2026-05-29T09:21:33-04:00 / 福克斯新闻
休斯顿的塔拉里科支持者在这位民主党人上台后高呼“塔拉里怪咖”，而他本人也欣然接受了这个头衔
作者：彼得·皮内多 福克斯新闻
发布于 2026年5月29日 美国东部时间上午9:21
人群高呼“塔拉里怪咖”，得州民主党候选人坦然接受该名号
得克萨斯州联邦参议院民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科欣然接受了共和党对手肯·帕克斯顿给他起的“塔拉里怪咖”绰号。
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得克萨斯州联邦参议院民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科完全接受了共和党对手肯·帕克斯顿给他起的“塔拉里怪咖”绰号，甚至还推出了印有“我是塔拉里怪咖”标语的T恤售卖。
本周在休斯顿举行的大选启动活动上发表讲话时，塔拉里科鼓励支持者购买这款T恤，他说：“我还看到肯·帕克斯顿开始叫我‘塔拉里怪咖’，我很自豪地宣布，我们的网站上已经有了‘我是塔拉里怪咖’的T恤。所以今晚回家的时候，记得买一件。”
塔拉里科下台后，休斯顿集会的人群开始反复高呼“塔拉里怪咖”。
尽管表现得泰然自若，但一些人认为，鉴于塔拉里科此前已经不得不应对一系列被重新翻出的极具争议性言论，这一举措可能会引起温和派得州选民的反感。塔拉里科此前的言论包括称“上帝是非二元性别的”、存在六种性别以及《圣经》支持堕胎权。
“上帝是非二元性别的”：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查
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)
一位熟悉参议院竞选情况的策略师对福克斯新闻数字频道表示：“塔拉里科无法摆脱他支持所有左翼极端政策的记录。”
“售卖印有‘塔拉里怪咖’字样的T恤只会让人们想起，他在所有主流议题上都站错了队，”这位策略师补充道，“这太离谱了。”
针对塔拉里科在采访中称“我关爱跨性别身份的儿童”的一段视频，密苏里州共和党参议员埃里克·施密特在X平台上发帖称：“塔拉里科是在‘觉醒实验室’里造出来的。归根结底，这招行不通。”
即将成为该州资深联邦参议员的得克萨斯州共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹在X平台上发帖称：“得克萨斯州永远不会选出认为上帝是非二元性别的人。”
民主党新星因针对跨性别儿童的“令人毛骨悚然”言论遭抨击
得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿在共和党参议院初选中击败约翰·康恩参议员赢得提名一周前，获得了唐纳德·特朗普总统的背书。(阿曼达·马西亚斯/福克斯新闻数字频道)
尽管存在这些批评，但并非所有人都认为坦然接受“塔拉里怪咖”这一头衔会适得其反。唐菲尔德策略公司创始人埃里克·科赫对福克斯新闻数字频道表示，他“喜欢”塔拉里科的竞选团队“接纳”这一嘲讽的做法。
“当时很多人都在质疑詹姆斯·塔拉里科能否发起反击。在大选启动后的头24小时里，詹姆斯就表明了立场，称肯·帕克斯顿是美国最腐败的政客，并指责他像对待爱泼斯坦一样，给恋童癖者提供了优厚的特殊待遇，”科赫说。
他补充道，这位民主党候选人“能够发起反击，而且会让这场竞选成为他和帕克斯顿之间的抉择”。
在休斯顿的启动集会上，塔拉里科抨击帕克斯顿是“美国最腐败的政客”，称其“多年来一直在出卖我们”。
如果当选，他承诺将在参议院采取的第一项行动就是提交一份“全面反腐败法案”，称该法案将包括禁止企业政治行动委员会和超级政治行动委员会的“无限额捐款”，禁止国会人员进行股票交易，设置任期限制，并在全国范围内禁止选区划分不公。他还表示，该法案将包含一项“彻底改革”最高法院的措施。
詹姆斯·塔拉里科承认过往言论“不合时宜”，就“上帝是非二元性别”等言论作出回应
塔拉里科在休斯顿举行大选启动活动的前一天，肯·帕克斯顿赢得了共和党参议院提名。(彼得·皮内多/福克斯新闻数字频道)
他针对针对他的一些批评作出回应，称：“他们会用尽一切手段攻击我们。他们已经骂我是激进左派分子，骂我是假基督徒，甚至还骂我是素食主义者。在得克萨斯州，这些都是挑衅性言论。”
“他们会说我们是威胁，”他继续说道，“在所有这些谎言中，唯一的真相是，我们确实是威胁。我们对他们的腐败体系构成了威胁。”
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在MS NOW节目中，塔拉里科坚称：“肯·帕克斯顿有犯罪记录。我有立法记录。”
他标榜自己是两党合作的立法者，称：“在得克萨斯州众议院的四届任期里，我带领民主党人和共和党人共同通过了60多项两党法案，为得克萨斯州削减财产税、提高教师工资、降低住房、处方药和育儿成本——无论何时，我都可以拿我的记录和肯·帕克斯顿的犯罪记录作比较，随时随地都可以。”
与此同时，帕克斯顿将塔拉里科描绘成过于激进的左翼人士，周四在X平台上发帖称：“詹姆斯·塔拉里科放在加利福尼亚都太激进，更别说得克萨斯了。”
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系帕克斯顿和塔拉里科的竞选团队寻求进一步置评。
彼得·皮内多是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治撰稿人。
WATCH: Talarico embraces ‘freaky’ identity as crowds chant name meant as insult: ‘So weird’
2026-05-29T09:21:33-04:00 / Fox News
A crowd of Talarico supporters in Houston chanted ‘Talafreako’ after the Democrat embraced the title onstage
By Peter Pinedo Fox News
Published May 29, 2026 9:21am EDT
Crowds chant ‘Talafreako’ as Texas Democratic candidate embraces title
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico has embraced his “Talafreako” moniker given to him by Republican opponent Ken Paxton.
