Talarico Slams Biden on Border in Texas Senate Ad as 2019 Interview Urged Cutting $800 Million
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 14
Talarico Slams Biden on Border in Texas Senate Ad as 2019 Interview Urged Cutting $800 Million
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 14
Summary
James Talarico’s campaign released a new ad saying he “called out Joe Biden for failing us on the border,” sharpening a tougher immigration message in Texas’s Senate race.
Fox News Digital said Talarico’s campaign could not cite a public Biden-era criticism, while a 2019 interview shows Talarico wanted Texas’s entire $800 million two-year border security budget redirected to public education.
That earlier interview also quoted him dismissing more boats, planes and agents at the border as costly and ineffective, adding to scrutiny of his shift toward branding himself a “border security” Democrat.
JT Ennis, a campaign spokesperson, said Talarico now backs stronger enforcement, more border patrol agents, and deporting violent criminals and human traffickers, while opposing action against “moms and babies.”
The repositioning comes in a close race against Republican Ken Paxton as Talarico tries to broaden his appeal in heavily Republican Texas before the November midterms.
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