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Talarico has been very clear that he's against gender surgeries for minors.

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Bwaahahahahahahaha


He is not against it! He's done a 180 on every position he holds to try to win the seat. And you fell for it.

Its pure delusion!

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Low T now running ads saying he is for closing the border and he stood up to Biden. Its funny.

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Yeah, I saw that. He's criticizing Biden now on the open borders policy.

HIs internal polling must be in the toilet!

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With respect, you are wholly misinformed. Talarico has never endorsed gender surgery for minors, much less letting anyone other than parents make a decision on surgery

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Uh, supporting that parents can decide to have their minor kids surgically transitioned IS ENDORSING GENDER SURGERY FOR MINORS!

No one said he wanted to forcibly transition kids without parental consent.

There are two positions:

1. gender surgery for minors is illegal. Period! That is what the right supports.
2. gender surgery for minors is legal. That is what Tally endorses and supports.

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Low T now running ads saying he is for closing the border and he stood up to Biden. Its funny.

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Yeah, I saw that. He's criticizing Biden now on the open borders policy.

HIs internal polling must be in the toilet!

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Good. Would love to see us go harder on border control for a change. Was one of the things I actually liked about Trump despite how ICE went about it initially.

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Low T now running ads saying he is for closing the border and he stood up to Biden. Its funny.

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Yeah, I saw that. He's criticizing Biden now on the open borders policy.

HIs internal polling must be in the toilet!

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Good. Would love to see us go harder on border control for a change. Was one of the things I actually liked about Trump despite how ICE went about it initially.

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what is good? The fact that he's lying?!?!

A politican that lies, let me clutch my heart. Good would be if Dems actually go harder than they usually do on it. That would be good in my opinion.

You mean people like this? They expected Kumbaya because they vote Dim.

NIGHTMARE

A white couple in Austin is currently going through hell.

The couple had a minor disagreement with a neighbor about people parking in front of their home and not leaving them anywhere else to park.

Minor disagreement.

No big deal right? (The black woman tried to… pic.twitter.com/FwEYuDERRI

— Amiri King (@AmiriKing) October 13, 2026

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A politican that lies, let me clutch my heart. Good would be if Dems actually go harder than they usually do on it. That would be good in my opinion.

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They will go harder. They'll let in 30 million next time instead of 15 million. Enjoy your future my lefty friend!

Aww, thanks pal!

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With respect, you are wholly misinformed. Talarico has never endorsed gender surgery for minors, much less letting anyone other than parents make a decision on surgery, which was your original premise. He has never voted to fund surgery for minors. He has stated that he does not support gender reassignment surgery for minors. If you have evidence to the contrary, please share it. Otherwise you are just perpetuating falsehoods.

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What is false about Talarico voting no on Senate Bill 14 and 1257 to prohibit gender mutilation surgeries?

You need better newsletters.

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=88R&Bill=SB14
https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=SB1257

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There is no such thing as trans children. The fact that you think there are and would be fine if your kids were somehow trans is frankly sickening and derelict as a parent.
And hijacking this position as the "normie" position is typical left-wing strategy of stealing words and changing their meaning to something they are not. There is nothing normie about this issue no matter what angle you are trying to ply.

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I'm sorry reality is sickening for you. The world's a messy place sometimes. As icky as you find the subject, that doesn't change the fact that every major medical organization on the planet (and I'm sure you'll find some fringe whacko group to share) supports gender affirming care for minors (not necessarily surgery) and recognizes that gender dysphoria is often experienced/observed in children well before puberty. You can't wish away trans kids.

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My response to whomever had a death wish via even talking to my son about sex changes would be a single, very physical one. It would involve size 17 steeltoe work boots turned into size 17 suppositories.

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I mean, I guess I'm just not such a big snowflake. I'm not scared of trans people or the idea that my kids could grow up to be gay or trans. I don't see any evidence that they are, but it wouldn't panic me. I can handle my big feelings about other peoples words and ideas without lashing out. It might feel like toughness in the moment, but I'd really just be showing others that I'm weak and small minded.

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My son is 8. There's zero reason to speak to sex or sexual orientation/gender at 8.
If he grows up gay, so be it. But leave the kids alone. Its not a difficult concept. Nor is the concept of ****ing Around and Finding Out.

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With complete respect, I disagree. I'm not going to tell anyone how to raise their kid, but I'll share my experience. I grew up in a home where we never discussed sex, sexuality, puberty or intimacy. There was maybe one awkward question when I was 14, but that's it.

