{"id":660,"date":"2026-06-03T12:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=660"},"modified":"2026-06-03T12:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T12:48:13","slug":"talarico-is-polling-ahead-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=660","title":{"rendered":"Talarico is polling ahead–in Texas?!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In the 2024 presidential race, polling often showed Kamala Harris ahead of Donald Trump. Pollsters hoped to convince Normal American voters not to bother to vote. They already knew about massive election fraud, but they had to be convinced there was no point in voting because Kamala was, as Thanos said, inevitable.<\/p>

Read more The power we pretend we don\u2019t have<\/a><\/p>\n

Then Trump won every battleground state, the popular vote, and the Electoral College 312 to 226.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a familiar pattern. Polling routinely shows Democrats beating Republicans, particularly when Democrats are in trouble, and virtually always because Republicans are using the underhanded tactic of letting them talk. In Texas, we\u2019re told by a Texas Public Opinion Research Poll\u2014TPOR\u2014that James Talarico is leading Ken Paxton 47% to 44%. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Talarico, who looks a bit light in the loafers to Texans, has been talking for years, and Texans are noticing. For instance:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In one recent appearance on the Texas Take podcast, Talarico attempted to downplay his past support for gun control measures, insisting that \u201cI\u2019m not interested in taking anyone\u2019s guns.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

But:<\/p>\n

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In a 2020 appearance as a surrogate for then-presidential candidate Joe Biden, Talarico said it \u201cencourages violence against black sons and daughters\u201d when President Donald Trump allows \u201cweapons of war on our streets and in our classrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I seem to remember another Democrat, Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, who ran as a moderate but immediately imposed blatantly unconstitutional gun control measures upon election.<\/p>\n

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Talarico is now a real meat eater, recently filmed munching a big chunk of BBQ while wearing a Texas flag shirt, but in 2022, while wearing a mask (?!), announced his campaign was vegan to fight the \u201cexistential climate crisis.” These days, he\u2019s all for developing Texas oil and gas, and ready to fight his own party over that, but his own previous words say the opposite, including mandating climate hoax curricula in public schools. He said, \u201cOur trans community needs abortion care too.\u201d Jesus was a radical feminist, and there are six genders. \u201cGod is non-binary.\u201d \u201cThe American flag is a complicated symbol for most of us,\u201d and of course, he\u2019s for open borders.<\/p>\n

In the church where Talarico was raised and remains closely associated, a very progressive Presbyterian church, kids can find books they can\u2019t get in school libraries:<\/p>\n

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Books found in the St. Andrew\u2019s catalog include the book \u2018Gender Queer,\u2019 which includes illustrations of oral sex and masturbation, and the book \u2018All Boys Aren\u2019t Blue,\u2019 which discusses anal rape and incest.<\/p>\n

\u2018This Book Is Gay,\u2019 has a chapter on the \u2018ins and outs of gay sex,\u2019 while the book \u2018Becoming Nicole\u2019 tells the story of a gender-confused teen boy who identifies as a girl with the support of his family. In \u2018The Courage to Be Queer,\u2019 the author claims that \u2018God is queer.\u2019<\/p>

Read more Justic, social justice, and Catholicism<\/a><\/p>\n

Other books in the church catalog include \u2018This Book is Gay,\u2019 \u2018Trans Kids, Our Kids: Stories and Resources from the Frontlines of the Movement for Transgender Youth,\u2019 \u2018Called OUT: The Voices and Gifts of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Presbyterians,\u2019 \u2018The Courage to Be Queer,\u2019 and \u2018Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Talarico\u2019s campaign is smarting from reports he\u2019s gay, but he tells us he has a girlfriend he refuses to identify, and who apparently hasn\u2019t been photographed with him. According to one report, she\u2019s:<\/p>\n

Brianna Menard, 30, describes herself as a \u201ccommitted vegan,\u201d yoga buff and cat mom who likes \u201cdancing the night away\u201d at local gay bar Cheer Up Charlies in Austin.\u201d<\/p>\n

Talarico and desperate Democrat apologists have tried to explain away these and more Talarico self-immolating comments, but one doesn\u2019t advocate such things in Texas if they want to get elected, yet Talarico is now leading Paxton?\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the poll, about 1\/3 of the Texans who voted for John Cornyn in the runoff are now switching parties and voting for–Talarico? Cornyn\u2019s the guy who voted with Trump 99% of the time. His 1% votes with Democrats, like a big one for gun control, doomed him, but conservative Texans are voting Talarico, who is all in for the policies that sank Cornyn?<\/p>\n

Luke Warford is TPOR\u2019s owner and operator, and\u00a0his client list is a catalog of the Left:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Agave Democratic Infrastructure Fund [founded by Warford] is making strategic investments that will help Democrats win in 2026 and inform a long-term strategy helping create the environment where Democrats can win in Texas \u2014 and building campaign infrastructure that lasts beyond any one election cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I suppose it\u2019s possible a guy like that can run a completely non-partisan poll, but that\u2019s about as likely as a BBQ-eating, non-binary God-worshiping, gun control-supporting Democrat with an invisible girlfriend who hangs out in gay bars being elected in Texas.<\/p>\n

For Texans, Talarico is all hat and no cattle, and that\u2019s just a baseline.<\/p>\n

Become a subscriber and get our weekly Friday newsletter with unique content from our editors.\u00a0These essays alone are worth\u00a0<\/em>the cost of the subscription.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Mike McDaniel is a USAF veteran, classically trained musician, Japanese and European fencer, life-long athlete, firearm instructor, retired police officer, and high school and college English teacher. He is a published author and blogger. His home blog is<\/em>\u00a0Stately McDaniel Manor.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>

Read more A challenge to good Democrats to form a third party or join the GOP<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the 2024 presidential race, polling often showed Kamala Harris ahead of Donald Trump. Pollsters hoped to convince Normal American voters not to bother to vote. They already knew about massive election fraud, but they had to be convinced there was no point in voting because Kamala was, as Thanos said, inevitable. 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