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In the least surprising news since last week’s primaries, Democrats have pulled out their industrial power-washers to try to scrub every trace of ultra-progressivism off their latest hope to retake Texas: Senate candidate James Talarico. But it’ll take a lot more than a routine cleaning to make the 36-year-old radical palatable to the general public.
Running to the middle only works without a record. And Talarico’s, his opponent is already proving, cannot be bleached.
In a perfect world, the former middle school English teacher would have taken James Carville’s advice on political extremism: “Don’t run on it, don’t talk about it, just do it” once you’re in power. But Talarico did talk about it. And talk about. And talk about it — “righteously babbling ultra-woke slop” for years.
Now that it’s primetime, the self-described “devout Christian” is trying to walk back some of his comments that scream unhinged heretic. Things like “God is non-binary.” “There are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six.” White people are “spreading the virus of racism. We don’t have to be showing symptoms — like a white hood or a Confederate flag — to be contagious.” “The American flag is a complicated symbol for most of us.” “It is now existential that we try to reduce our meat consumption.” “The Bible is silent on abortion.”
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Running to the middle only works without a record. And Talarico’s, his opponent is already proving, cannot be bleached.
In a perfect world, the former middle school English teacher would have taken James Carville’s advice on political extremism: “Don’t run on it, don’t talk about it, just do it” once you’re in power. But Talarico did talk about it. And talk about. And talk about it — “righteously babbling ultra-woke slop” for years.
Now that it’s primetime, the self-described “devout Christian” is trying to walk back some of his comments that scream unhinged heretic. Things like “God is non-binary.” “There are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six.” White people are “spreading the virus of racism. We don’t have to be showing symptoms — like a white hood or a Confederate flag — to be contagious.” “The American flag is a complicated symbol for most of us.” “It is now existential that we try to reduce our meat consumption.” “The Bible is silent on abortion.”
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Talarico Runs for the Center, Dragging Years of Woke Baggage behind Him
In the least surprising news since last week's primaries, Democrats have pulled out their industrial power-washers to try to scrub every trace of ultra-progress