With my kids, we started talking with them about their bodies probably around 5 or 6 years old. It started with really simple stuff like the real names of body parts (including how boys and girls have different parts) and "yes, daddy and grandpa were babies just like you and how cool is it that your body will go through these amazing changes when you grow up like us." And it was surprisingly easy to read those books with my kids and it wasn't awkward for them or me. And that eventually included conversations about how families can come in all forms and sometimes a kid has two mommies or two daddies. And when we got into junior high age there were a lot more conversations about puberty, sex, sexuality, etc. Thankfully there was a church class to handle a lot of the heavy lifting for junior high. My daughter hit puberty while my son was still 8 or 9. I'm really thankfully that neither of them had to feel ashamed or embarrassed about the changes she was experiencing. I think that had a lot to do with having conversations when they were young so all this stuff just seemed normal.

The earlier you start talking with your kids about this stuff, the less stigma there will be and the more likely they are to come to you as their trusted person when questions come up. Plus, research shows that kids who learn about this stuff early are more likely to delay sexual activity until they're older. 8 may feel really young to you, but girls in your son's school are going to start puberty as early as 9. And I am willing to bet he and his classmates are noticing teachers or parents who are gay or trans or somehow "different". Kids are super observant. They're going to start talking with each other whether or not you're having conversations.

My unsolicited advice would be to talk with your pediatrician and ask what topics/conversations they recommend for that age and what resources they have. Feel free to ignore.

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I was actually congratulating you on a respectful post then pointed out how you seemed to blame your wife for the yard sign. I was not attempting to say that what followed would be respectful.

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Hahaha, well ok then.

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We can start with his support of unfettered "immigration" such as we saw under Biden. And you can try to gaslight and say he doesn't support that, but he is on video record of saying just that, among many other things that would negatively impact this nation.

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Never heard him say that. I've heard his "welcome mat on the porch, lock on the door" line several times. Got a link?

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I figured you would. Covid should have shown anyone how covetous the Democrats are for absolute power. They railed against the vaccine while it was "Trump's vaccine" but then after the turn-over in power, they were suddenly very much for it, up to and including forcing someone to take the jab or face loss of job and kids. These are facts. Any political party willing to stoop to these measures is one that clearly wants the power of life and death over its citizenry, in other words, a tyranny. You can gaslight all you wish, but it's going to fall on deaf ears here.

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You've clearly bought into some pretty intense conspiracy theories about Democratic plots to exercise tyrannical control. I'm never going to convince you how detached from reality that is. But, if Talarico tries to seize the means of production and install a socialist regime, I'll come back here and eat my hat.

I mean, the original question for the thread was why would a wealthy Dallasite vote for a Democrat. A big reason is that your conspiracy theory sounds unhinged and most wealthy people are sane. Them's the breaks.

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Talarico is, though in not so many words. He wants to dismantle capitalism. Can you point to anyone society that became fabulously wealthy under a socialist or communist economic system? I'm not talking about the leaders of said societies, I'm talking about the common citizens who perhaps have a great idea that they can take the risk on to bring to market.

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So he's saying it, he's just not using words? Ok, you totally convinced me. Neither Talarico nor I are proposing a socialist economic system, so I'm not indulging your detour. I'll continue to enjoy and support our capitalist model and hope to strengthen it through reform and regulation.

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Yes, bunk because of the part that you left out. Sure, his staff reported him, but the FBI found nothing when they investigated. But because the voice on the TV or the ******ed "influencer" on line said it, it must be true.

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You do realize that retaliation against whistleblowers is part of the abuse of office, right? It's specifically the part costing us $6M. I at least respect that you're honest about not caring about values or character. I just have higher standards than that.

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Uh, supporting that parents can decide to have their minor kids surgically transitioned IS ENDORSING GENDER SURGERY FOR MINORS!
No one said he wanted to forcibly transition kids without parental consent.

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I didn't frame the original premise. bobbranco raised the question of letting others suggest surgery for my kids. I was just responding to his implied premise of no parental consent.

And none of that changes the fact that Talarico hasn't supported the idea of letting parents get surgery for their kids. It hasn't happened. You are making it up.

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1. gender surgery for minors is illegal. Period! That is what the right supports.

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You know, a study of this found in a given year (2019) exactly 0 kids 12 or younger getting gender affirming surgery in the US. There were 150 kids 13-17 who did get gender affirming surgery. And 97% of those, 146 cases, were cisgender males getting chest reduction procedures because their hormones triggered excess growth up top and they wanted to appear more masculine. Keeping boys from being men, that's what the right supports.

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With respect, you are wholly misinformed. Talarico has never endorsed gender surgery for minors, much less letting anyone other than parents make a decision on surgery, which was your original premise. He has never voted to fund surgery for minors. He has stated that he does not support gender reassignment surgery for minors. If you have evidence to the contrary, please share it. Otherwise you are just perpetuating falsehoods.

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What is false about Talarico voting no on Senate Bill 14 and 1257 to prohibit gender mutilation surgeries?
You need better newsletters.

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SB14 also banned other forms of gender-affirming care, like counseling/therapy. Talarico proposed an amendment to still allow those other forms of care, but it wasn't adopted. That's why he voted against it.

