Soren Aldaco Says CNN Town Hall Blocked 23-Year-Old From Questioning James Talarico
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 26
Soren Aldaco Says CNN Town Hall Blocked 23-Year-Old From Questioning James Talarico
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 26
Summary
Soren Aldaco, 23, said organizers for CNN’s Oct. 14 town hall with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico told her the night before the event that she could not participate.
Aldaco said she wanted to confront Talarico over past rhetoric on gender and the consequences of policies she says affected detransitioners and trans-identifying people across four years, five bills and two legislative sessions.
The town hall, hosted by CNN and Jubilee Media, did include audience questions on Talarico’s past comments about God being “nonbinary,” the number of genders and abortion, which he defended as deliberately provocative.
Talarico said last week that Republican extremism pushed him into those culture-war fights, while CNN and his campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Aldaco’s allegation.
Aldaco’s criticism comes as her broader legal fight continues after the Texas Supreme Court ruled on June 26 that her lawsuit against a therapist and counseling provider was not time-barred.