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Talarico's campaign angrily denied it.

"This is a lie designed to promote a pathetic conspiracy theory," spokesman JT Ennis wrote on X. "Last week James Talarico was home in Austin, Texas recovering from the flu."

Inevitably, Talarico had to address the situation personally, and what a softball interview it was. For starters, Talarico went two weeks without an in-person campaign event in Texas, yet Prazan shrank that to “roughly nine days” in his first question.

“Yeah, I got the flu, and I’m feeling much better, and I’m glad I had a chance to recover,” Talarico told him. “I’m glad we made the decision to just take the week, get better, and now I’m glad to be back on the trail.”

Prazan then handed him the diabetic explanation, which many predicted would happen, noting that the flu can hit diabetics hard before asking whether Talarico ever needed a doctor or a hospital.

So he doubled down on the flu story. And honestly, he seemed much more nervous than he usually is, repeating variants of the same explanation over and over. I also couldn’t help noticing that for a guy who spent nearly two weeks recovering from the flu, Talarico looks like he’s gained weight. A few years back, I got COVID and was out of it for a few days, and I lost six pounds.

But I digress. Here’s the problem with the flu cover story. Talarico’s campaign never acted like it had a candidate sick with the flu. With the general election less than a month away, his team went radio silent. Worse, it posted video from old rallies and tried to pass it off as current.

Who does that over a flu bug?

Then there are the inconsistencies. Talarico claimed he was sick enough to need a week of recovery, and in nearly the same breath he complained that he never got one.

“Unfortunately, the campaign made me work from home, so I didn’t even get full days off,” he said.

So which is it? Was he flat on his back drinking liquids, or was he on the clock? If you’re telling the truth, you tend not to contradict yourself. On top of that, Talarico changed his story. When he spoke to the Hispanic Business Council via Zoom, he said he went to urgent care in Dallas. Now it’s his primary care physician, presumably in the Austin area, which is roughly three hours from Dallas.

KS Toronado (24,892 posts)

This Meme is not a mistake.



And why don't they think this way today?

MIButterfly (4,403 posts)
1. My mother used to say that Eisenhower was the last good Republican

wnylib (27,843 posts)
9. Very true. By comparison, Eisenhower looks like a liberal next to today's Republicans
But he was behind several CIA operations in Latin America. He supported Cuba's dictator, Batista. The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba was planned during Eisenhower's administration. The MCarthy hearings occurred under Eisenhower. After his terms were completed, he suggested the use of tactical nukes in Vietnam.

Eisenhower was a good general in WWII. He was a good leader of the Allied Forces in Europe. His presidential terms were mixed. He continued to publicly support the FDR reforms that were so popular. But he served the MIC that he spoke against in his departing speech

LymphocyteLover (11,166 posts)
36. Every POTUS has done something shitty... but of course no POTUS has shit as much as the current monstrosity

https://democraticunderground.com/100221555918