{"id":2623215,"date":"2026-07-03T09:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-talarico-insults-military-families-with-california-transplant-attack-ken-paxton-says\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T09:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:33:47","slug":"james-talarico-insults-military-families-with-california-transplant-attack-ken-paxton-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/james-talarico-insults-military-families-with-california-transplant-attack-ken-paxton-says\/","title":{"rendered":"James Talarico Insults Military Families With &#8216;California Transplant&#8217; Attack, Ken Paxton Says"},"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\">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%2Fjames-talarico-insults-military-families-with-california-transplant-attack-ken-paxton-says%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=2623215&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>The content presents a discussion surrounding a political debate in Texas, focusing on the use of the phrase \u201cDon\u2019t California my Texas,\u201d which signifies concerns over liberal influence from California.In a recent Senate race, both candidates have targeted each other with California-related insults. Democratic candidate james Talarico\u2019s campaign highlighted Texas Attorney General ken Paxton\u2019s nostalgic remarks about California, suggesting Paxton misses his past life there. Conversely, Paxton responded by framing Talarico\u2019s attack as an insult to his father\u2019s military service and his own background as a military family member. Paxton emphasized his family\u2019s extensive military history across several states and criticized Talarico\u2019s fundraising activities in San Francisco,portraying him as disconnected from Texas values. The article also notes Talarico\u2019s efforts to present himself as a moderate and a native Texan, despite previous campaigns emphasizing his eighth-generation Texan heritage. The discussion underscores the contrasting narratives each candidate employs regarding their backgrounds and ties to Texas, with particular focus on military service, regional loyalty, and political positioning.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t California my Texas\u201d is a popular saying that captures the wariness that many in the Lone Star State feel toward the coastal liberal bastion \u2014 and in its mudslinging Senate race both candidates are using \u201cCalifornian\u201d as a pejorative.\u201c[Republican Texas Attorney General] Ken Paxton clearly misses his old home in California,\u201d an account linked to Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico\u2019s campaign claimed in a Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/teamtalaricohq\/videos\/ken-paxton-clearly-misses-his-old-home-in-california\/910858102072388\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post<\/a> to Facebook. However, the GOP upper chamber candidate is responding by casting his opponent\u2019s attack on his childhood residence as an insult to his father\u2019s military service.<\/p>\n<p>The post features a clip of Paxton saying \u201cI like places in California, even though I don\u2019t like to admit that I go to California.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Austin Democrat also labeled Paxton a \u201cCalifornia transplant\u201d in his Texas Democratic National Convention speech on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton\u2019s father, Warren Kenneth Paxton Sr., served in the United States Air Force as a B-52 pilot, Paxton d in a post on Monday. The Paxtons, like many military families, moved often.<\/p>\n<p>Their journey took them from an Air Force base in Minot, North Dakota, where Warren Kenneth \u201cKen\u201d Paxton, Jr. was born, to Florida, to New York, to North Carolina, to California and to Oklahoma, according to a 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/news\/local\/article\/Texas-top-lawyer-Ken-Paxton-loves-a-good-fight-10816652.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">profile<\/a> in the Houston Chronicle. The family\u2019s temporary home and mode of transportation was a white and gold trailer that lacked air conditioning.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico\u2019s campaign did not respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jamestalarico\/status\/1940192274174156930?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">staunchly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/news\/politics\/state\/article\/james-talarico-tax-billionaires-22203628.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">opposes<\/a> President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans\u2019 sweeping 2025 tax and spending bill, which in part contained quality of life upgrades for military families, Paxton\u2019s campaign pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is outrageous that Talarico is attacking the Attorney General for growing up in a military family, claiming that if you weren\u2019t born in Texas you aren\u2019t a Texan,\u201d Paxton campaign spokesperson Madison Cercy told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like Talarico to tell the 1.7 million military families and veterans that Texas is home to that statement or better yet, tell them about the $9 billion in funding for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >troop\/military family quality<\/a> of life and the $2.9 billion to boost the basic housing allowance that he wanted to deny them,\u201d Cercy added.<\/p>\n<p>The One Big Beautiful Bill Act \u2014 which Trump signed last July 4 \u2014 included $9 billion for troop and military family quality-of-life initiatives like improvements to public schools serving large numbers of military children, more spending on child care, and upgrades to barracks, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militaryfamily.org\/big-beautiful-bill-is-now-law-heres-what-it-means-for-military-families\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Military Family Association<\/a>. The legislation also included $2.9 billion more for the Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marines-mother-takes-on-troop-transport-duties-for-family-visits\/\" title=\"Marine&#039;s mother takes on troop transport duties for family visits\">helps service members<\/a> with rent or mortgage payments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Attorney General\u2019s father served this country with honor, and it\u2019s outrageous that anyone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-clinton-lawyer-comes-short-of-admitting-fbi-raid-is-part-of-effort-to-bar-trump-from-running-for-re-election\/\" title=\"Ex-Clinton Lawyer Comes Short of Admitting FBI Raid Is Part of Effort to Bar Trump From Running for Re-Election\">seeking public office<\/a> in the United States could use a father\u2019s military service as a political attack,\u201d Cercy told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico\u2019s campaign website <a href=\"https:\/\/jamestalarico.com\/meet-james-talarico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">describes<\/a> the Democrat as an \u201ceighth-generation Texan,\u201d and he has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TeamTalaricoHQ\/status\/2064099186119708925?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">frequently<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TeamTalaricoHQ\/status\/2064099186119708925?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">used<\/a> this term throughout his Senate run.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Paxton has portrayed Talarico as out of touch with Texas values, pointing to a series of fundraisers in San Francisco. POLITICO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/06\/16\/talarico-california-fundraising-00964328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> earlier in June that Talarico attended at least four Bay Area fundraisers with prominent Democratic Party donors in the technology industry in mid-April.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico has sought to shed his past enthusiastic embrace of identity politics \u2014 including his statement that \u201cGod is nonbinary\u201d and admitting to love \u201ctrans children\u201d \u2014 and adopt a more moderate image. Paxton told the DCNF that he is not buying his opponent\u2019s rebrand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe went to San Francisco to raise money. In my opinion, those are his people. 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