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Jasmine Crockett DUMPS on James Talarico's chances of winning US Senate seat in Texas — and brings the receipts
Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas gave a scathing assessment of James Talarico's chances of flipping one of the state's seats in the U.S. Senate.
The outspoken and often vulgar congresswoman pointed to evidence that the Democratic Party was not placing much faith in its candidate to win the seat.
'I look at where does the NRSC stand? Where does DSCC stand? ... It looks like status quo.'
Crockett told NBC News she did not trust polling for the general election because it had historically overstated Democrats' advantage.
"I watch money. When I look at the money, if Republicans start spending money in Texas, then I'll be convinced," she said.
"But right now, national Republicans decided they wanted to dump money into North Carolina, as well as Georgia," she added. "That's where they're fighting, and national Democrats have not decided to dump money into Texas either."
A report from the New York Times on the financial backing in the race supports Crockett's assessments, especially when it comes to Republicans spreading money to other Senate races believed to be not as competitive and costly as that in Texas.
"I look at where does the NRSC stand? Where does DSCC stand? Right now, neither one are investing, which tells me that their internals are saying the same thing," she continued. "So it looks like status quo. I won't get on the ground to really start to feel it until maybe end of September, October, as I start to dig into which races I'm going to help out in, the races that I really feel like we can win."
The Times report said national Democrats were less willing to dump millions into Texas to back Talarico after seeing that a cash advantage didn't help past candidates in the red state.
Talarico is also faring far better than Paxton in raising millions of donations by himself.
National Republican Senatorial Committee Communications Director Joanna Rodriguez released a statement to Blaze News about Crockett's comments.
"The fall of coordinated spending limits means the NRSC can discuss spending decisions directly with our candidates and their campaigns," Rodriguez said. "The era of raising the curtain on strategy for press and the Democrats we're looking to defeat is over."
Flipping Texas would be incredibly helpful for Democrats' hopes to retake the Senate in the midterm elections.
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A Blaze News request for comment to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee was not immediately answered.
The Paxton campaign also disputed the financial characterization of the race by the Times.
"The trajectory is unmistakable: Support is accelerating, not softening. Everyone from grassroots Texans to large conservative donors are consolidating behind this campaign, and June was the clearest signal yet," campaign adviser Nick Maddux said.
He also noted that the campaign had raised $7 million across several Paxton committees.
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He's the proudly meat-free candidate who loves to sit down to a big ol' plate of beef ribs.Mike Lee SOUNDS the ALARM after stunning polls from Senate race in Texas
Republicans are worried that the election for one of Texas' seats in the U.S. Senate is slipping away after astounding results from the most recent polls.
Three of the polls show Democrat candidate James Talarico beating Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton, and a fourth shows a tie. Another three show Paxton beating the Democrat.
An average of the poll had Talarico above Paxton by 0.7%.
Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah called on conservatives to back Paxton in light of Talarico's extremist opinions and policies.
"Now is the time for every Republican to support @KenPaxtonTX. No exceptions. We can’t have a senator from Texas who thinks 'God is nonbinary,'" wrote Lee with a link to the polling. Paxton defeated one of Lee's colleagues, incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, in the Republican primary runoff after receiving Trump's endorsement.
Two of the polls showing the Democrat winning were Fox News and New York Times/Siena polls, while the ones showing Paxton winning included Quantus and YouGov.
An average of the poll had Talarico above Paxton by 0.7%.
The Decision Desk election analysis group noted that Talarico was faring far better against Paxton in polling on the road to the election than Beto O'Rourke did when he tried to unseat Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas in 2018. O'Rourke lost that contest.
Paxton most recently went on the attack after a report documented evidence that Talarico might have violated the residency rules when he ran for state representative in 2022.
"James Talarico has proven he has zero regard for Texans and the rule of law. He's been lying to voters and shamelessly committing election fraud to hold onto power," he wrote on Tuesday.
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The Talarico campaign claimed that the discrepancy came from processing delays and denied the allegations.
Democrats have a slim chance of winning the U.S. Senate in the midterms, but a victory in Texas would go a long way to help their cause.
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'He's been lying to voters': Paxton BEATS DOWN Talarico over alleged election fraud
The pivotal battle over one of two Texas seats in the U.S. Senate may be decided by new accusations of election fraud against the Democratic candidate.
