is because we are going to have to stay in D.C. and if the government shuts down, I won’t be able to get out,” she said.

Crockett, who earlier this month announced her campaign to take Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) seat, said she does not view the likelihood of a shutdown happening as “partisan.”

“There is just one group of people that [couldn’t] care less about doing what they’re supposed to do, which is to govern,” she said on the stream in a criticism of Republicans.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5662745-government-shutdown-threat-january/