{"id":2682096,"date":"2026-10-12T14:23:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-mental-hospital-story-looms-talarico-gets-even-more-bad-news-as-pro-talarico-tiktokers-caught-taking-money-to-love-him\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T14:27:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:27:44","slug":"as-mental-hospital-story-looms-talarico-gets-even-more-bad-news-as-pro-talarico-tiktokers-caught-taking-money-to-love-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-mental-hospital-story-looms-talarico-gets-even-more-bad-news-as-pro-talarico-tiktokers-caught-taking-money-to-love-him\/","title":{"rendered":"As Mental Hospital Story Looms, Talarico Gets Even More Bad News as Pro-Talarico TikTokers Caught Taking Money to Love Him"},"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\">40<\/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%2Fas-mental-hospital-story-looms-talarico-gets-even-more-bad-news-as-pro-talarico-tiktokers-caught-taking-money-to-love-him%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=2682096&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 article discusses the recent activities and controversies surrounding texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. After a period of absence, Talarico reappeared amid speculation about his mental health treatment in Ohio. A significant issue now is the investigation by the New York Times into whether Talarico&#8217;s campaign paid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-dems-buying-influence-online-to-shape-public-opinion-ahead-of-trial-of-officer-accused-in-floyd-death\/\" title=\"Minneapolis Dems buying influence online to shape public opinion ahead of trial of officer accused in Floyd death\">social media influencers<\/a> on TikTok to promote him, which the campaign denies. The investigation found that a majority of TikTok posts about the race favored Talarico, with some influencers reportedly earning money based on views, raising questions about authenticity. Talarico&#8217;s large TikTok following is attributed to his age, as younger users are more active on the platform, unlike his opponent Ken Paxton, who has a smaller presence there. The article also criticizes Talarico\u2019s personal beliefs and public statements, suggesting he misrepresents his Christian identity and holds progressive views inconsistent with customary Christian doctrine.the piece questions Talarico\u2019s motives and authenticity, asserting that his main aim is gaining power.  <\/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>After a brief hiatus, Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico resurfaced with speculation swirling as to whether or not he visited a mental health facility in Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he has another problem \u2014 news that social media influencers on TikTok are allegedly being paid to promote him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2026\/10\/09\/us\/politics\/tiktok-texas-senate-talarico-paxton-midterms.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> did some investigating on video sharing platform TikTok, collecting posts over a 24-hour period last month that amounted to 1,189 about Talarico and his Republican opponent, current Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times noted that a majority of TikTok posts have been about Talarico rather than Paxton, with 70 percent for the former and 30 percent for the latter.<\/p>\n<p>Although that figure includes positive and negative videos on the Democrat, the outlet says it found \u201cdozens of accounts\u201d paid $4 per 1,000 views to promote Talarico, based on job postings and online records by creators. An organization named Frontier Media claimed they were the ones who made the job posting, but the outlet could not get comment.<\/p>\n<p>The Talarico campaign says it was not involved in paying anyone to promote their candidate.<\/p>\n<p>The gulf in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@jamestalarico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Talarico\u2019s TikTok<\/a> following compared to Paxton is significant, as he has over 2 million followers. The New York Times said Paxton is active on the platform with a few thousand followers.<\/p>\n<p>The following for Talarico could be attributed to his age. He is a 37-year-old running against a 63-year-old. The younger generation is more likely to use TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>What can\u2019t be explained away is paying influencers to promote him.<\/p>\n<p>It makes Talarico as a candidate feel even more phony.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate hopeful presents himself as a Christian, hoping voters will accept that statement at face value. His church, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, would have any Bible-believing Christian screaming and running in the other direction.<\/p>\n<p>Take his \u201cpastor\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/blasphemy-another-talaricos-called-pastors-says-jesus-didnt-die-sins-virgin-birth-pagan-myth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Babs Miller<\/a>, for example. She denies the virgin birth of Christ, says He did not die for our sins, and claims we have no way of knowing if He existed. The church believes in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.staopen.org\/inclusive-language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inclusive language<\/a>\u201d when referring to God as \u201cnon-gendered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These people are not Christians, and if Talarico agrees with them, he is not either.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, do not overlook his previous garbled woke nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>When Talarico tries to present as a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/2063624767488344379\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">patriotic, down-to-earth Texan<\/a>, remember <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/2094778918486016056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">moments<\/a> like when he, in mentioning climate change, capitalism, and white supremacy, stated that \u201conly understanding the ways that all three of those oppressive systems work together are we going to be able to begin the process of dismantling them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What does any of that actually mean? 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