State Rep. James Talarico is being accused of falsely using his mother's address in Austin in 2021 to elude residency requirements and run in the Democrat-leaning district.
'He is a lying politician who has been deceiving voters throughout his time in office, so it should come as no shock that he continues his flip-flop tour across the state of Texas.'
Talarico announced on Oct. 13, 2021, that he would move back to state House District 50, just one month ahead of the Nov. 8, 2021, deadline for him to meet the one-year residency requirement for the 2022 election.
At the time, he blamed Republicans for redrawing state House District 52, which he then represented, into one that was more red-leaning.
"Republicans have gerrymandered me out of my district. If they think they can keep me off the House floor, they better think again," he wrote on social media.
The Federalist report, citing Texas voter registration files, claimed that Talarico registered to vote at his mother's Austin address in December 2021, well after the deadline, and used her address "on election forms," then purchased a home in state House District 50 after the primary in March 2022.
"There's no evidence, sources say, that Talarico lived at his mother's home during the period. Even if he did, the candidate would have to have resided there for at least a year before launching his House campaign," the Federalist reported.
Voter registration for Talarico dated December 2021 listed an Austin address, according to images shared by the Dallas Express. He was previously registered in Round Rock, Texas, according to the images.
Current records with the Texas Secretary of State list a P.O. box in Austin as Talarico's address for the March 2022 Democratic primary.
The unmarried candidate also reportedly shares an individual checking account with his mother. His campaign reported receiving an in-kind donation from Talarico's parents of $1,437.84 for moving expenses in December 2021, according to the Dallas Express.
Five years later, he's facing difficult questions about whether he actually met that residency requirement.
"James Talarico has proven he has zero regard for Texans and the rule of law. He's been lying to voters and shamelessly committing election fraud to hold onto power," Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote on social media.
His campaign did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.
Madison Cercy, a spokeswoman for the Paxton campaign, did not hold back in a statement to the Federalist.
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"It is absolutely disgusting that James Talarico used his mother's address to not only commit voter fraud, but also to defraud his entire constituency, all so he could run in a safe Democrat seat," she said. "He is a lying politician who has been deceiving voters throughout his time in office, so it should come as no shock that he continues his flip-flop tour across the state of Texas."
A recent Democrat-aligned poll said Talarico had a five-point advantage over Paxton, but the Decision Desk voter probability has Paxton as a slight favorite over the Democrat.
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Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico has been the target of ongoing conservative vitriol. His progressive stance on all major issues despite being a professing Christian inspired some, including GOP opponent Ken Paxton, to not so lovingly dub him “Talafreako.”
The abortion- and transgender-supporting progressive then tried to monetize the insult by selling T-shirts featuring the saying “I’m a *Talafreako*” for $36 a pop.
“I'm like, ‘Who would want something like that?’ And then my answer got handed directly to me,” says BlazeTV’s Sara Gonzales.
She plays a recent clip of Talarico on “Morning Joe” with Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.
“By the way, Talafreako as a nickname, I'm all in,” Scarborough laughed.
Talarico followed the compliment by letting the two hosts know that T-shirts were available for purchase on his website.
“We’ll get you one,” Brzezinski prattled, gesturing to her husband.
Sara can’t help but laugh at Scarborough’s hypocrisy — claiming to be “unbiased” when he clearly loves chumming it up with some of the nation’s most hardcore progressives.
As for Talarico, the desperate T-shirts are evidence he’s in “damage-control” mode, she argues.
“All the crazy s**t that he has said, those words, you're going to be shocked to hear, are coming back to bite him, and you can't just excuse yourself by saying, ‘Oh, I, everyone knows some of the comments I've made in the past are a little bit cringey,'” says Sara.
But unfortunately for Talarico, the cringe continues to follow him.
Sara plays another recent clip of the Texas Democrat arguing against a border wall in Texas.
“We can make sure that our government is not spending billions of our tax dollars on a useless border wall through Big Bend, one of the most sacred parts of the state of Texas,” he declared.
“Just let them in. Come on. They're just newcomers. They're just here in search of a better life. Let's just let them in,” Sara mocks. “Oh, wait, we tried that, and it was a disaster.”
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