JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<table>
    <td>
            <a class="item1" href="#">
            Menu1
            </a>
        </td>

        <td>
            <a class="item1" href="#">
            Menu2
            </a>
        </td>
</table>

CSS

.item1{
    color: black;
}
a{
    text-decoration: none;
}

JavaScript

$('.item1').click(function(e){
    $('.item1').css("color", "black");
    $(this).css("color", "red");
});