SB1257 didn't restrict gender-affirming surgery or other forms or gender-affirming care, so not sure how it's relevant here. And I haven't heard Talarico explain the reason for his vote.

I don't subscribe to newsletters, I write them and they're aces.

Your ability to ignore mental illness convinces me you are an ideologue swayed by feelings.

from Kevin Bass:

I made a list of 63 of U.S. Senate candidate James Talafreako's most insane and deranged statements.

Sourced and referenced.

1. "Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six" 2021-04-20, Texas House Public…

— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) October 14, 2026

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I made a list of 63 of U.S. Senate candidate James Talafreako's most insane and deranged statements.

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1. "Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six" 2021-04-20, Texas House Public Education Committee

2. "God is non-binary." 2021-10-14, Texas House

3. "Our campaign has officially become a non-meat campaign." 2022-02, Texas Humane Legislation Network fundraiser

4. "I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity, right?" 2021-03-04, Activist Theology

5. "In context of abortion … God asks for Mary's consent … So, to me that is a an affirmation in one of our most central stories, that creation has to be done with consent. You cannot force someone to create." 2025-07-18, The Joe Rogan Experience

6. "Radicalized white men are the greatest domestic terrorist threat in our country." 2021-03-18, Twitter/X

7. "#AhmaudArbery is the latest American killed by the virus of racism. The virus kills our black neighbors if they're jogging, playing music, sitting in church, selling CDs, or carrying a bag of Skittles... White skin gives me and every white American immunity from the virus. But we spread it wherever we go" 2020-05-08, Twitter

8. "Young activists have really drawn the link between climate change and white supremacy and capitalism in our country and I think only by understanding the ways that all three of those oppressive systems work together, are we going to be able to begin the process of dismantling them." 2020-09-01, Austin Sierra Club climate forum

9. "Restoration, repairing past harms, is part of my faith tradition. … it's exactly why we need … to invest in black communities, to invest in black Texans" 2026-07-20, DeSoto town hall

10. "I think the Confederate flag is a symbol of treason and terrorism, but the American flag is such a complicated symbol for most of us." 2019-09, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

11. "Defund the police is considered off limits in our political debate when defunding health services, defunding public education has been the stated policy of our state government for decades now." 2020-08-02, Texas Rising

12. "Governor Abbott has filled this special session agenda with far right conspiracy theories about trans children causing problems on sports teams, which we know does not occur in the state of Texas" 2021-07-19, FOX 7 Austin

13. "Are districts getting, you know, almost hopefully near unanimous consent for students to learn about [sex education,] maybe the most important topic that they'll learn about in school?" 2022-07, Texas House Public Education Committee

14. "Every one of our neighbors with a uterus became the property of the state." 2022-10-02, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

15. "God is not a Christian." 2023-10-22, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

16. "So, this idea that to be a Christian means you have to be anti-gay and anti-abortion, there really is no historical, theological, biblical basis for that opinion." 2025-07-18, The Joe Rogan Experience

17. "Jesus is the prophetic voice in my own life, but it could be for you a different prophetic voice from a different faith tradition." 2019-09, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

18. "I oppose voter ID." 2021-07-13, Fox News Primetime

19. "Leasing federal property to abortion clinics on federal lands or in federal offices" 2022-06-24, Letter to President Biden

20. "Did they teach you in Sunday school that Jesus Christ himself was a radical feminist?" 2022-10-02, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

21. "I don't want you in my school doing discipline." 2019-02, The Trey Blocker Show

22. "For me, prophetic voices like Jesus have helped me reckon with my own whiteness, my own masculinity, my own certainty, my own ego." 2019-09, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

23. "That [oil and gas] industry is not gonna last." 2020-09-01, Austin Sierra Club climate forum

24. "Our system of policing is deeply broken. We must replace it with something new and something better." 2020-09-02, Honest Austin

25. "The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage" 2023-10-22, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

26. "I'm not an expert on this particular case, but I know that there were no Black members of the jury [in Anthony's case]." 2026-08-05, The Breakfast Club

27. "Our office is the first in the history of the Capitol to add pronouns to our official business cards." 2021-03-31, Twitter/X

28. "If we took just half of what we spend on wars, prisons, and policing, and spent it on education, healthcare, and jobs, we could make prisons obsolete." 2022-04-11, Ferguson prison graduation

29. "Jesus came to transform the world. Christian nationalism is here to maintain the status quo. They have co-opted the son of God. They've turned this humble rabbi into a gun-toting, gay-bashing, science-denying, money-loving, fear-mongering fascist." 2023-10-22, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

30. "In Genesis, God creates life by breathing life into the first human being, which we later call Adam. That life starts when you take your first breath." 2025-07-18, The Joe Rogan Experience

