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applegrove

(134,098 posts)
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 07:03 PM Jun 30

Talarico doing well with latinos and gets 9% of Trump voters.

“Talarico has highlighted how absurd it is for Paxton (“Were shame enough to shame thee, wert thou not shameless”)—who has a long trail of corrupt and adulterous conduct—to criticize the manhood of others.”

@jkavanagh.bsky.social 2026-06-30T18:45:07.215Z
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The Roux Comes First

(2,469 posts)
1. I Find it Shocking That the Race is Even Close!
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 07:16 PM
Jun 30

You've got a repeat lying criminal desperate for even more undeserved power and totally out for himself running against an upstanding citizen who actually has and demonstrates principles and knows what the word "constituency" means. Of course an unspeakable number of offspring (likely more than a few inbred) of "them immigrants" from, say 4 or 5 generations back, wanting to pull up the bridge now, put a similarly corrupt and self-serving "Me, Me, Me" teevee sock-puppet in the White House twice!

democratsruletheday

(1,994 posts)
3. sigh.....the problem with Texas is it's full of Texans
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 07:26 PM
Jun 30

Paxton is pond scum but he'll win because.....Texass.

The Roux Comes First

(2,469 posts)
6. It's True, That's Where the Term "Shit-heeler" Originated, from What I Know
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 12:40 AM
Jul 1

If only they kept it to their heels. Or even below their necks.

senseandsensibility

(26,184 posts)
2. I saw a poll on CNN with Paxton and Talarico tied at 47% each today
Tue Jun 30, 2026, 07:20 PM
Jun 30

I have to admit that was depressing. But it's TX. The same poll showed Talarico polling way ahead on ethics or morality and way ahead with Independents.

LeftInTX

(35,153 posts)
10. Talarico is being swiftboated. They're also saying he loves little trans kids and he's a satanist.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 01:23 AM
Jul 1

Talarico literally said that he loves trans kids....So, there's that..... They have it on video. He said it in an interview a few years ago.

Of course subject to interpretation..........


And their interpretation isn't plutonic love or admiring trans kids for standing up for their rights...it's the "love-love". like in-bed love.....if you know what I mean...

hookaleft

(1,466 posts)
7. Such a fine young man
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 01:14 AM
Jul 1

I would be a shame if he doesn't win. I have donated twice to his campaign. WTF is wrong with Texas? Paxton really??

Torchlight

(7,404 posts)
12. "WTF is wrong with Texas?" What do you think the problem/s is/are?
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 11:52 AM
Jul 1

And how do we go about rectifying the situation?

Regardless, Talarico is currently polling ahead of Paxton and he's got some momentum as we head into the dogdays of summer.

Good luck!

summer_in_TX

(4,394 posts)
9. THIS is one of the reasons I supported Talarico over Jasmine Crockett in the primary.
Wed Jul 1, 2026, 01:20 AM
Jul 1

Her style was a winner with Dems, but off-putting for swing voters, independents, and Trump voters. To win in Texas, you have to make inroads into all those groups.

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