{"id":2620552,"date":"2026-06-28T14:23:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T18:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrat-defends-talarico-were-all-gay-tofu-eating-vegans\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T14:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T18:25:46","slug":"texas-democrat-defends-talarico-were-all-gay-tofu-eating-vegans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrat-defends-talarico-were-all-gay-tofu-eating-vegans\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Democrat defends Talarico: &#8216;We&#8217;re all gay, tofu-eating vegans&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Ftexas-democrat-defends-talarico-were-all-gay-tofu-eating-vegans%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=2620552&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>Ben Flores, a Democratic candidate for Texas Land Commissioner, made a humorous and provocative statement defending Texas State Representative James Talarico during the Texas Democratic Convention. He joked that &#8220;we\u2019re all gay, tofu-eating vegans&#8221; to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breitbart-business-digest-sarah-bloom-raskins-risky-bet\/\" title=\"Breitbart Business Digest: Sarah Bloom Raskin&#039;s Risky Bet\">counter claims<\/a> about Talarico&#8217;s gender identity and lifestyle, emphasizing solidarity.Talarico has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-lowers-unemployment-to-pre-pandemic-levels-after-state-rejected-lockdowns\/\" title=\"South Dakota Lowers Unemployment to Pre-Pandemic Levels After State Rejected Lockdowns\">faced criticism<\/a> from Republicans, especially amid his campaign for the U.S. Senate, where issues such as healthcare, corruption, immigration, and foreign policy are prominent. Critics have also scrutinized Talarico\u2019s past comments and religious views, fueling the culture war dynamics in Texas politics. Flores\u2019 remarks drew attention and further highlighted the contentious atmosphere of the race, in which Talarico is running against Republican Ken Paxton.Polls indicate an even split among voters at the moment.  <\/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\">Democratic Texas Land Commissioner candidate Ben Flores delivered a unique defense of Texas state Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4583808\/gop-torches-james-talarico-new-ad\/\">James Talarico<\/a> (D-TX), saying, \u201cWe\u2019re all gay, tofu-eating vegans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNext time they say that James is trans, we\u2019re all trans. When they say James is a tofu-eating vegan, we\u2019re all tofu-eating vegans. And when they say James is going to hell, we\u2019ll say, we\u2019re all going to hell,\u201d Flores said during the Texas Democratic Convention in Corpus Christi, Friday. <\/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\/entertainment\/4628045\/texas-democrat-defends-talarico-were-all-gay-tofu-eating-vegans\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Texas Democrat defends Talarico: \u201cWe\u2019re all gay, tofu-eating vegans\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4628008\/mamdani-democrats-socialist-manifesto-new-york\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Mamdani mocks Democrats\u2019 anti-socialist \u2018manifesto\u2019 after New York primary wins<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4626487\/julia-letlow-wins-louisiana-senate-runoff\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump-backed Julia Letlow wins Louisiana Senate runoff to replace Bill Cassidy<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flores\u2019 remarks follow in reference to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4595526\/can-low-t-talarico-attacks-work-ask-tim-walz\/\">barrage of attacks<\/a> Talarico has faced from Republicans since launching his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/jamestalarico.com\/\">U.S. Senate campaign. Talarico has built his campaign around key issues,<\/a> including healthcare, corruption and democracy, immigration and border security, and foreign policy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent months, critics have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4480098\/james-talarico-six-sexes-opposing-ban-men-women-sports\/\">unearthed Talarico\u2019s past comments<\/a>, questioned his gender identity, and attacked his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4490544\/james-talarico-seminary-social-justice\/\">religious views<\/a> as he campaigns in one of the nation\u2019s most closely watched Senate races.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">James Talarico receives a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tarlov-gives-head-scratching-defense-of-anti-ice-agitators-wearing-inflatable-costumes\/\" title=\"Tarlov Gives Head-Scratching Defense of Anti-ICE Agitators Wearing Inflatable Costumes\">head-scratching defense<\/a> against his critics from Democratic Texas Land Commissioner candidate Ben Flores:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Next time they say that James is trans \u2014 we\u2019re all trans!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they say James is gay tofu eating vegan \u2014 we\u2019re all <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >gay tofu eating vegans<\/a>!\u201d\u2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iczS3jJue6\">pic.twitter.com\/iczS3jJue6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2071235209018683425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4627880\/paxton-wont-say-whether-james-talarico-going-to-hell\/\"><strong>PAXTON WON\u2019T SAY WHETHER JAMES TALARICO IS GOING TO HELL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flores\u2019 remarks added another flashpoint to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornyn-launches-kenstoppers-hotline-in-escalation-of-effort-to-make-primary-about-paxtons-character\/\" title=\"Cornyn launches &#039;KenStoppers&#039; hotline in escalation of effort to make primary about Paxton&#039;s character\">increasingly heated race<\/a>, underscoring how Talarico\u2019s campaign has become a focal point in the broader culture war playing out in Texas politics<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Talarico is running against Texas Attorney General and Republican Senate nominee <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ken-paxton\/\">Ken Paxton<\/a>. Voters are split evenly so far, according to a recent poll from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/senate\/general\/2026\/texas\/cornyn-vs-talarico\">RealClearPolling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flores defends Talarico: \u201cWe\u2019re all gay, tofu-eating vegans\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4275,"featured_media":2620553,"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\/06\/AP26148060590012-e1782665061658.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[81861,81862,37104],"class_list":["post-2620552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democratic-humor","tag-lgbtq-humor","tag-texas-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26148060590012-e1782665061658.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620552","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\/4275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2620552"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2620556,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620552\/revisions\/2620556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2620553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2620552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2620552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2620552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}