31. "ICE executed a man in broad daylight on our streets just this morning. It's time to tear down this secret police force and replace it with an agency that actually is going to focus on public safety." 2026-01-24, Texas AFL-CIO debate, Georgetown

32. "I'm Season 2 [of Judaism, Christianity and Islam]the most violent season. My religion has done more damage to both of those religions than they've done to each other." 2026-02-23, The New Yorker

33. "I think there are some folks … that would think that if you deny your child's gender identity that that's incredibly harmful. And whether or not we canwe label it with the term abuse, I mean, it's abusive for sure." 2019-04-03, Texas House Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee

34. "Our system, our public education system, particularly here in Texas is not built for poor students. It's not built for students of color." 2020-08-02, Texas Rising

35. "I felt like I didn't have the time or space or training or resources to have the really important conversations with my students … I was trapped in a system that was focused purely on academics, reading, writing, arithmetic." 2020-08-02, Texas Rising

36. "Prison is violence." 2022-04-11, Ferguson prison graduation

37. "But inevitably we're going to spend hours hearing bills that are just kind of conspiracy theory, right, driven, and kind of kooky stuff." 2022-07-26, Texas House Public Education Committee

38. "I know personally that I've learned as much about my faith from Salman's tradition, from the Islamic mystics, from poets like Rumi, as much as I have from Christian authors and Christian writers." 2023-09-16, The State of Belief

39. "God is a verb." 2023-10-22, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

40. "And again, I haven't studied this enough to say this definitively, but there are interpretations of certain passages from the Torah where some folks will even say that there is a, there is some subtle instructions for how to perform an abortion in the ancient world." 2025-07-18, The Joe Rogan Experience

41. "People who're like, "You're in seminary, you're studying to become a minister. Why wouldn't you want the Ten Commandments in every classroom?" … I said I thought the bill was un-Christian." 2025-07-18, The Joe Rogan Experience

42. "Incarnation, by the way, is not just limited to Jesus, it's everybody." 2025-07-18, The Joe Rogan Experience

43. "The Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Galatians, said that in Christ there is neither male nor female. And so, if someone's got a problem with that statement, they shouldn't take it up with me. They should take it up with the Apostle Paul." 2026-04-22, CNN The Lead

44. "An assault weapon ban, a large capacity magazine ban" 2020, Virtual voter meet-and-greet

45. "I don't care what taxes you have to raise, but you're not going to make our students and our teachers, you're not going to make the sick and the elderly pay for this pandemic." 2020-08-02, Texas Rising

46. "Platforms like YouTube, 4chan, and Parlor are radicalizing an entire generation of white boys." 2021-03-18, Twitter/X

47. "Trans children are God's children, made in God's own image. There's nothing wrong with them. Nothing at all. They are perfect. They are beautiful, and they are sacred." 2021-10-14, Texas House

48. "The only person to teach Jesus something was a woman. Even the son of God had something to learn from one of God's daughters." 2022-10-02, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

49. "We only have Jesus because a woman consented to creating him." 2022-10-02, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

50. "Resurrection is when we see Christ in everyone and everything." 2025-04-20, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

51. "Billions of people across the globe celebrate Passover, Easter, and Ramadan. We may use different lyrics, but we are singing the same hymn." 2025-04-20, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

52. "The current administration has grown the size of ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, except it's not people doing Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It is a secret police force that is terrorizing communities." 2025-12-14, Jubilee: Surrounded

53. "I will use every bit of financial and diplomatic leverage that this country has to end the atrocities in Palestine. … I will not use your tax dollars to fund these war crimes." 2025-12-19, Houston campaign town hall

54. "I would not vote to send any offensive weapons to Benjamin Netanyahu that he is currently using to slaughter children in Gaza." 2026-01-24, Texas AFL-CIO debate, Georgetown

55. "And I taught a lot of undocumented students. And those students tended to be my most patriotic students." 2026-03-19, The Bulwark Podcast, Dallas

56. "I think the Supreme Court needs to be overhauled. … I am open to a discussion about expanding the number of justices." 2026-09-09, Fox Special Report, Dallas

57. "The first thing is to elect candidates who recognize institutional racism and are committed to dismantling it." 2018, Reddit AMA

58. "As a Texas legislator, they're also my constituents. Like so many immigrants throughout our history, undocumented Americans came to this country for the same simple reasons: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." 2019-07-12, Twitter

59. "This bill [SB 14, restricting gender-transition care for minors,] I think is the most dangerous bill that's being heard on this floor this session." 2023-05-12, Texas House

60. "Meet Tim Dunn & Farris Wilkstwo billionaires from West Texas. … Their ultimate goal is even more ambitious: transforming Texas into an authoritarian, Christian Nationalist state." 2023-10-05, Twitter/X

61. "Jesus lost, and Trump is obsessed with winning. … And on Good Friday, Jesus lost his reputation, lost his ministry, lost his friends, lost his life." 2025-04-20, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

62. "Matthew 25 tells us how we will be judged and saved: by feeding the hungry, by healing the sick, by welcoming the stranger, by visiting the prisoner. Nothing about being a Christian. Nothing about going to church. Nothing about reading the Bible." 2025-04-20, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Austin

63. "It was a new state curriculum that would teach Christian Bible stories as historical fact, as the only truth to our youngest students, … And to push propaganda, to push indoctrination on those youngest students is deeply immoral and should trouble all of us." 2025-08-05, Faithfully (CAP Action / Interfaith Alliance)

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Thank you for posting this.
The guy is a lemming for donors that keep pushing the moral borders to get what they want. Evil.

