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James Talarico Reportedly Was at a Mental Health Facility in Ohio
Townhall.com ^ | 11 October A.D. 2026 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 10/11/2026 3:22:54 PM PDT by lightman

James Talarico is in one of the most competitive Senate races this cycle, and he disappeared from the campaign trail for almost two weeks. He supposedly reappeared this weekend to poke at Republican Texas AG Ken Paxton over debates, and his team showed him attending a Kacey Musgraves concert.

Talarico is once again being hailed as the Democrats’ best hope to win statewide in the Lone Star State, but his absence drew attention, especially since it looked like he checked into a mental health clinic. That’s not what his campaign said; it said he was sidelined with the flu. This phone call seems to confirm he was a patient at the Lindner Center of Hope near Cincinnati, Ohio. Nick Sortor had the clip:

We’ll keep you updated. The Paxton campaign has trolled Talarico, releasing a press release asking for proof of life.

UPDATE: The Talarico campaign responds with a simple 'this is a lie' statement.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Ohio; US: Texas
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1 posted on 10/11/2026 3:22:54 PM PDT by lightman
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To: lightman
UPDATE: The Talarico campaign responds with a simple 'this is a lie' statement.

Taqiyya.

2 posted on 10/11/2026 3:26:10 PM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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The horrors of living in the dystopian hell-scape of Trump’s America got to him, and he needed professional help to remember what was his purpose in life.


3 posted on 10/11/2026 3:26:51 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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It was a big deal when Thomas Eagleton had this sort of trouble in 1972. But I guess by now a lot of people expect Democrats to be crazy.


4 posted on 10/11/2026 3:27:55 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Some people want to control their own life, others want to control the lives of others. )
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I feel more and more like a resident of George Orwell’s 1984.

Turn on Fox News...Talarico story never existed. Mine blowing up a major oil tanker and endangering passage of any vessels in the Strait of Hormuz....never happened and Bessent even touts figures of more and more oil passing through the Strait.


5 posted on 10/11/2026 3:28:42 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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The Paxton campaign could make a cleverly crafted commercial that avoids slander while raising questions:’If Talerico can’t handle an election campaign, how can you expect him to handle his responsibilities as a Senator?”


6 posted on 10/11/2026 3:29:38 PM PDT by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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We will see if Texas is full of enough muslims and Hindus to elect a mentally disturbed liberal or if its still has enough Texans.


7 posted on 10/11/2026 3:32:10 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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The Paxton campaign could make a cleverly crafted commercial that avoids slander while raising questions:’If Talerico can’t handle an election campaign, how can you expect him to handle his responsibilities as a Senator?”

Too negative, too in-your-face.

I would go with something positive. "Ken Paxton. Responsible, Stable, Sane Leadership for Texas."

8 posted on 10/11/2026 3:33:09 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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I predict he’ll be the first of many libtards in this situation. They’re not made of strong stuff, to say the least.


9 posted on 10/11/2026 3:37:14 PM PDT by simpson96
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He went to teach and educate them on mental issues, beings that he is more sane than any of them.


10 posted on 10/11/2026 3:39:23 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob ( My pronoun is EXIT. Generally full of /S -- Living with Havana Syndrome -infected from Main Stream)
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Audio sounds real.


11 posted on 10/11/2026 3:42:23 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 )
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Im pretty sure a guy who thinks there are 6 genders and “transgender” biological males should have access to abortion services, is perfectly sane.


12 posted on 10/11/2026 3:55:08 PM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times Editor)
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What legitimate medical institution is going to give out patient information to ANYONE calling? I don’t believe this story based on information we’ve been given.


13 posted on 10/11/2026 3:56:01 PM PDT by conservaKate
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Just what we need an institutionalized insane communist democrat serving as senator. Our great state of Texas can do better than that.


14 posted on 10/11/2026 4:01:58 PM PDT by Ronald77 ( )
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I predicted this at the time

Talarico has bizarre views on a variety of things from Christianity, to homosexuality, transgenderism, the meaning of citizenship, Jews, Islam, history, etc....

There’s being discerning, and “thinking out of the box,” and then there’s holding bizarre ideological and spiritual beliefs, and trying comport those bizarre beliefs with reality - and the mental stress that causes.

He’s definitely the latter.


15 posted on 10/11/2026 4:14:09 PM PDT by PGR88
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“ The Paxton campaign could make a cleverly crafted commercial…”

The Paxton campaign is actually so lame it’s unbelievable. They’ve been MIA for longer than 12 days

It is really really bad


16 posted on 10/11/2026 4:16:13 PM PDT by stanne
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What legitimate medical institution is going to give out patient information to ANYONE calling? I don’t believe this story based on information we’ve been given.

Someone in the IRS leaked Donald Trump's private tax returns for partisan reasons, so it happens.

Don't fool yourself into thinking that HIPPA is any more or less of an incentive to follow the law when the stakes are this high.

-PJ

17 posted on 10/11/2026 4:19:09 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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I think Paxton is planning to vote for Talarico.


18 posted on 10/11/2026 4:20:42 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Some people want to control their own life, others want to control the lives of others. )
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Matt Vespa is generally considered positively, IMO. I don’t think he would say this unless he had a good grasp of its veracity.

But as always, good to watch and see.


19 posted on 10/11/2026 4:21:42 PM PDT by rlmorel (Gas prices are Temporary. Communism is Forever. Vote Republican.)
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That’s certainly generic enough.

Not handling an election campaign can be as simple as his 2 week disappearance.

Love it.


20 posted on 10/11/2026 4:27:45 PM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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