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詹姆斯·塔拉里科的竞选团队无法提供证据，证明他在参选前曾公开就边境问题与拜登存在分歧
作者：彼得·达布罗斯卡，福克斯新闻网
发布于2026年6月12日美国东部时间下午3:15
凯莉·麦克埃尼：塔拉里科的说法是“公然的谎言”https://www.foxnews.com/video/6397473843112
《五点档》主持人讨论唐纳德·特朗普总统对得克萨斯州联邦参议院民主党提名候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科的评论，以及该候选人的竞选活动。
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得克萨斯州联邦参议院民主党提名候选人在播客采访中猛烈抨击前总统乔·拜登的开放边境政策，同时试图澄清过往言论，以回应外界对他过于激进、无法在得州当选的批评。
詹姆斯·塔拉里科在本周早些时候的“科格德尔法律无限制”播客采访中，强化了自己在边境安全问题上的立场，并与前总统特朗普划清界限。
这位得州州议会民主党议员有着极左翼的过往记录，包括呼吁“拆除”海关与边境保护局（ICE），称该机构为“秘密警察”，还声称边境应成为非法移民的“欢迎垫”。
如今，他作为民主党提名候选人，将于11月与获得特朗普支持的共和党候选人肯·帕克斯顿角逐得克萨斯州参议院席位。
民主党联邦参议院候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科在休斯顿的集会上向支持者发表讲话。（F·卡特·史密斯/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
詹姆斯·塔拉里科称拜登政府曾认定边境安全是“种族主义”
“我公开指责乔·拜登未能守住我们的南部边境，也因此遭到了本党不少人的指责，”他对播客主持人、律师丹·科格德尔说道。“但我记得与代表边境社区的立法同事交谈时，他们向我讲述了拜登总统的政策造成的彻底混乱。”
这些言论以及他更为温和的移民立场，都是在塔拉里科启动参议院竞选后才出现的。得州是美国人口最多的红州，也是非法移民问题最突出的地区。
当福克斯新闻数字频道多次询问时，塔拉里科的竞选团队官员无法提供证据，证明这位进步派候选人在参议院竞选启动前、拜登仍在任期间，曾就边境安全问题与拜登存在分歧。
在拜登前总统任期内，有数百万非法移民未经检查涌入美国，而塔拉里科当时正任职于得州州议会。
塔拉里科在播客中表示：“民主党才应该是致力于让政府为民众服务的政党，而我们的移民体系正是政府不为民众服务的典型案例。因此我是支持边境安全的民主党人。我认为我们必须建立合理、有序的流程，确保我们清楚谁在进入我国。”
美国总统乔·拜登在正式过渡活动上发表讲话，感谢罗恩·克莱因的工作，并欢迎其继任者杰夫·齐恩茨。（凯文·拉马克/路透社）
尽管塔拉里科曾指责ICE“恐吓我们的国家”，呼吁美国人“站起来反击”，并在2019年抨击得州共和党人通过了一项“反移民法案”，为唐纳德·特朗普总统的边境墙项目提供资金，但他本周在播客中表示，公共安全应成为优先事项。
得州民主党人塔拉里科“暴力文化”言论重出水面，他否认与“ defund警察”有关联
“但我也认为我们需要阻止那些试图伤害我们的人入境，而公共安全是政府最重要的职责，”他说道。
在特朗普任期内，ICE的任务是聚焦于“最恶劣的”非法移民进行逮捕和驱逐，尤其是那些有暴力犯罪记录的人。
“詹姆斯从未支持过废除ICE，他支持加强边境安全——这也是他为何起草立法升级我们的入境口岸，并呼吁增加边境巡逻人员的原因，”塔拉里科的新闻秘书JT·恩尼斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
“两党在移民问题上都让我们失望了，因此詹姆斯竞选参议员，就是为了通过驱逐罪犯而非追捕那些为我国经济贡献数十年的母亲、婴儿和小企业主，来保障我们国家的安全。”
得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿在2026年5月26日得州普拉诺的 runoff选举之夜活动上发表讲话。（安特兰·塔维提安/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社）
在与科格德尔的交谈中，塔拉里科还将自己定位为第二修正案的捍卫者，同时呼吁实施严格的枪支管制措施。
得克萨斯州民主党参议院候选人在奥斯汀致命袭击后回避伊斯兰恐怖主义担忧
“我相信第二修正案。我不会在《权利法案》中挑挑拣拣。我对第二修正案的信仰，不亚于对第一修正案的信仰，”他说道。“我们有权持有武器，保护自己和家人。我们有权为运动或狩猎拥有武器，但正如《权利法案》中的任何自由一样，这并非绝对。”
“我们必须阻止危险罪犯持有枪支。我们必须制定安全储存枪支的法律和背景调查制度，确保每个人都安全，”这位候选人补充道。
他在对话中将自己定位为温和的民主党人，谴责政治左翼人士“试图剥夺人们的枪支”，同时也指责政治右翼人士“不想看到任何监管”。
MS NOW分析师承认塔拉里科“并非温和派”，其进步观点与克罗克特如出一辙
但就在几个月前，塔拉里科还表示支持“红旗法案”，该法案允许法官在认为某人对自身或他人构成危险时，下令剥夺美国人的枪支。塔拉里科还曾指责共和党人爱枪支胜过爱孩子。
2025年9月9日，得克萨斯州州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科在得州朗德罗克的竞选启动集会上发表讲话。（布兰登·贝尔/盖蒂图片社）
“你不能既自称自由政党，却又管控女性的身体，”他在2024年特拉维斯县民主党活动上说道。“你不能既自称家庭政党，却又爱枪支胜过爱我们的孩子。你不能既自称信仰政党，却又对唐纳德·特朗普顶礼膜拜。”
恩尼斯表示，这位候选人“和绝大多数得州民众一样，认为我们必须保护第二修正案，同时实施普及背景调查等广受欢迎的常识性措施，阻止危险罪犯持有枪支。”
马克·哈尔珀林：民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科是真材实料——还是会重蹈贝托覆辙，在得州惨败？
塔拉里科还与儿童变性手术（有时被称为“性别确认护理”）划清界限，表示自己不支持这类手术，尽管他此前关于性别认同与生理性别不符的儿童的言论经常遭到批评。
“我反对对未成年人实施变性手术，”他告诉科格德尔，并称“掌权者”试图转移人们对“政府腐败”的注意力。
“因此他们会动用屡试不爽的手段来脱身，”他说道。“转移注意力和制造分裂。腐败的公职人员就是靠这一点继续掌权的。”
“上帝是非二元的”：得州民主党提名候选人塔拉里科过往关于堕胎、种族和性别的言论引发审视
塔拉里科对跨性别儿童的坚定支持在他进入全国视野后引发了争议。
他曾多次公开表示爱跨性别儿童，包括在2023年的一档播客中，当被问及除朋友和家人外还有什么让他牵挂时，他说道：
“我爱，我只是说出来，因为这都在我脑海里——昨天来到州议会大厦倡导自身人性的跨性别儿童，”他在《超绽放播客》中说道。
