In early July 2025, online users shared a rumor claiming U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, personally donated $25 million to support victims and aid efforts following devastating flash floods in her state.
The flooding, taking place over the Fourth of July weekend along the Guadalupe River, outside of San Antonio, claimed over 100 lives, as of this writing. Some 27 of the fatalities were campers and counselors of Camp Mystic, a century-old, all-girls Christian camp in the Kerr County community of Hunt. Crockett serves Texas' 30th Congressional District in Dallas and Tarrant counties, far north and outside of the larger San Antonio area.
For example, on July 8, a manager of the Sparkling America Facebook profile posted a video (archived) promoting the rumor.
(Sparkling America/Facebook)
The post included the following caption:
As Texas faced a devastating flood dis@ster that caused heavy damage and claimed at le@st 51 lives — including 15 children — a name managed to warm people's hearts. Jasmine Crockett, a woman known for her private, quiet demeanor, surprised everyone by donating $25 million to support the vict!ms and the families of those still missing in this horrific flood. But she didn't stop there — what Jasmine Crockett did next left fans both astonished and deeply moved…Below
However, searches of Bing, DuckDuckGo, Google and Yahoo found no news media outlets reporting about Crockett donating such a large sum of money. Prominent news media outlets would have widely reported this rumor, if true.
Rather, the person or people who authored the story fabricated the entire tale as one of several of inspirational posts that depicted Crockett as performing inspiring acts of kindness following the flooding. They aimed to earn advertising revenue on websites linked from Facebook posts. The story about Crockett donating $25 million to victims and aid efforts amounted to fiction.
Snopes contacted Crockett's office by email to ask if it could confirm someone fabricated the rumor, and if it had any additional comment to share.
Two days prior to the Sparkling America post, on July 6, a manager of the Forward Vision Facebook profile also posted (archived), "Jasmine Crockett have [sic] donated $25 million to support victims and aid in the search and rescue of those missing in the devastating flash floods in Texas. Fans were stunned to learn that she personally traveled to the disaster site to offer hands-on help. Details in comment." The post received over 94,000 reactions, as of this writing. Other users shared this rumor on Facebook (archived), Threads (archived) and X (archived).
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Crockett's financial disclosures, statements on flash floods
Crockett's financial disclosures from 2022 and 2023 — the most recent filing years available — showed a total amount of assets and earned income either in the tens of thousands or somewhere just above $100,000. In other words, no evidence suggested she was close to becoming a millionaire with the ability to donate $25 million, or even $1 million.
In an Instagram post from July 6, Crockett, announcing her location as residing in New Orleans, Louisiana, recorded a video about the flash floods occurring south of her district. "First of all, we need to truly give our heartfelt prayers to those that are still missing, as well as to those that have lost, you know, young kids. I mean, losing life in general is awful but we've got babies that have died and as far as I'm concerned, it's inexcusable." She also said in an X post, "Many of the impacted families are from right here in Dallas. We're mourning with you and praying for comfort, healing, and peace in the days ahead. TX-30 stands with you."
Examining the false Crockett rumor
The Sparkling America Facebook profile's post featured a link in the comments to an article on the topnewsource.com website. A scan of the story's text with the Copyleaks.com website found a high likelihood that someone composed the article with the assistance of an AI tool. The headline displayed the same text from the Facebook post.
As for the Forward Vision Facebook profile, its other posts exhibited further signs of AI-generated images and text. For example, a July 7 post (archived) falsely claimed Crockett showed up to a site of devastation involving the flooding, including wearing a hard hat and hugging others. The Sightengine AI-detection website found a 99% probability that someone "likely" generated the image with AI. The woman representing Crockett in the picture did not closely resemble her facial features — a clear sign of inauthenticity.
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The Associated Press hosted the image of the man covering his face with the caption, "A Sheriff's deputy pauses while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas." The third photo showed a young girl wearing a Camp Mystic name tag.
The Facebook profile and its accompanying website, scoreus.livextop.com, also promoted other fabricated claims. One of those claims alleged (archived) Crockett "stepped in to cover the funeral expenses and provide compensation for the emotional and financial damages to the victims' family in central Texas flash floods on Sunday afternoon."
Another article on the website claimed, "Jasmine Crockett Shattered and in Tears: The Heartbreaking Moment She Mourns Loss of Best Friend and Mentor Richard 'Dick' Eastland, Who Sacrificed His Life to Save Campers in Texas Flood." While the Austin American-Statesman genuinely reported the news of Camp Mystic Director Richard "Dick" Eastland dying while attempting to rescue campers during the flooding, no evidence suggested he was Crockett's best friend or even an acquaintance of her.
These stories all very much resembled glurge, which Dictionary.com defines as "stories, often sent by email, that are supposed to be true and uplifting, but which are often fabricated and sentimental."
For further reading, Snopes previously reported on another rumor claiming Crockett collected her dead grandmother's Social Security checks for 13 years.