{"id":2607959,"date":"2026-05-28T16:15:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/talarico-embraces-paxtons-talafreako-taunt-with-new-merch-line\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:16:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:16:05","slug":"talarico-embraces-paxtons-talafreako-taunt-with-new-merch-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/talarico-embraces-paxtons-talafreako-taunt-with-new-merch-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Talarico embraces Paxton\u2019s \u2018Talafreako\u2019 taunt with new merch line"},"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\">18<\/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%2Ftalarico-embraces-paxtons-talafreako-taunt-with-new-merch-line%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=2607959&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>James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Texas Senate, is leaning into Attorney General Ken Paxton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-takes-aim-at-d-c-s-accumulation-of-power\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis Takes Aim At D.C.\u2019s \u2018Accumulation Of Power\u2019\">mocking nicknames<\/a> for him as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-trumps-iowa-landslide-its-time-to-stop-pretending-theres-a-gop-primary\/\" title=\"After Trump&#039;s Iowa victory, let&#039;s acknowledge there&#039;s no GOP primary\">general election begins<\/a>. Paxton has tested insults like \u201cTalafreako,\u201d and Talarico now embraces that branding by selling \u201cI\u2019m a Talafreako\u201d T-shirts through his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have targeted Talarico over earlier remarks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nominee-for-top-state-dept-post-contributed-to-book-about-how-israel-lobby-controls-american-politics\/\" title=\"Biden Nominee for Top State Dept Post Contributed to Book About How \u2018Israel Lobby\u2019 Controls American Politics\">including claims<\/a> that \u201cGod is nonbinary\u201d and that there are \u201csix sexes.\u201d Talarico says some past comments missed the mark, but argues they\u2019re being used to distract from allegations of Paxton\u2019s ethical \u201ccorruption.\u201d He also rejects GOP claims that he\u2019s a vegan, calling those attacks \u201cfighting words\u201d at a recent Houston rally and defending his Texas ties and barbecue-eating background. After winning the nomination, Talarico reportedly raised more than $3 million in 24 hours.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"253\">Texas<\/a> Democratic Senate nominee <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-talarico\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"17710\">James Talarico<\/a> is embracing Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ken-paxton\/\">Ken Paxton\u2019s<\/a> taunting nickname of \u201cTalafreako\u201d as the general election starts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent weeks, Paxton has taken a page out of President Donald Trump\u2019s book and begun testing out nicknames for Talarico: \u201cTofu Talarico,\u201d \u201cSix-gender Jimmy,\u201d \u201cLow T Talarico,\u201d and \u201cJames Talafreako.\u201d The Democratic nominee is adopting the latter, unveiling a new line of T-shirts sold by his campaign emblazoned with the words \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/store.jamestalarico.com\/products\/im-a-talafreako-white-tee\">I\u2019m a Talafreako<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4585362\/trump-kingmaker-career-ender-joe-concha\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump proves he\u2019s a \u2018kingmaker\u2019 and \u2018career ender\u2019: Joe Concha<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4585105\/salena-zito-trump-knew-movement-behind-paxton\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump knew there was a \u2018movement\u2019 behind Paxton: Salena Zito<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4584616\/al-green-fighter-democrats-lost-texas-primary-anyway\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Al Green was a fighter for the Democrats. He lost his Texas primary anyway<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans have been hammering Talarico since he won the Democratic nomination over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-pelosi-allowed-recently-covid-positive-rep-onto-house-floor-to-vote-for-her\/\" title=\"Report: Pelosi allowed recently COVID-positive rep. onto House floor to vote for her\">previous comments<\/a> he made that \u201cGod is nonbinary\u201d and his claim that there are \u201csix sexes.\u201d Talarico himself admitted that some of his prior comments were out of touch with Texas voters but that they were also being weaponized to distract from Paxton\u2019s ethical issues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI missed the mark on some of those old statements, but what Ken Paxton is doing is clipping my cringey comments to distract from his career of corruption,\u201d Talarico told NBC in an interview. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Texas Democrat has also made it a point to reject the GOP claim that he is a vegan running in a state known for its barbecue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4582701\/what-talarico-been-up-to-two-months-only-texas-senate-nominee\/\">WHAT HAS TALARICO DONE WITH HIS TWO MONTHS AS THE ONLY OFFICIAL TEXAS SENATE NOMINEE?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019ve even called me a vegan,\u201d Talarico <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DaniellaMicaela\/status\/2059801657186062824?s=20\">said at his Houston rally this week<\/a>. \u201cAnd those are fighting words in the state of Texas. I\u2019m an eighth-generation Texan. I\u2019ve been eating barbecue since before Ken Paxton\u2019s first indictment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Talarico raised more than $3 million in the 24 hours following the GOP nomination of Paxton on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas nominee James Talarico embraces Ken Paxton\u2019s \u201cTalafreako\u201d nickname in the election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2607960,"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\/05\/image-collage-wjnoarypw-1779982140741-e1779996698831.jpg?1779982317&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[18466,80418,68501],"class_list":["post-2607959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-paxton","tag-talafreako","tag-talarico"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-collage-wjnoarypw-1779982140741-e1779996698831.jpg?1779982317&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607959","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\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2607959"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2607963,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2607959\/revisions\/2607963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2607960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2607959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2607959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2607959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}