Carville says Talarico has ‘got to deal with’ past culture war comments if he wants to win Texas Senate race

Nypost · Jun 02, 2026 · 558 words · By Fox News

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Carville says Talarico has ‘got to deal with’ past culture war comments if he wants to win Texas Senate race By Alexander Hall, Fox News Published June 2, 2026, 12:40 p.m.

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Carville says Talarico has ‘got to deal with’ past culture war comments if he wants to win Texas Senate race By Alexander Hall, Fox News Published June 2, 2026, 12:40 p.m.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleVeteran Democratic strategist James Carville and his co-host Al Hunt agreed last Thursday that Texas’ Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico needs to walk back his past comments if he wants to win in the Lone Star State.

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Claim 1: “he said there’s six genders”

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Web search results explicitly mention a report titled '6 GENDERS… Texas Democrat James Talarico says “modern...' and another mentioning his remarks on gender and God being nonbinary.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... Republicans have attacked Talarico's past comments on gender, religion, race and more as the Senate race in Texas heats up.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/james-talaric…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 6, 2026 ... in addition to the common XX (female) and XY (male) chromosomes, there are other chromosomal variations that occur in humans, ...
https://www.facebook.com/colinwayneofficial/posts/6-genders-…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 ... Texas state Rep. and Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico responded to Republican attacks over his past remark that God is "nonbinary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsgLJk-HpEo

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Claim 2: “Texas’ Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico”

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Wikipedia explicitly identifies James Talarico as the Democratic state representative and candidate in the 2026 United States Senate election in Texas. This is further corroborated by multiple Flipboard cross-references.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 United States Senate election in Texas was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Texas. Republican senator Ted Cruz was re-elected …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_elec…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Texas will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Texas. Republican state attorney general Ken P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elec…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — James Dell Talarico ( TAL-uh-REE-koh, born May 17, 1989) is an American politician and educator who has served since 2018 as a member of the Texas House of Representatives. He is the Democratic nomine…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Talarico

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Claim 3: “In a recent CBS interview, Talarico blasted Paxton’s campaign for clipping his past controversial statements”

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Web search results from May 27, 2026, explicitly state that Talarico said Ken Paxton is 'clipping my cringey comments to distract,' confirming the substance of the claim regarding the clipping of statements.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. (born December 23, 1962) is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the attorney general of Texas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he is the Republic…
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Claim 4: “the GOP already aired an ad accusing him of saying all kinds of weird things”

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Multiple web search results from May 2026 report that Republicans have attacked Talarico's past comments on gender, religion, and race as the Senate race heats up, confirming the existence of GOP attacks/ads regarding his statements.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Texas gubernatorial election is scheduled to take place on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Greg Abbott is running for re-election to a fourth t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Texas_gubernatorial_elect…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jasmine Felicia Crockett (born March 29, 1981) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Texas's 30th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine_Crockett

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Claim 5: “They previously cheered his victory over Rep. Jasmine Crockett to be the Democrat’s nominee”

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Three independent web search results (Decision Desk HQ and other news reports) confirm that James Talarico defeated Representative Jasmine Crockett in the Texas Democratic Senate primary in March 2026. Wikipedia also confirms Talarico as the nominee.

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Claim 6: “Talarico... admitted he regrets some of them [statements]”

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Multiple web search results from May 2026 state that Talarico 'regrets' past comments, specifically mentioning he 'missed the mark' on 'cringey' comments and admitted a remark about God being nonbinary was 'intentionally provocative.'

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Talarico described himself as "a Christian who hates Christianity" but explains he has deep devotion to the literal teachings of Jesus ...
https://www.facebook.com/FollowJesus153/posts/texas-democrat…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 · Talarico admitted a remark calling God "nonbinary" was intentionally provocative. He will face Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the November ...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2026/05/28/james-talaric…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 27, 2026 · Republicans have attacked Talarico's past comments on gender, religion, race and more as the Senate race in Texas heats up.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/james-talaric…

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