当时，他曾投票反对一项禁止未成年人使用跨性别激素的州法案。
2024年3月8日，在奥斯汀会议中心举行的SXSW会议暨节上，州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科、凡妮莎·富恩特斯和杰西卡·韦茨出席“存在的状态：如何关爱”主题分会。（杰森·博伦巴赫/SXSW会议暨节）
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“我只想说，我爱你们，房间里很多人也爱你们，整个大州的很多人也爱你们。今晚可能看起来不是这样，但你们被无比深切地爱着，”据《休斯顿纪事报》报道，塔拉里科2023年在得州州议会 floor上也曾这样说道。
“詹姆斯反对对未成年人实施变性手术，”恩尼斯说道。“而像肯·帕克斯顿这样靠亿万富翁资助的政客却散布谎言，分裂得州民众。詹姆斯将继续站在两党之外，修复这个破碎、腐败的政治体系，支持得州家庭。”
帕克斯顿的竞选团队未回应福克斯新闻数字频道就塔拉里科在边境、第二修正案或跨性别青年问题上明显转变立场置评的请求。
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Progressive Talarico knifes Biden’s open border, tries moderating stance on key issues in Texas Senate race
2026-06-12T15:15:49-04:00 / Fox News
James Talarico’s campaign could not produce evidence he ever publicly clashed with Biden on the border before his campaign
By Peter D’Abrosca, Fox News
Published June 12, 2026 3:15pm EDT
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‘The Five’ co-hosts discuss President Donald Trump’s comments about Texas Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico and the candidate’s campaign.
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The Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas torched former President Joe Biden’s open borders policies as he races to clean-up past comments amid criticism he is too radical to be elected in Texas.
James Talarico hardened his stance on border security and pitted himself against the former president during a podcast interview on “Cogdell Law Uncensored” earlier this week.
The Democrat member of the Texas legislature has a far-left track record that includes calls to “tear down” Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE), an agency which he has called “secret police,” and claiming the border should act as a “welcome mat” for illegal immigrants.
He is now the Democratic nominee taking on Trump-backed Republican Ken Paxton in the race for a Senate seat in Texas in November.
Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico addresses supporters at a rally in Houston.(F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
JAMES TALARICO SAYS BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WAS CONVINCED BORDER SECURITY WAS ‘RACIST’
“I called out Joe Biden for failing to secure our southern border and I got a lot of heat from my own party for doing that,” he told podcaster and attorney Dan Cogdell. “But I remember talking with my colleagues in the legislature who represent border communities and they told me about the utter chaos caused by President Biden’s policies.”
Those calls and his more moderate immigration stance emerged only after Talarico launched his Senate bid in the most populated U.S. red state where the most illegal immigration happens.
When asked repeatedly by Fox News Digital, Talarico’s campaign officials could not produce evidence to support the progressive candidate’s claims he was ever at odds with Biden on the issue of border security before his Senate campaign began and while Biden was still in office.
