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Posted on 10/11/2026 3:47:56 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
James Talarico, the Texas Democratic nominee for Senate, on Sunday dismissed GOP conspiracy theories about his flu-induced absence from the campaign trail and sought to turn the tables.
“I had the flu,” he said in an exclusive interview with MS NOW. “This is the craziest thing I’ve ever heard. It’s wild that someone can just post something on the internet and then the media just runs with it.”
He dismissed the brouhaha as “silly season in our politics” and issued a fresh challenge to his GOP rival, Ken Paxton, who spent the better part of 10 days fueling wild speculation about Talarico’s whereabouts while the Democrat recovered from his illness.
“He asked for proof of life from me. I’m asking proof of spine from him,” Talarico told MS NOW, referring to his repeated invitations to Paxton to debate him publicly in a race that is stunningly tight in deep-red Texas.
“I’ve heard credible reports that Ken Paxton has a serious medical condition that causes clinical level of cowardice,” Talarico joked during his first nationally televised interview since returning to the campaign trail.
Paxton, the scandal-plagued Texas attorney general backed by President Donald Trump, and other Republicans had been posting faux “missing” and “wanted” posters online, demanding “proof of life” from Talarico’s camp. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, piled on by posting a milk carton featuring the face of a “missing” Talarico.
When pressed on why his campaign had not more forcefully addressed the attacks on him in a high-stakes race so close to Election Day, Talarico pointed a finger at journalists and social media. “Sorry to disappoint our conspiracy theorists online, but our social media and traditional media system really just rewards rumor and innuendo because it’s what gets clicks,” Talarico told MS NOW.
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And hey, Biden was at the top of his game and all attempts to show otherwise were “deepfakes.”
“They” accused the right of creating deep fakes showing that Biden was a drooling retard. Why didn’t they make their own deep fakes to counter that? They never even bothered.
The dopey little puke is insane. Not even worthy as being a HR maggot. Señator my butt. Never happen. The little boy isn’t right in the head. Texans and Cowboys don’t due COMMUNISM. The little prick can keep it.
Flores and Salam. A Mexican and a sheik. I wonder how Americans feel about Dopey Opie the Tallywacko wandering his insane world at a lowlife U.S. Senator.
Does this mean he WASN’T diagnosed with MonkeyPox?
Newsweek is reporting he was in a nit house outside of Cincinnati. A Flu does not take 10 days to recover from.
“”Must have been a pretty bad flu. I think I missed one day of work in my entire life from having the “flu”.””
True - except for the Hong Kong Flu in January 1969..
It’s October.
Surprise!
A bad flu could have sidelined him for 10 days. But he’s running for office. Why didn’t he have a telephone interview with a friendly journalist during the flu?
monkeypox
NPR says he had the rockin’ pneumonia and the boogie woogie flu.
Of course they don’t ask him WHERE he was physically. In Texas the whole time? If not where? Why? Unravel the fact that he is covering up any part of this and he is done.
In bed for a week and not even a sniffle when he emerges, that doesn’t usually happen.
What kind of man uses the word “silly”. There is that guy on getting you out of your timeshares , but he does it in tongue and cheek.
What kind of man uses the word “silly”. There is that guy on getting you out of your timeshares , but he does it in tongue and cheek.
This is what Flock cameras are for.
The story was fake. Good way to boost Talarico, whoever started and amplified it.
“Never believe anything until it’s been officially denied.’’- Otto Von Bismark.
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