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Vance’s Talarico Attacks Show His Penchant for Personal Broadsides

At a rally in Texas, the vice president suggested the Democratic Senate nominee is gay, a comment criticized as homophobic.

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‘The View’ Claims Republicans Are Pushing Conspiracy Theories About James Talarico (VIDEO)The hosts of 'The View' ran to defend Texas Democrat James Talarico from Republican 'conspiracy theories' on Monday.

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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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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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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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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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At CNN town hall, Senate candidate James Talarico woos moderate and undecided votersThe Austin Democrat used the forum, absent rival Ken Paxton, to discuss policy and present himself as a moderate. Republicans cast those efforts as contrary to his record.

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