Online users shared the rumor about the Texas congresswoman following devastating flash floods outside of San Antonio in early July 2025.

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A rumor that circulated online in early July 2025 claimed U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, personally donated $25 million to support victims and aid efforts following the Texas flash floods.

The flooding, taking place over the Fourth of July weekend along the Guadalupe River, outside of San Antonio, claimed at least 89 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 6, a manager of the Forward Vision Facebook page 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 54,000 reactions, as of this writing.

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Other users shared this rumor on Facebook (archived), Threads (archived) and X (archived).

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 a website linked from the aforementioned Facebook post. The story about Crockett donating $25 million to victims and aid efforts amounted to fiction.
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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. We also emailed a manager of the Forward Vision Facebook page to ask about the fictional stories displayed on the feed, and will update this story if we receive more information. The page’s “About” tab (archived) displayed a creation date of June 27, meaning it was less than two weeks old.

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.

A reverse-image search for the images displayed in the Forward Vision post found the Crockett image originated from a “Good Morning America” TV appearance from May 2024. Searches for the other two photos led to The Associated Press and The Guardian, which authenticated the pictures showing people holding children while walking through debris and an aerial view of the flooding devastation as belonging to the early July 2025 flash floods, as opposed to unrelated past natural disasters.

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 Forward Vision Facebook page’s post featured a link in the comments to an article on the scoreus.livextop.com website. The article, one possibly composed with the assistance of an artificial-intelligence (AI) tool, displayed its text in image form as opposed to traditional text users could highlight, copy and paste. The headline read, “BREAKING NEWS: Jasmine Crockett Donates $25 Million to Texas Flash Flood Victims — Personal Hands-on Help Stuns Fans.”

An examination of the Forward Vision page’s other posts found further traces 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 page and scoreus.livextop.com website 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.