Posted on 07/20/2026 1:50:59 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
Senate hopeful James Talarico is on the defensive after remarks resurfaced in which he lavished praise on Texas drag queens as "some of the best" in the country.
Talarico, the Democrats' nominee in Texas’ hotly contested Senate race, made the comment in May 2023 while criticizing a bill in the state legislature banning "sexually oriented performances" on public property and in the presence of minors — a measure that would have likely restricted some drag shows.
He voted "present" on the legislation at the urging of the Texas House LGBTQ Caucus after language explicitly referencing drag performers was stripped from an earlier version, arguing the revised bill would better protect their performances, in a statement to The Texas Newsroom.
"I think Texas is obviously the best state in the nation and I think we produce some of the best drag queens in the nation," Talarico told the outlet. "And I didn’t want any legislation to target them or hurt that industry."
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People particularly in Austin will never desert Talarico no matter what he says.
We can’t put out a Paxton sign, or our property in TX would be vandalized.
Tar.
Feathers.
Fencerail.
Swamp.
Lots of Non-Native American Injuns there. The Socialist DemonRATS love them.
That would be an improvement, but Talafreako is obsessed with sex change ideology.
That’s one reason I moved.
It looks different when you escape from he big urban areas. I moved 10 miles away from I-35. Now we have chickens and a dog. Neighbors have goats. Do you have a job and mortgage?
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