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Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is fully embracing his “Talafreako” moniker given to him by Republican opponent Ken Paxton and is even selling T-shirts with the slogan “I’m a Talafreako.”
While speaking at a general election kickoff event in Houston this week, Talarico encouraged supporters to purchase a T-shirt, saying, “I also saw that Ken Paxton started calling me ‘Talafreako,’ and I am proud to announce that we have ‘I’m a Talafreako’ T-shirts on our website. So, when you go home tonight, make sure you grab one.”
After Talarico exited the stage, the crowd at the Houston rally began chanting “Talafreako” repeatedly.
Despite the bravado, some believe that, with Talarico already having to deal with a series of highly controversial resurfaced comments, the move will backfire with moderate Texas voters. Talarico’s prior comments include saying that “God is nonbinary,” that there are six genders and that the Bible supports abortion.
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Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico addresses supporters at a rally in Houston.(F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A strategist familiar with the Senate race remarked to Fox News Digital that “Talarico can’t run from his record of supporting every freaky left-wing policy under the sun.”
“Selling merch that says ‘Talafreako’ on it is just going to remind people that he is on the wrong side of every 80/20 issue,” the strategist said, adding, “It’s so weird.”
Commenting on a clip of Talarico saying in an interview, “I love” transgender-identifying children, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., posted on X, “Talarico was constructed in a Woke Lab. In the end, that dog won’t hunt.”
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who is now set to become the state’s senior senator, posted on X, “Texas will never elect someone who thinks God is nonbinary.”
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton received President Donald Trump’s endorsement one week before his runoff election against Republican Sen. John Cornyn for the GOP Senate nomination.(Amanda Macias/Fox News Digital)
Despite this, not all believe embracing Talafreako will backfire. Eric Koch, founder of Downfield Strategies, told Fox News Digital that he “love[s]” the Talarico campaign “co-opting” the jab.
“There were a lot of people wondering if James Talarico can throw a punch. In the first 24 hours of the general election, James made the case that Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in the country and called him out for giving Epstein-style sweetheart deals to pedophiles,” said Koch.
He added that the Democratic candidate “can throw a punch and will make this race a choice between himself and Paxton.”
During the kickoff rally in Houston, Talarico ripped Paxton as the “most corrupt politician in America,” who he said, “Has sold us out for years.”
If elected, he pledged that his first move in the Senate would be to file a “comprehensive anti-corruption package,” which he said would include a ban on “unlimited donations” from corporate political action committees and super PACs, as well as banning congressional stock trading, instituting term limits and establishing a national ban on gerrymandering. He also said the package would include a measure to “overhaul” the Supreme Court.
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Talarico held a general election kickoff event in Houston the day after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the GOP’s Senate nomination.(Peter Pinedo/Fox News Digital)
He addressed some of the criticisms already being lodged against him, saying, “They’re going to throw everything they’ve got at us. They’ve already called me a radical leftist. They’ve already called me a fake Christian. They’ve even called me a vegan. And those are fighting words in the state of Texas.”
“They’re going to call us a threat,” he continued. “The only truth out of all of those lies is that we are a threat. We’re a threat to their corrupt system.”
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Speaking on MS NOW, Talarico asserted, “Ken Paxton has a criminal record. I have a legislative record.”
He touted himself as a bipartisan legislator, saying, “For over 4 terms in the Texas House of Representatives, I have brought Democrats and Republicans together to pass more than 60 bipartisan bills to cut property taxes, to raise teacher pay, to lower the cost of housing, prescription drugs, and childcare across Texas — and I’m gonna put that record up against Ken Paxton’s criminal record any day of the week, twice on Sunday.”
Paxton, meanwhile, has cast Talarico as too progressive, posting on X on Thursday that “James Talarico is too radical for California, let alone Texas.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Paxton and Talarico’s campaigns for additional comment.
Peter Pinedo is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.