James Talarico snags shock endorsement from youth activist with ties to MAGA senator

Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico snagged a surprise endorsement from a conservative youth activist with ties to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). On Monday, Vasant Bhatt, a 21-year-old student who previously interned for Cruz and organized for the right-wing Texas Youth Summit, announced on X that he had cast his ballot for Talarico. "As a…