It's disgusting to witness the extent that evil has infested so called christian institutions.

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I think mental health and mental illness should be taken seriously. I've had family members deal with anxiety, depression and ADHD in the past.

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We can start with his support of unfettered "immigration" such as we saw under Biden. And you can try to gaslight and say he doesn't support that, but he is on video record of saying just that, among many other things that would negatively impact this nation.

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In the time I have this morning, I'm not going to find a link with this. I had never heard of this heretical snake until he beat whatever that gal's name is in the primary. But with this https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/16/talarico-border-security-voting-record/ voting record, his "welcome matt and a lock" statement are just a ruse to get votes from the gullible.

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I figured you would. Covid should have shown anyone how covetous the Democrats are for absolute power. They railed against the vaccine while it was "Trump's vaccine" but then after the turn-over in power, they were suddenly very much for it, up to and including forcing someone to take the jab or face loss of job and kids. These are facts. Any political party willing to stoop to these measures is one that clearly wants the power of life and death over its citizenry, in other words, a tyranny. You can gaslight all you wish, but it's going to fall on deaf ears here.

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You've clearly bought into some pretty intense conspiracy theories about Democratic plots to exercise tyrannical control. I'm never going to convince you how detached from reality that is. But, if Talarico tries to seize the means of production and install a socialist regime, I'll come back here and eat my hat.

I mean, the original question for the thread was why would a wealthy Dallasite vote for a Democrat. A big reason is that your conspiracy theory sounds unhinged and most wealthy people are sane. Them's the breaks.

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The only conspiracy theory I've ever spent more than a minute looking into is JFK's assassination. No, I came to this statement by a life-long study of history and an understanding of the nature of humankind. Talarico himself would not be the one to actually seize the means of production and install a socialist regime; he would just be a cog in the party machine (one that acts in 99% lockstep these days, with the exception of Fetterman occasionally) that would be doing all of that. Your vote for this guy could enable that.

I've never understood why anyone would vote for a Democrat, regardless of their financial status. And again, I am not following along someone's conspiracy theory, so take your sanity insinuation and shove it.

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Talarico is, though in not so many words. He wants to dismantle capitalism. Can you point to anyone society that became fabulously wealthy under a socialist or communist economic system? I'm not talking about the leaders of said societies, I'm talking about the common citizens who perhaps have a great idea that they can take the risk on to bring to market.

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So he's saying it, he's just not using words? Ok, you totally convinced me. Neither Talarico nor I are proposing a socialist economic system, so I'm not indulging your detour. I'll continue to enjoy and support our capitalist model and hope to strengthen it through reform and regulation.

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Not that he is a Nazi, but Adolf Hitler never specifically said anything about gassing people. Just want to point that out.

What do you think would happen if his call to end the oil economy would do to both this State and this country?
https://senateleadershipfund.org/press-releases/icymi-james-talarico-called-for-dismantling-capitalism-and-texass-oil-industry/

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Yes, bunk because of the part that you left out. Sure, his staff reported him, but the FBI found nothing when they investigated. But because the voice on the TV or the ******ed "influencer" on line said it, it must be true.

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You do realize that retaliation against whistleblowers is part of the abuse of office, right? It's specifically the part costing us $6M. I at least respect that you're honest about not caring about values or character. I just have higher standards than that.

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These two are the only realistic choices. If I could vote in Mickey Mouse, I suppose that would say I voted for a high character. But since that's not an option, I have to choose between the two actual candidates. Yeah, I could vote for a third party, but that's a throw-away that likely leads to one less vote for the one who would actually support my stances on a wide variety of issues and vote accordingly. Your high values / high character guy would at the very least be considering parents who want to protect their kids from mental illness induced surgical procedures that will impact them for the rest of their lives as child abusers.

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from Kevin Bass:

I made a list of 63 of U.S. Senate candidate James Talafreako's most insane and deranged statements.

Sourced and referenced.

1. "Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six" 2021-04-20, Texas House Public…

— Kevin Bass (@kevinnbass) October 14, 2026

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Well damn, he's got my vote even more now. (Realized I probably should have used the reply function, not quote). There are some things that I don't agree with, but mostly I'm okay with many of those statements.

