JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div class="things">
    <p class="some_class">
        <a href="something">Link One</a>
    </p>
</div>

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $('.things a').click(function(e) {    
        e.preventDefault();    
        //alert($(e.target).parent().nodeName); //Shows "undefined". wtf
        alert($(e.target).parent()[0].nodeName); //works
        alert($(e.target).parent().hasClass('some_class').toString()); //No output
        });
    });