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James Talarico hoax promoter pulls back from interviews amid 'legal hot water': report

A right-wing poster who helped spread the debunked claim that Texas Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico was treated at a mental health clinic has backed out of an interview, saying his lawyer told him to avoid the press, according to HuffPost. Journalist Jesse Singal said on X Tuesday that Rhein Amacher had been scheduled to speak with him…

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