"Neighbors with a uterus" will impact swing voters. That isn't normal behavior.

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Fortunately for Paxton, all of the false preacher stuff from Talarico outshines Paxton's "poor Christian" criticisms.

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Don't learn the wrong lesson from 2024. All the trans ads were effective not because people actually care much about that issue, but because it told them that the Dems spent their time on stuff they didn't care about.

Most voters don't care about the stuff that animates F16, and so it only really resonates if there is something else to hold it up. Most of the "Talarico is a weirdo, vegan, fake Christian" stuff isn't going to move the needle with swing voters. If people are really pissed at Trump the democrats have a chance in the race. If not, then not

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Correct. 45% of Texas voters will vote R no matter what. 35% will vote D. The only issue is the middle 20% who aren't strongly aligned with conservatives or liberals. Republicans have a much easier time since they are closer to 50% support, but swing voters aren't happy right now. They don't care much about Paxton's corruption or Talarico's weirdness, but they do care about inflation, war, insider trading, taxpayer funded slush fund, and the Epstein coverup. I know F16 doesn't care about this, but swing voters do and that is giving Talarico a slight opening.

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Which are all bi-partisan realities if one is not a fickle, idiot swing voter, but I get your point because that's what makes a swing voter who they are. They live in the political moment and have zero ability to think strategically or beyond their next paycheck.

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Exactly. They have incredibly short memories. For example:

• Inflation - Due in large part to Biden's $1.9 Trillion "American Rescue Plan" in 2021, M2 rose to an extent that 7-8% annualized inflation occurred. Today's 3.8% inflation rate pales to those levels.
• War - It is a legitimate debate whether the timing of Trump's action against Iran was the right thing to do at the time. However, Presidents of multiple administrations since the 70's have said that the Iran issue needed to be addressed, yet no one had done anything, save sending pallets of billions in cash to attempt to bribe the Iranians into playing nice. Now, the question remains: Do we finish the job? Or tuck tail and run, making the decades-old situation even worse?
• Insider trading - By all means, vote Democrat because Paxton sold some investments that he didn't disclose he received compensation for... though I'm not sure how one could rationalize that's anywhere near the level of insider trading - and profits made - by Nancy Pelosi, et. al.
• Taxpayer funded slush fund - Again, narrative over substance. $1.776 Billion (1776, get it?) as possible compensation for the worst affected by targeted, political, malicious prosecutions by the previous DOJ, over and against the up to $20 Billion (and counting) lost through fraudulent activites in Minnesota, California, and many other states.
• Epstein coverup - Also a great narrative, if one ignores that all of the information being "covered up" was in the hands of the Biden DOJ. And for those who believe that the BIden DOJ whould choose to "protect Trump", I I really don't think a rational discussion can be had with these folks.

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Fortunately for Paxton, all of the false preacher stuff from Talarico outshines Paxton's "poor Christian" criticisms.

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Don't learn the wrong lesson from 2024. All the trans ads were effective not because people actually care much about that issue, but because it told them that the Dems spent their time on stuff they didn't care about.

Most voters don't care about the stuff that animates F16, and so it only really resonates if there is something else to hold it up. Most of the "Talarico is a weirdo, vegan, fake Christian" stuff isn't going to move the needle with swing voters. If people are really pissed at Trump the democrats have a chance in the race. If not, then not

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Correct. 45% of Texas voters will vote R no matter what. 35% will vote D. The only issue is the middle 20% who aren't strongly aligned with conservatives or liberals. Republicans have a much easier time since they are closer to 50% support, but swing voters aren't happy right now. They don't care much about Paxton's corruption or Talarico's weirdness, but they do care about inflation, war, insider trading, taxpayer funded slush fund, and the Epstein coverup. I know F16 doesn't care about this, but swing voters do and that is giving Talarico a slight opening.

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Which are all bi-partisan realities if one is not a fickle, idiot swing voter, but I get your point because that's what makes a swing voter who they are. They live in the political moment and have zero ability to think strategically or beyond their next paycheck.

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Exactly. They have incredibly short memories. For example:

• Inflation - Due in large part to Biden's $1.9 Trillion "American Rescue Plan" in 2021, M2 rose to an extent that 7-8% annualized inflation occurred. Today's 3.8% inflation rate pales to those levels.
• War - It is a legitimate debate whether the timing of Trump's action against Iran was the right thing to do at the time. However, Presidents of multiple administrations since the 70's have said that the Iran issue needed to be addressed, yet no one had done anything, save sending pallets of billions in cash to attempt to bribe the Iranians into playing nice. Now, the question remains: Do we finish the job? Or tuck tail and run, making the decades-old situation even worse?
• Insider trading - By all means, vote Democrat because Paxton sold some investments that he didn't disclose he received compensation for... though I'm not sure how one could rationalize that's anywhere near the level of insider trading - and profits made - by Nancy Pelosi, et. al.
• Taxpayer funded slush fund - Again, narrative over substance. $1.776 Billion (1776, get it?) as possible compensation for the worst affected by targeted, political, malicious prosecutions by the previous DOJ, over and against the up to $20 Billion (and counting) lost through fraudulent activites in Minnesota, California, and many other states.
• Epstein coverup - Also a great narrative, if one ignores that all of the information being "covered up" was in the hands of the Biden DOJ. And for those who believe that the BIden DOJ whould choose to "protect Trump", I I really don't think a rational discussion can be had with these folks.

