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James Talarico's biggest problem isn't the attack ads — it's his own words

theblaze.com · 2h · first reportShare

James Talarico has a new message for Texas voters: If billionaires are spending millions to stop him, he must be doing something right. But BlazeTV host Pat Gray isn't buying it. In Talarico's latest campaign ad, the Democrat frames a flood of outside spending and attack ads as evidence that powerful interests fear his agenda. “Billionaires are spending millions attacking me. Here’s why. I don’t take corporate pack money. I’m running to ban dark money so billionaires can’t buy our elections, ban members of Congress from trading stocks and enriching themselves, ban gerrymandering in every state,” Talarico said in the ad. “And establish term limits so we can show career politicians the door. I’m James Talarico, and I approve this message because if the billionaires are coming after us, we must be doing something right,” he added. “No, that’s not what that means, James,” Gray comments. “The reason they’re attacking you is because you’re a confused heretic, a blasphemous psycho who would b