{"id":2673025,"date":"2026-09-30T07:45:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignexclusive-texas-dem-talarico-caught-in-lie-on-trans-insanity\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T07:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T11:56:16","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignexclusive-texas-dem-talarico-caught-in-lie-on-trans-insanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignexclusive-texas-dem-talarico-caught-in-lie-on-trans-insanity\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Texas Dem Talarico Caught In Lie On Trans Insanity"},"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\">20<\/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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignexclusive-texas-dem-talarico-caught-in-lie-on-trans-insanity%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=2673025&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, a Democratic Senate candidate in Texas, has a controversial history of statements opposing traditional Christian views adn supporting progressive stances on gender issues. He once described God as nonbinary and called opposition to transgender women athletes a far-right conspiracy. Recently, he claims to support restrictions on trans athletes in women&#8217;s sports if safety or fairness is threatened, but past comments reveal a more radical position supporting gender-affirming care and rights for trans children. Talarico has previously opposed bills banning gender-affirming treatments for minors, expressing support for transgender participation in sports and even supporting drag shows. Critics argue that his recent moderate rhetoric is a political front, with evidence of past statements and actions indicating he holds more progressive views. Campaigns and fact-checkers have highlighted inconsistencies and alleged lies in his shifting positions, suggesting he is adjusting his stance for electoral gain in a state where his previous views are unpopular.An aide even indicated Talarico might revert to his former leftist positions once elected, implying his current moderation may be temporary.  <\/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<div>\n<p>James Talarico, the creepy \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/23\/exclusive-james-talarico-described-himself-as-a-christian-who-hates-christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christian who hates Christianity,\u201d<\/a> once described God as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/god-non-binary-texas-dem-nominee-talaricos-past-remarks-abortion-race-gender-draw-scrutiny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cnonbinary\u201d<\/a> and called opposition to men playing in women sports a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/texas-senate-hopeful-talarico-hot-seat-calling-men-womens-sports-far-right-conspiracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cfar-right\u201d<\/a> conspiracy. Now, the Democratic Party\u2019s young candidate for Senate in red Texas desperately wants Lone Star State moderate voters to believe he\u2019s had a road to Damascus moment on the subject. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI oppose trans athletes playing in girls\u2019 sports if it endangers safety or fairness,\u201d Talarico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/talarico-missed-mark-backtracks-controversial-woke-statements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> Fox News earlier this month. <\/p>\n<p>His sudden change of heart sounds inauthentic in the way that his professed <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/2031004994367898032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">love of \u201ctrans children\u201d<\/a> comes across as just plain weird. We have the receipts. <a href=\"https:\/\/grabien.com\/file\/getmedia?id=3748032&#038;key=dea8271b326ae7fec9291ef8bf7ad10b&#038;userid=17087&#038;download=c20badda0870b2eeabde44206090e71a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Unearthed footage<\/a> exclusively obtained by The Federalist rips off the mask of Talarico\u2019s phony \u201cmoderating\u201d position.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>UNEARTHED: Texas Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico says he loves trans kids as much as his family.<\/p>\n<p>HOST: &#8220;Something that you love that&#8217;s not family or friends?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>TALARICO: &#8220;Trans children.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zOoGkQnAb6\">pic.twitter.com\/zOoGkQnAb6<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/2031004994367898032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Talarico may be creepy, but he isn\u2019t stupid. He\u2019s a slimy politician who knows that all of the wacky stuff he has said to get elected state representative in a far-left Texas district doesn\u2019t play well in the Panhandle and West Texas. He \u2014 or at least his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/politics\/election-2026\/2026\/09\/28\/562922\/texas-senate-race-spending-talarico-paxton-super-pacs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deep-pocketed <\/a>campaign \u2014 knows that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/06\/29\/1107484965\/transgender-athletes-trans-rights-gender-transition-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most Texans<\/a> don\u2019t believe dudes pretending to be women should be competing in women\u2019s sports. So Talarico, in political parlance, has recalibrated. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCandidates like James Talarico in the Texas Senate race are trying to reconcile past positions receiving new scrutiny,\u201d CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/09\/27\/politics\/democrats-trans-attacks-messaging-midterms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gingerly put it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, they\u2019re lying. And the usual suspects in the accomplice media have generally let them get away with it. The ever farcical Politifact recently came to Talarico\u2019s rescue, covering his trans tracks with one of the more absurdly disingenuous pieces the Theatre of the Absurd political \u201cfact-checker\u201d has ever coughed up. <\/p>\n<p>The Democrat has a record, and it\u2019s crazy. More so, it\u2019s become quite difficult to hide from in a critical race for the Democratic Party \u2014 in a state no Senate Democrat contestant has won <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2018\/11\/05\/heres-how-texas-voted-every-us-senate-election-1961\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">since the days <\/a>of acid-washed jeans, jelly shoes, and New Kids on the Block. <\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a look. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018I Just Want to Say, \u2018I Love You\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>In 2021, the Texas House education committee held a hearing on a bill requiring public school athletes to play on sports teams corresponding with their biological sex. Talarico called it a dangerous debate over a \u201cmanufactured problem.\u201d The only reason the Republican-controlled committee was taking up the bill at all, Talarico claimed, was because some Republicans wanted \u201cto brag to their far-right primary voters that hurt trans kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same voters who think the election was stolen, the same voters who are pushing us to waste time on these culture war issues,\u201d the state rep. declared during the May 4, 2021 committee meeting, in <a href=\"https:\/\/grabien.com\/file\/getmedia?id=3748032&#038;key=dea8271b326ae7fec9291ef8bf7ad10b&#038;userid=17087&#038;download=c20badda0870b2eeabde44206090e71a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unearthed video<\/a> obtained by The Federalist. <\/p>\n<p>He warned that support of the bill keeping males out of female sports would \u201cbe a stain that we can\u2019t remove,\u201d before sanctimoniously telling his colleagues that he would \u201cpray for forgiveness for this committee.\u201d Such prayers might well seem hallow coming from an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinseminary.edu\/faces-of-austin-seminary\/~board\/facesofaustinseminary\/post\/presbyterian-church-inspires-action-in-the-public-arena\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary student<\/a> who once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/talarico-instantly-names-favorite-texas-drag-queen-performer-says-works-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">boasted <\/a>that Texas has \u201csome of the best drag queens in the nation.\u201d He was fighting against a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/08\/25\/texas-drag-show-ban-law-unconstitutional-second-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bill<\/a> aimed at banning sexually explicit displays \u2014 including nudity and sexual gesticulations \u2014 in public or in front of children. A Reagan-appointed federal district judge earlier this year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/08\/25\/texas-drag-show-ban-law-unconstitutional-second-ruling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruled<\/a> the ban on drag shows was unconstitutional. <\/p>\n<p>In October 2021, Talarico delivered a <a href=\"https:\/\/grabien.com\/file\/getmedia?id=3748030&#038;key=f162acb4d7de87743baa3ef5d3f0cb5e&#038;userid=17087&#038;download=84b8bb82a1c2a56d8c99fbc2388457a5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bizarre speech<\/a> on the sports bill before the full Texas House. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the trans kids watching at home, I just want to say, \u2018I love you,\u2019\u201d said the House member who at the time very much supported biological males competing against biological females. <\/p>\n<p>He proceeded to vote <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TX\/rollcall\/HB25\/id\/1110203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no<\/a> on House Bill 25, joining 57 of his fellow Democrats in the nay camp. <\/p>\n<p>It is interesting to note that while today\u2019s Talarico talks about\u00a0 \u201csafety and fairness\u201d in women\u2019s sports,\u00a0 in 2021\u2019s debate he argued that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/news\/2021\/04\/21\/transgender-athletes-texas-state-house-bill\/7307633002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">some things are more important than perfectly fair competition in sports<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A campaign official did not return The Federalist\u2019s request for comment. The email included this question: \u201cHas Mr. Talarico changed his position on this issue and other related matters? Or is he simply lying for political advantage?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Good Old-Fashioned Lies\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Team Talarico gets downright defensive when challenged on the leftist\u2019s positions of convenience. They know they can count on a shameless Democrat-friendly corporate media for backup. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Talarico campaign spokesman JT Ennis touted the Politifact <a href=\"https:\/\/politifact.com\/factchecks\/2026\/sep\/24\/texas-pac\/talarico-transgender-texas-paxton-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">piece<\/a> headlined \u201cTexas ad distorts James Talarico\u2019s vote on gender-affirming care for children.\u201d The political hack fact-checker rates as \u201cfalse\u201d claims by a Republican-aligned Texas PAC that Talarico \u201csupported using taxpayer dollars for sex change surgeries on young children.