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The best example of Democrat taxpayer funded slush fund is USAID. An entire governmental institution devoted to laundering money and promoting far left wing ideology. Anyone whining about Trump's legal fund to pay citizens who are wronged by the government needs to remember this historical fact.

This is going to be the election cycle of fake news like we have never seen before.

I actually don't care if he is gay, vegan, or trans…I care about his terrible policies…he, like many of the democrats, are not good for the US.

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Is there any proof of him being gay other than him being very effeminate and being very over the top about LGBTQ stuff?

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he's a childless mid 30's pro-feminist guy with no girlfriend (until yesterday, when he was appointed a beard) who is obsessed with childrens sexual identity.

check this man's hard drive.

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I actually don't care if he is gay, vegan, or trans…I care about his terrible policies…he, like many of the democrats, are not good for the US.

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Being trans means mental health issues so I hope you would care

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Is there any proof of him being gay other than him being very effeminate and being very over the top about LGBTQ stuff?

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Rumors are she danced at gay clubs. Why was he going to gay clubs? Do state legislators frequent gay clubs to find female chiefs of staff? Is she a convenient beard?

I could continue but will be beard be shorn?

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Is there any proof of him being gay other than him being very effeminate and being very over the top about LGBTQ stuff?

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This is how I know you have a brokeass gaydar

It keeps getting better...

Thanks for letting Texans know Talarico (an 8th generation Texan) is also dating the descendant of a Texas founder pic.twitter.com/PPGw7KGJvP

— Based F. Kennedy 🇺🇸🦅 (@Based_F_K) May 30, 2026

So now they're saying that Brianna Menard - apparently because her last name is Menard - is the direct descendant of Michel Menard, a signer of the Texas Delcaration of Independence and whom Menard County is named for.

Only problem is, that Michel Menard was married 4 times, and only had one son who made it to adulthood. (He did apparently adopt the children of his 4th wife). Per FamilySearch, the son, Michel Doswell Menard, only had one daughter that is recorded.

So if Brianna is a direct ancestor of Michel B. Menard, it is not readily findable through a normal genealogical search. So my guess is thatPolitiFact will ultimately have to rate this claim somewhere between "mostly false" and "Pants on Fire". (Yeah, right...)

Are you questioning Trump's sexuality?

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Are you questioning Trump's sexuality?

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You know they have a problem with their candidate when they project his issues onto Trump.

By the end of this campaign, we'll see Low T Tally wearing a cowboy hat, endorsing scriptural inerrancy, taking a dip of chewing tobakky and slapping his fake girlfriend in the ass.

They think it is so easy to trick the voting public in Red States that they fall all over themselves transitioning into a stereotype many voters easily see through.

Skankberger and Governor Blackface can easily fool Virginians. Doesn't work that way in Texas, Tennessee and Florida.

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Is there any proof of him being gay other than him being very effeminate and being very over the top about LGBTQ stuff?

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"besides the gay stuff, prove he's gay"

I hope Talerico goes big on the cowboy hat.

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Is there any proof of him being gay other than him being very effeminate and being very over the top about LGBTQ stuff?

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And there it is... pic.twitter.com/N12q6VW09s

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) May 30, 2026

He's supposedly a pastor. That's normally an excuse to not have a girlfriend or wife. Only when people made fun of him for being obviously gay, did his girlfriend materialize. And she's just as bat **** crazy and liberal as he is.

My only concern is the millions of dollars that this dumbass will burn to lose by 10+ points, that undoubtedly is funneled through the taxpayer. The DNC is broke.

His name is James Dell Collins, by the way. Following the "Beto" game plan that never worked in the past.

Zachary Klement said:

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Is there any proof of him being gay other than him being very effeminate and being very over the top about LGBTQ stuff?

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He met his girlfriend at a gay bar in Austin

Sorry your Senate candidate is gay.

But worse, he's a skin suit for Satan.

Zachary Klement said:

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Is there any proof of him being gay other than him being very effeminate and being very over the top about LGBTQ stuff?

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I agree. Back in the day, when I was trying to pick up chicks, I hit the gay bars.

Bwaaaaaaaahahahahaaaahahaha...

So you also think as a "conservative" it's okay for us to lose our majorities and turn the Senate and House to the demonrats, voting against the Republicans you are disappointed with and for a man who is a false preacher is immoral and wrong!

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Talarico's exes aren't someone else's wife are not existent. For that we shall mock him.

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FIFY