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Right-Wing Smear Campaign Against James Talarico Collapses in Mere Hours

A right-wing smear campaign against Texas Democratic US Senate candidate James Talarico fell apart in mere hours on Sunday. On Sunday afternoon, MAGA influencers Nick Sortor and Rhein Amacher posted a 45-second audio recording on social media that they claimed was of an employee at an Ohio mental health center stating that Talarico had been discharged…

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Common Dreams· Oct 12, 2:08 PMRight-Wing Smear Campaign Against James Talarico Collapses in Mere Hours

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Viral Democrat parody sounds eerily like James TalaricoOne Democratic Senate candidate has tried so hard to appeal to working-class Texans that he has accidentally become a parody of himself — and one satirical video is capitalizing on that. The parody begins with a man asking, “Want to know what’s gay?” and answering, “When Republicans shut down our factory.” “I support immigrants, not because we want them,…

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James Talarico Introduced by Country Singer Kacey Musgraves at Texas Festival After 12-Day Absence from Campaign TrailLeft-wing radical James Talarico -- the Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas -- was introduced by country singer Kacey Musgraves at a festival in the Lone Star State, after a nearly two-week absence from the campaign trail.

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News or Ad? Texan Ken Paxton Gets Barbecued by Broadcast NewsOur elitist media love spreading the buzz when First Lady Melania Trump goes “missing” for a few weeks, but they haven’t noticed Texas Democrat James Talarico vanishing for 12 days in the closing weeks of his Senate campaign. As of this writing, Talarico has no campaign events scheduled before Election Day (save a CNN town...

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‘I had the flu’: Talarico returns to campaign trail and dismisses theories about absenceTexas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico on Sunday denounced the wide-ranging speculation about his whereabouts in recent days as Republicans seized on his absence from the campaign trail.

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(VIDEO) Trump Calls BS on Talarico’s Flu Excuse - “TalaFreako Had the Longest Flu Ever Recorded… I Don’t Think it Was the Flu.”President Trump is calling BS on Texas Democratic Senate Nominee James Talarico's story for why he hid from Texas voters for two weeks after ditching Texas and…

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No, James Talarico was not in a mental health facility in OhioThe Senate candidate has maintained he was out with a "nasty case" of the flu and took time off to recover before the final stretch of his campaign.

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FACT FOCUS: Posts falsely claim Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico was at a mental facilityThe facility where he was said to have been treated has denied he was ever a patient there.

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Country star wallops Kristi Noem over sloppy Texas political jabDisgraced former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem took a jab at a Texas-born country music star for campaigning with the Democratic Senate candidate — and got decimated by a blunt one-liner. Kacey Musgraves shared a stage briefly with Texas state lawmaker and Presbyterian seminarian James Talarico, who in recent polls has largely been leading…

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Texas' Kacey Musgraves jabs at Kristi Noem over TalaricoThe Texas-born country star delivered a pointed comeback after Noem used Talarico's concert photos to throw her support behind Republican Ken Paxton.

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Talarico was at home in Texas during campaign trail absence, photos appear to showJames Talarico's campaign shared security camera footage with CBS News that appears to show him at his home in Texas for the first eight days of this month — pushing back on claims that Talarico was hiding the reasons for his disappearance.

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'Whoa': MAGA influencer's secret Talarico call sparks outrage and HIPAA warningsA right-wing influencer is claiming that Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico was treated at an Ohio mental health facility, not home with the flu. The claim rests on a recorded phone call with an unnamed employee, and the Talarico campaign calls it a lie. The call also raises questions about whether the people behind it broke the law. Nick…

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FACT FOCUS: Posts falsely claim Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico was at a mental facilityRepublican officials and conservative social media users are spreading unfounded rumors that state Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic nominee in a

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No, James Talarico was not in a mental health facility in OhioThe Senate candidate has maintained he was out with a "nasty case" of the flu and took time off to recover before the final stretch of his campaign.

The Dallas Morning News2d agoWhole story →

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Conservative influencer Nick Sortor maintains claims about TalaricoConservative influencer Nick Sortor has gone viral yet again for claims about Texas Senate candidate James Talarico's mental health.

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BREAKING: James Talarico Was in Ohio Mental Health Hospital During Mysterious Disappearance (AUDIO)We now know where James Talarico really was when he disappeared for two weeks from the campaign trail.

The Gateway Pundit3d agoWhole story →

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Spencer Pratt says he was told Democratic candidate Talarico is in mental health facilityFormer Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt said Friday that he was told Texas Democratic candidate James Talarico is in a mental health facility.

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MAGA's bonkers James Talarico call scheme goes up in smoke after damning details exposedThe Make America Great Again movement's full-tilt meltdown over a new story about Texas Senate candidate James Talarico may have rested on an entirely false premise, according to analysts. On Sunday, MAGA speculated that Talarico had been at a mental health facility in Ohio to explain his recent 12-day absence from the campaign trail. Talarico has…

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