{"id":2578829,"date":"2026-03-11T19:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-uses-james-talaricos-words-against-him-with-ai-attack-ad\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T19:37:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:37:41","slug":"senate-gop-uses-james-talaricos-words-against-him-with-ai-attack-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-uses-james-talaricos-words-against-him-with-ai-attack-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate GOP uses James Talarico&#8217;s words against him with AI attack ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-gop-uses-james-talaricos-words-against-him-with-ai-attack-ad%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2578829&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senate Republicans\u2019 campaign arm released a new AI-generated deepfake ad aimed at Texas Democratic Senate nominee James talarico, using his past tweets to portray him as extreme and to attack his views on transgender issues, Christian beliefs, and immigration. The nearly 1.<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >5-minute digital spot features<\/a> an AI-generated narration of Talarico and highlights statements the NRSC says undermine his candidacy, including posts about transgender topics, pronouns on official materials, and remarks on religion. The NRSC argues the ad shows Talarico\u2019s extreme positions to hurt his bid to flip Texas, while the Talarico campaign accuses Republicans of fear-mongering and attempting to mislead voters, saying they are mobilizing working Texans to win in November. The article notes that this is part of a broader pattern of the NRSC using deepfakes to twist Democrats\u2019 quotes, including a previous move against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer during a government shutdown. It also touches on the Texas race dynamics, mentioning that Cornyn and paxton are vying for spot in the GOP, with Talarico having defeated Jasmine Crockett in the primary and facing the GOP runoff winner on May 26.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senate GOP uses James Talarico&rsquo;s words against him with deepfake attack ad<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2523992\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE &mdash; <\/strong>The campaign arm of Senate Republicans is using a new <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/deepfakes\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/deepfakes\/\">deepfake <\/a>ad generated by AI to spotlight past tweets from Texas Democratic Senate nominee <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-talarico\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-talarico\/\">James Talarico<\/a> that the GOP hopes will undermine his bid to flip the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n<p>In a nearly <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qIDhhVah4xE\">1.5-minute digital ad<\/a> first seen by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, an AI-generated Talarico narrates what the National Republican Senatorial Committee calls some of the Texas state representative&rsquo;s &ldquo;extreme statements praising transgenderism, twisting Christian beliefs, and advocating for open borders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4488655\/republican-steve-hilton-leads-california-poll-good-democrats\/\">Why Republican Steve Hilton increasing his lead in the California polls could be beneficial for Democrats<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4488763\/watch-live-trump-speaks-massie-kentucky-district\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks in Thomas Massie&#8217;s Kentucky district<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4488603\/trump-massie-gallrein-past-republican-party-change\/\">Trump defends Massie primary challenger for leaving GOP in past: &#8216;Ed still supported me&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The ad is the latest instance of the NRSC using a deepfake video to turn online quotes from Democrats into video and audio, as it did to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NRSC\/status\/1979187237720924195\">criticize Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) during last year&rsquo;s longest-ever government shutdown.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"qIDhhVah4xE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Talarico Tweets\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qIDhhVah4xE?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Talarico video includes a small watermark disclosing it is AI-generated and features several tweets from the years prior to launching his Senate campaign. Those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cryptocurrency-ceo-steps-down-after-controversial-social-media-comments-about-trump-shooting-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Cryptocurrency CEO steps down after controversial social media comments about Trump shooting - Washington Examiner\">posts included statements<\/a> such as &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jamestalarico\/status\/1372646025136066562\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jamestalarico\/status\/1372646025136066562\">Radicalized white men<\/a> are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aldous-huxleys-predictions-have-come-true\/\" title=\"Aldous Huxley...s foresight realized\">greatest domestic terrorist threat<\/a> in our country&rdquo;; &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jamestalarico\/status\/1377359807779246086?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jamestalarico\/status\/1377359807779246086?s=20\">Our office <\/a>is the first in the history of the Capitol to add pronouns to our official business cards&rdquo;; and &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jamestalarico\/status\/1449100589380538377?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jamestalarico\/status\/1449100589380538377?s=20\">in my faith<\/a>, God is nonbinary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;James Talarico is the most radical, woke Democrat Texas voters have ever seen, and voters will reject his extreme statements praising transgenderism, twisting Christian beliefs, and advocating for open borders,&rdquo;&nbsp;NRSC Regional press secretary Samantha Cantrell said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Talarico campaign responded that Republicans and their donors fear for the Democrats&rsquo; ability to win a Texas Senate seat and achieve what no member of his party has since 1988.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;John Cornyn, Ken Paxton, and the billionaires who prop them up are scared of James Talarico for good reason: our campaign is building a movement poised to change the politics of this state and take power back for working people,&rdquo; Talarico campaign press secretary JT Ennis said in a statement. &ldquo;While they lob stale attacks to mislead Texans, we are uniting the people of Texas to win in November.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4480750\/gop-trump-cornyn-president-teases-decision\/\">GOP BEGS TRUMP TO ENDORSE CORNYN AS PRESIDENT TEASES DECISION &lsquo;SOON&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Republicans have shone a spotlight on a litany of prior comments from Talarico that they see as a political liability with voters in a state the GOP has dominated for decades. But the party also has yet to secure its own nominee, as Republican leaders in Washington plead with President Donald Trump to endorse NRSC-backed Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-cornyn\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"965\">John Cornyn<\/a> (R-TX) in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-conviction-should-be-a-wake-up-call-for-complacent-grassroots-conservatives\/\" title=\"Wake Up Call: Trump...s Conviction Should Alert Complacent Grassroots Conservatives\">hotly contested runoff<\/a> against State Attorney General Ken Paxton.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico bested Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) in last week&rsquo;s primary and will face the winner of the GOP&rsquo;s May 26 runoff. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NRSC deploys AI deepfake to highlight Talarico tweets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2578830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26063224039710.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546,33651],"tags":[51738,75598,74022,55575,74740],"class_list":["post-2578829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","category-the-western-journal","tag-ai-2","tag-attackad","tag-jamestalarico","tag-senategop","tag-texaspolitics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26063224039710.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2578829"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578833,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578829\/revisions\/2578833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2578830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2578829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2578829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2578829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}