\u201d Texas PAC in support of Talarico\u2019s Republican opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, has pumped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/articles\/news\/politics\/election-2026\/2026\/09\/28\/562922\/texas-senate-race-spending-talarico-paxton-super-pacs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">north of $60 million<\/a> into the race \u2014 much of the money hitting Talarico on his far-left record. <\/p>\n<p>Ennis rejoiced in Politifact\u2019s \u201cTruth-O-Meter\u201d pronouncement, accusing the super PAC of peddling \u201cgood old-fashioned lies.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Really? Let\u2019s check the record. <\/p>\n<p>In 2023, the Republican-controlled Texas House passed a bill banning taxpayer-funded child sex changes. The law stops doctors from mutilating the genitalia of minors or administering puberty blockers and hormone treatment through Orwellian-sounding \u201cgender-affirming care.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Talarico <a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/TX\/rollcall\/SB14\/id\/1324631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voted against<\/a> the measure. He proposed an amendment that he claimed would \u201ckeep doctors from violating their Hippocratic oath.\u201d In a House debate he said sex changes \u201cin some cases does more good than harm.\u201d He restated his belief that gender is a spectrum. Back then Talarico insisted that there are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/09\/09\/james-talarico-trans-sports-reversal-lgbtq-rights-texas-us-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">six genders<\/a>. Earlier this month he told Fox News he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/09\/09\/james-talarico-trans-sports-reversal-lgbtq-rights-texas-us-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cmissed the mark\u201d<\/a> on that claim. Now, with the hindsight of poll numbers not supporting his wacky trans ideas, Talarico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/09\/09\/james-talarico-trans-sports-reversal-lgbtq-rights-texas-us-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concedes,<\/a> \u201cThere are not six sexes, there are two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Politifact, too, had to provide a correction, begrudgingly. Late last week, the piece was updated \u201cto include additional information\u201d about SB 14, the child sex change ban. Politifact noted that it was not changing its rating. It should. <\/p>\n<p>As the phony fact-checker notes, Talarico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PBLaOfD2RVk&#038;t=612s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> during the Pflugerville Pride 2023 Legislative Panel the bill would deny \u201clife-saving health care from our trans youth in Texas.\u201d In voting against the bill, he supported \u2014 even if tacitly \u2014 taxpayer money paying for \u201cgender reassignments\u201d for children. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018He\u2019ll Change His Tune\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The Texas PAC ad quotes Talarico in 2019 saying that it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6404950726112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cabusive\u201d<\/a> for a parent to deny their child\u2019s \u201cgender identity.\u201d\u00a0 Suddenly, as in this month (now 34 days to the election), Talarico says he would support a national ban on gender-reassignment surgery for minors.\u00a0Apparently such a ban is no longer \u201cabusive.\u201d In a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0srbD2hn2vM&#038;t=683s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> podcast<\/a> this summer, the opportunist Democrat claimed he opposes \u201cgender-reassignment surgeries for minors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some leftists aren\u2019t buying what Talarico is now selling to voters. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-talaricos-pastor-says-jesus-didnt-die-for-sins-slanders-virgin-mary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Undercover footage<\/a> obtained by The Daily Wire shows Babs Miller, the lesbian pastor at Talarico\u2019s church, discussing the Democrat\u2019s apparent move to the political center. Pastor Babs, who also claimed that \u201cwe have no way of knowing if Jesus really existed,\u201d said Talarico would return to his leftist senses once elected. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s getting some advice that I don\u2019t think he should be following,\u201d Miller said in the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JWheelertv\/status\/2100259352338686248?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">viral<\/a> clip. \u201cI can guarantee you that once he gets elected, he\u2019ll change his tune back to where he was.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talarico\u2019s shifting stance on trans issues exposes political deception<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2673026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-at-3.53.27-AM-1024x579.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[6244,5894,68501,3694,4019],"class_list":["post-2673025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-dem","tag-politics","tag-talarico","tag-texas","tag-transgender"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-30-at-3.53.27-AM-1024x579.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673025","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\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2673025"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2673032,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2673025\/revisions\/2673032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2673026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2673025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2673025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2673025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}