It is not about the candidate so much as the party platform. The candidates are so controlled by party at the national level and by their complex layers of permanent staff and network of special interests and party structure that you really are mostly voting for a platform and stated policy than a representative candidate.

I think much of Democrat policy is destructive, reckless, and socially corrosive and will do much long term harm to the people in general and particularly to those groups they claim to most want to help. It is self serving and exploitative, and I'll oppose anything that advances it, and any candidate that enables it, which almost every Democrat candidate would do.

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Can you explain what you're referring to? I'm not clear on what point you're trying to make.

I think mental health and mental illness should be taken seriously. I've had family members deal with anxiety, depression and ADHD in the past.

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Don't ignore the mental illness of gender dysphoria enabled by activists and cultural marxists that turns kids into murderers and suicide machines. Common sense should be used and realize the medical industry only enables the mental illness to create lifelong patients. The experimentation on and mutilation of children is equivalent to Mengele's evil.

The only thing that sickens me about this are the adults that support and enable this absolute degeneracy and abuse of children. It's disgusting to try and justify this.

As bobranco said, this is Mengele level evil. Pedos rejoice!

Enjoy being on the wrong side of history.

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from Kevin Bass:

I made a list of 63 of U.S. Senate candidate James Talafreako's most insane and deranged statements.

Sourced and referenced.

1. "Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six" 2021-04-20, Texas House Public…

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I made a list of 63 of U.S. Senate candidate James Talafreako's most insane and deranged statements.

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Well damn, he's got my vote even more now. (Realized I probably should have used the reply function, not quote). There are some things that I don't agree with, but mostly I'm okay with many of those statements.

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Which ones are you ok with?

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We can start with his support of unfettered "immigration" such as we saw under Biden. And you can try to gaslight and say he doesn't support that, but he is on video record of saying just that, among many other things that would negatively impact this nation.

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Never heard him say that. I've heard his "welcome mat on the porch, lock on the door" line several times. Got a link?

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In the time I have this morning, I'm not going to find a link with this. I had never heard of this heretical snake until he beat whatever that gal's name is in the primary. But with this https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/16/talarico-border-security-voting-record/ voting record, his "welcome matt and a lock" statement are just a ruse to get votes from the gullible.

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I guess this must be another thing that he's said without using words? Can anyone else hear Talarico's voice? Is he in the room with you now? You end up with a distorted reality when you make someone "say" whatever you want.

I don't have a problem with any of the votes in the article you linked. These were all votes he made in the TEXAS HOUSE, not the US Senate. It's the federal government's job to handle immigration. Make Washington fix it instead of throwing Texas state tax dollars at the problem. Plus, we should not have a patchwork system where every state makes up their own immigration laws. These are performative votes at the state level so Republicans can act "serious about the border."

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The only conspiracy theory I've ever spent more than a minute looking into is JFK's assassination. No, I came to this statement by a life-long study of history and an understanding of the nature of humankind.

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I get it, you're a people person who clearly has his finger on the pulse of America. And, as we've already established, you have the uniquely capability to know what people are thinking without them having to say anything.

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Not that he is a Nazi, but Adolf Hitler never specifically said anything about gassing people. Just want to point that out.

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Why do you want to point that out?

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What do you think would happen if his call to end the oil economy would do to both this State and this country?
https://senateleadershipfund.org/press-releases/icymi-james-talarico-called-for-dismantling-capitalism-and-texass-oil-industry/

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Why do you keep asking for speculation on scenarios neither I nor Talarico are suggesting? Despite your amazing thought-crime telepathic abilities, no one is calling for an end to the oil economy. How do you imagine that would even happen? Do you think this is something voters want or would tolerate? Would corporate donors accept it? Would courts allow it? This isn't a serious scenario you're trying to argue about.

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I'm sorry reality is sickening for you. The world's a messy place sometimes. As icky as you find the subject, that doesn't change the fact that every major medical organization on the planet (and I'm sure you'll find some fringe whacko group to share) supports gender affirming care for minors (not necessarily surgery) and recognizes that gender dysphoria is often experienced/observed in children well before puberty. You can't wish away trans kids.

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1.) No they most certainly don't, and its been banned in multiple countries.

2.) Read the WPath files. Educate yourself.

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We can start with his support of unfettered "immigration" such as we saw under Biden. And you can try to gaslight and say he doesn't support that, but he is on video record of saying just that, among many other things that would negatively impact this nation.

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Never heard him say that. I've heard his "welcome mat on the porch, lock on the door" line several times. Got a link?

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In the time I have this morning, I'm not going to find a link with this. I had never heard of this heretical snake until he beat whatever that gal's name is in the primary. But with this https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/16/talarico-border-security-voting-record/ voting record, his "welcome matt and a lock" statement are just a ruse to get votes from the gullible.