Millions of illegal aliens poured undetected into the United States during the previous presidency, while Talarico occupied his seat in the Texas House legislature.
Talarico said in the podcast: “The Democratic Party, we’re the ones that should be about making government work for people and our immigration system is a prime example of government not working for people. So I’m a border security Democrat. I believe we’ve gotta have a sane, orderly process to ensure that we know who’s coming into our country.”
President Joe Biden speaks during an official transition event to thank Ron Klain for his work and to welcome his successor Jeff Zients.(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
While he has accused ICE of “terrorizing our country,” called for Americans to “stand up and fight back” and in 2019 slammed Texas Republicans for passing an “anti-immigrant bill” that funded President Donald Trump’s border wall project, Talarico said on the podcast this week that public safety should be a priority.
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“But I also think we need to keep out folks who want to do us harm, and public safety is the most important thing the government does,” he said.
Under Trump, ICE has been tasked with zeroing in on the “worst of the worst” illegal aliens for arrest and deportation, especially those with violent criminal records.
“James has never supported abolishing ICE and supports more border security — which is why he’s authored legislation to modernize our ports of entry and called for more Border Patrol agents,” Talarico’s press secretary JT Ennis told Fox News Digital.
“Both parties have failed us on the issue of immigration, so James is running for Senate to keep our country safe by deporting criminals instead of hunting down moms, babies, and small business owners who have been contributing to our economy for decades.”
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a runoff election night event in Plano, Texas, on May 26, 2026.(Antranik Tavitian/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Speaking to Cogdell, Talarico also pitched himself as a defender of the Second Amendment while simultaneously calling for strict gun control methods.
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“I am a believer in the Second Amendment. I don’t pick and choose between the Bill of Rights. I believe in the Second Amendment just as much as I believe in the First,” he said. “We have a right to bear arms, to protect ourselves, our families. We have a right to own weapons for sport or for hunting, but like any freedom in the Bill of Rights, it’s not absolute.”
“We’ve gotta keep guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals. We’ve gotta make sure that we’ve got safe storage laws and background checks so that we’re keeping everybody safe,” the candidate qualified.
He positioned himself during the conversation as a moderate Democrat, chastising people on the political left who are “trying to take away people’s guns” and people on the political right who “don’t want to see any regulations.”
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But only a few months ago, Talarico said he favored “red flag laws,” which allow judges to order Americans to be stripped of their firearms if they think a person is a danger to themselves or others. Talarico also once accused Republicans of loving guns more than children.
Democratic Texas State Rep. James Talarico speaks during a campaign launch rally in Round Rock, Texas, on Sept. 9, 2025.(Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
“You can’t be the party of freedom and control women’s bodies,” he said at a 2024 event with the Travis County Democratic Party. “You can’t be the party of family and love your guns more than our kids. You can’t be the party of faith and worship at the feet of Donald Trump.”
Ennis said that the candidate has “always believed, like the vast majority of Texans, that we must protect the Second Amendment while also enacting popular, common sense measures like universal background checks that keep guns out of the hands of dangerous criminals.”
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Talarico also distanced himself from child sex change surgeries, sometimes called “gender affirming care,” and said he does not support them despite often earning criticism for his comments regarding children who identify as the opposite of their biological sex.
“I oppose gender reassignment surgeries for minors,” he told Cogdell, claiming “the people that are in power” are trying to distract from “corruption in our government.”
“So they’re gonna use a tried and true playbook to get out of this,” he said. “Distraction and division. That is how corrupt public officials stay in power.”
‘GOD IS NON-BINARY’: TEXAS DEM NOMINEE TALARICO’S PAST REMARKS ON ABORTION, RACE AND GENDER DRAW SCRUTINY
Talarico’s emphatic support for transgender children has raised eyebrows since he’s entered the national spotlight.
He has said he loves them on multiple occasions, including on a podcast in 2023 when he was asked to name something that he loved other than his friends and family.
“I love, I’m just saying this because it’s all on my mind, the trans children who showed up yesterday at the state capitol to advocate for their humanity,” he said on the Superbloom Podcast.
At the time, he had voted against a state bill to ban cross-sex hormones for minors.
Rep. James Talarico, Vanessa Fuentes and Jessica Weitz attend the Featured Session: State Of Being: How To Care in 2024 at the SXSW Conference and Festivals held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, on March 8, 2024.(Jason Bollenbacher/SXSW Conference & Festivals)
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“I just want to say, I love you and so do a lot of people in this room, and so do a lot of people around this big state. I know it may not seem like it tonight, but you are loved beyond measure,” Talarico also said in 2023 on the Texas House floor, according to the Houston Chronicle.
“James opposes gender reassignment surgery for minors,” said Ennis. “While billionaire-bought politicians like Ken Paxton spread lies to divide Texans, James will continue to stand up against both political parties to fix this broken, corrupt political system and support Texas families.”
Paxton’s campaign did not return Fox News Digital’s request for comment on Talarico’s apparent flip-flop on the border, Second Amendment or transgender youth
Peter D’Abrosca is a reporter at Fox News Digital covering politics.
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