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I guess this must be another thing that he's said without using words? Can anyone else hear Talarico's voice? Is he in the room with you now? You end up with a distorted reality when you make someone "say" whatever you want.

I don't have a problem with any of the votes in the article you linked. These were all votes he made in the TEXAS HOUSE, not the US Senate. It's the federal government's job to handle immigration. Make Washington fix it instead of throwing Texas state tax dollars at the problem. Plus, we should not have a patchwork system where every state makes up their own immigration laws. These are performative votes at the state level so Republicans can act "serious about the border."

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The only conspiracy theory I've ever spent more than a minute looking into is JFK's assassination. No, I came to this statement by a life-long study of history and an understanding of the nature of humankind.

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I get it, you're a people person who clearly has his finger on the pulse of America. And, as we've already established, you have the uniquely capability to know what people are thinking without them having to say anything.

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Not that he is a Nazi, but Adolf Hitler never specifically said anything about gassing people. Just want to point that out.

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Why do you want to point that out?

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What do you think would happen if his call to end the oil economy would do to both this State and this country?
https://senateleadershipfund.org/press-releases/icymi-james-talarico-called-for-dismantling-capitalism-and-texass-oil-industry/

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Why do you keep asking for speculation on scenarios neither I nor Talarico are suggesting? Despite your amazing thought-crime telepathic abilities, no one is calling for an end to the oil economy. How do you imagine that would even happen? Do you think this is something voters want or would tolerate? Would corporate donors accept it? Would courts allow it? This isn't a serious scenario you're trying to argue about.

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Now you are just being either completely naive or you are just lying. The left has made disabling the oil industry one of their primary goals for decades

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Your ability to ignore mental illness convinces me you are an ideologue swayed by feelings.

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Can you explain what you're referring to? I'm not clear on what point you're trying to make.

I think mental health and mental illness should be taken seriously. I've had family members deal with anxiety, depression and ADHD in the past.

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Don't ignore the mental illness of gender dysphoria enabled by activists and cultural marxists that turns kids into murderers and suicide machines. Common sense should be used and realize the medical industry only enables the mental illness to create lifelong patients. The experimentation on and mutilation of children is equivalent to Mengele's evil.

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I'm trying to parse out what you're saying and I'm reading between the lines here. Let me make sure I'm understanding you.

Are you saying:
1 - Gender dysphoria is not naturally occurring
2 - Gender dysphoria is caused by activists
3 - Children experiencing gender dysphoria are more likely to murder
4 - Children experiencing gender dysphoria are more likely to commit suicide
5 - Mental health professionals only create lifelong patients instead of addressing mental illness and we should ignore their guidance
6 - Instead, we should apply common sense to address gender dysphoria

Do I have that right? Correct me if I'm misinterpreting anything. What common sense approaches should be adopted?

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I'm sorry reality is sickening for you. The world's a messy place sometimes. As icky as you find the subject, that doesn't change the fact that every major medical organization on the planet (and I'm sure you'll find some fringe whacko group to share) supports gender affirming care for minors (not necessarily surgery) and recognizes that gender dysphoria is often experienced/observed in children well before puberty. You can't wish away trans kids.

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1.) No they most certainly don't, and its been banned in multiple countries.

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Oh really? Please list for me all the medical organizations that don't support some combination of counseling, social transition, hormone therapy, puberty blockers or surgery for transgender minor? Multiple organizations recommend surgery be delayed until adulthood, which is fine. But they still recommend initial counseling to potentially be followed by other types of care if deemed appropriate. That is still gender-affirming care because trans kids are real. Bans enacted by politicians are not the same thing as recommendations from medical professionals.

You have an agenda and it is aligned with Talarico's degeneracy.

Ah, there it is.

That holier-than-thou mentality prevalent among damn near everyone who votes such as you do. Let me guess, in addition to being a conspiracy theorist and hearing voices in my head or whatever, I must also be uneducated?

You have revealed yourself to be the America-hating Democrat that you are. No one with any level of sense, common or otherwise, can look at a heretic like Talarico and think, this is good for Texas and the United States.

You point out your top 5% thing. That's great for you, but no one gives a crap about that. I don't even know where I might be in such an irrelevant statistic. All I know is that where ever I place on that list, it is good for me and my family. But you do you - boast about all your wealth or whatever, vote for freaks who want to contribute to the downfall of this nation as it was founded and has existed for 250 years, and go back to all your snobbish friends in Dallas and snicker about how superior you are to real Texans and real Americans.

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We can start with his support of unfettered "immigration" such as we saw under Biden. And you can try to gaslight and say he doesn't support that, but he is on video record of saying just that, among many other things that would negatively impact this nation.

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Never heard him say that. I've heard his "welcome mat on the porch, lock on the door" line several times. Got a link?

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In the time I have this morning, I'm not going to find a link with this. I had never heard of this heretical snake until he beat whatever that gal's name is in the primary. But with this https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/07/16/talarico-border-security-voting-record/ voting record, his "welcome matt and a lock" statement are just a ruse to get votes from the gullible.

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I guess this must be another thing that he's said without using words? Can anyone else hear Talarico's voice? Is he in the room with you now? You end up with a distorted reality when you make someone "say" whatever you want.

I don't have a problem with any of the votes in the article you linked. These were all votes he made in the TEXAS HOUSE, not the US Senate. It's the federal government's job to handle immigration. Make Washington fix it instead of throwing Texas state tax dollars at the problem. Plus, we should not have a patchwork system where every state makes up their own immigration laws. These are performative votes at the state level so Republicans can act "serious about the border."

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The only conspiracy theory I've ever spent more than a minute looking into is JFK's assassination. No, I came to this statement by a life-long study of history and an understanding of the nature of humankind.

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I get it, you're a people person who clearly has his finger on the pulse of America. And, as we've already established, you have the uniquely capability to know what people are thinking without them having to say anything.

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Not that he is a Nazi, but Adolf Hitler never specifically said anything about gassing people. Just want to point that out.

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Why do you want to point that out?

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What do you think would happen if his call to end the oil economy would do to both this State and this country?
https://senateleadershipfund.org/press-releases/icymi-james-talarico-called-for-dismantling-capitalism-and-texass-oil-industry/

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Why do you keep asking for speculation on scenarios neither I nor Talarico are suggesting? Despite your amazing thought-crime telepathic abilities, no one is calling for an end to the oil economy. How do you imagine that would even happen? Do you think this is something voters want or would tolerate? Would corporate donors accept it? Would courts allow it? This isn't a serious scenario you're trying to argue about.

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What else are you going to outright lie about or act so obtusely as to effectively be the same thing?

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Because they care about the economy, not social issues, and the GOP is focused on social issues (and renaming things) while doing everything in their power (tariffs, wars) to make the economy worse. They are tired of watching Trump line his pockets and building monuments to himself because, in his own words, "Nobody will after I'm out of office."
They don't give a crap about trans people or gays. They are pissed that diesel is up 66% which is driving up the cost of everything else. But hey, if you say AI, you are the enemy. That level of insanity needs a check and balance that the GOP in Congress has failed to provide.

So since we're obviously in the presence of a Talafreako campaign staffer, can you tell us where, exactly, he's at? And follow up: can you tell us why his campaign was too cheap to buy you a star so you can spam this thread indefinitely?

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Because they care about the economy, not social issues, and the GOP is focused on social issues (and renaming things) while doing everything in their power (tariffs, wars) to make the economy worse. They are tired of watching Trump line his pockets and building monuments to himself because, in his own words, "Nobody will after I'm out of office."
They don't give a crap about trans people or gays. They are pissed that diesel is up 66% which is driving up the cost of everything else. But hey, if you say AI, you are the enemy. That level of insanity needs a check and balance that the GOP in Congress has failed to provide.

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Uh huh.

And how is impeaching Trump, which is the entire Dim agenda, going to improve the economy?

Go read the WPATH files and stop shilling for purely evil people, because you clearly have no clue what you are talking about.

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Because they care about the economy, not social issues, and the GOP is focused on social issues (and renaming things) while doing everything in their power (tariffs, wars) to make the economy worse. They are tired of watching Trump line his pockets and building monuments to himself because, in his own words, "Nobody will after I'm out of office."
They don't give a crap about trans people or gays. They are pissed that diesel is up 66% which is driving up the cost of everything else. But hey, if you say AI, you are the enemy. That level of insanity needs a check and balance that the GOP in Congress has failed to provide.

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Uh huh.

And how is impeaching Trump, which is the entire Dim agenda, going to improve the economy?

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Well for one thing I don't think they will do it. But if they did, the economy would get a boost from much less taco economic policy. He comes up with something new every single day. Try making long term business decisions when the President is whipsawing on his tariffs whenever he feels slighted?

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Because they care about the economy, not social issues, and the GOP is focused on social issues (and renaming things) while doing everything in their power (tariffs, wars) to make the economy worse. They are tired of watching Trump line his pockets and building monuments to himself because, in his own words, "Nobody will after I'm out of office."
They don't give a crap about trans people or gays. They are pissed that diesel is up 66% which is driving up the cost of everything else. But hey, if you say AI, you are the enemy. That level of insanity needs a check and balance that the GOP in Congress has failed to provide.

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Uh huh.

And how is impeaching Trump, which is the entire Dim agenda, going to improve the economy?

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Well for one thing I don't think they will do it. But if they did, the economy would get a boost from much less taco economic policy. He comes up with something new every single day. Try making long term business decisions when the President is whipsawing on his tariffs whenever he feels slighted?

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Hakeem has already said their priorities are to impeach Trump, do investigations of Republicans, and increase spending. Was reported in WSJ last week.