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May 28, 2026

Fox News SINKS As Desperate Attack Against James Talarico Unravels

Fox News sinks to embarrassing levels with their desperate attempts to attack Texas Senate candidate James Talarico prove their panic as Talarico surges in polls. John Iadarola and Sharon Reed break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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He's also 37 and not married. Let's get into this. He says just recently that he has a girlfriend and they've been together for four years. And he called her his best friend and [00:00:15] she was his rock. And he's not revealing her identity because he wants to respect her privacy and keep her safe during the campaign. She live in Canada. If the campaign has only been going [00:00:32] on for less than a year and they've been dating for four years, why haven't we ever seen this woman before? Basically what I'm saying is this, she exists. uh We're gonna find out because if he wins, are they gonna have a coming out party or is she still gonna stay the secret [00:00:50] girlfriend? And is this totally not fake girlfriend also a vegan? Again, this is fun. This is politics, everybody. So James Tallarico is popular. He's polling well. We got nothing to attack [00:01:06] him on when it comes to the policy. We know that our guy Ken Paxton is, he's corrupt. He's a Trump butt licker. We know that he cheated on his wife. We don't want to talk about him. So let's pretend that James Tallarico is a vegan, which we know he's not. And let's pretend that [00:01:22] he's gay. That's what this is. Let's not play around. The whole thing is, what if he's gay? Again, they never ever, ever, ever, ever have anything other than identity. That is all that the right has when it comes to attacks. So what if he's gay? Wouldn't that be, he's 37 and [00:01:43] he's not even married. He's not like me, Jesse Waters, who's been a successful family man my whole life. I mean, I was married and then I humped another woman and broke up my marriage. wrecked that home and then got married to the person I cheated with. I'm the one that you [00:02:01] should be patterning your relationships on. I'm the person with the moral standing to mock the relationships of others. I made a sacred vow to my wife and then I boned another woman. Learn from me, Jesse Waters. That's what I learn every day by watching The Five and [00:02:19] all of the people at the table. who every time he talks about marriage immediately naturally think about the fact that he cheated on his wife. None of them can say anything because they have to be around him and they know that he'd probably freak out. So that's pretty fun. And also, he does have a good point. Why would James Tallarico want to stop the identity [00:02:40] of his girlfriend from coming out? I mean, it's not like the right would be weird about it. It's not like they'd say or do weird things in relationship to her. Obviously that's sarcasm. Look at the way that they're acting already when they don't even know who she is. So anyway, all of this is pathetic. All of this is stripped of substance, has nothing to do with the state [00:02:59] of the country, the state of Texas. They're not even pretending that they can defend their candidate, Paxton. But what it's lacking so far is some truly deep irony. So if the narrative is going to be they've got this guy and he's secretly gay and he's pretending not to be. [00:03:18] What would make this more fun? I know, let's bring in Benny Johnson. I'm no political consultant, Jesse, but here's three things you could ask him to defeat him on a debate stage. He says there's six genders. Well, why don't you name them? You say you have a girlfriend, why don't [00:03:36] you name her? And you say that Jesus is pro-abortion. So how do you square that with thou shalt not kill the Ten Commandments something I'm. Pretty sure that Jesus wanted you to uphold. So once again, the reason why Democrats are failing is because they've given up on masculinity. They've given up on testosterone. They've given up entirely for effeminate, estrogenetic, uh [00:03:58] catty, and totally embarrassing candidates like Beto and Beta here. And most importantly, the American people know what leadership looks like. It looks like President Trump. winning 119 out of 119 at 100 % endorsement record. Donald Trump is winning across the board. He's [00:04:18] showing strength. He's showing calm under fire, and he's showing what the American public want. Look, there's a lot that I don't like about Jesse Watters. I do appreciate that he brought in Benny Johnson for this. Cuz I think Jesse Watters likes to mock the right wingers he [00:04:35] brings on. When he brings on Stephen Miller, and then he calls him a sexual matador, Steven, buddy, he's slapping you across the face. Benny, buddy, Benny, baby, can I call you that? He's mocking you when he brings you on to talk about this, buddy. He knows what you got going on. [00:04:52] Everybody on the right, again, no shame. I don't have a problem with it. I think all of it's fine. And in fact, I would work and have worked to help create a world where you'll feel comfortable being who you are. But Jesse Waters thinks it's funny. That's why he has [00:05:07] brought you on to talk about this. Dude, you're talking about masculinity and you just use the term estrogenic. You incel ass bitch, what are you talking about? Go lay in the tanning bed a little bit longer and then tell me about how you're a freaking cowboy or something. [00:05:24] Ain't nothing masculine about you, man. I don't know, I mean, your appreciation of men, I guess, has something masculine about it, but not necessarily in the way that you're posturing in this segment. And again, There's nothing wrong with either being gay or secretly being gay. The issue [00:05:41] is that you know that Talarico isn't in the same way that you know he's not a vegan and he's not a vegetarian or whatever. And it looks super weak when your entire campaign against this guy is based on you pretending to believe things that you know aren't true. And here [00:05:58] is why they're squirming in this way. This Senate poll, public policy polling. Tallerico up 45 to 38. Now, do I think that that's how all of the polls are likely to look? No, I don't. Do I believe that he's currently seven points up? No, not especially. I think it's probably [00:06:16] fairly tied. Texas has long been a red state. Don't get it twisted. This is going to be a very tight race. And even if Tallerico runs a great campaign, he could end up losing. Nothing should be taken for granted. You should spend some time. manning the phones for Telerico. [00:06:35] You should donate money to Telerico. If you are in Texas, you better get your ass out and vote for Telerico. If for no other reason then, it will destroy the lives and brains of people like Stephen Miller and Jesse Waters and Benny Johnson and all of that. It'll be great. It'll [00:06:50] also be super consequential for our state. But again, and by the way, I know a lot of people are worried that this sort of thing will work. And maybe it will. There are a lot of pathetic men that are as easy to manipulate politically. as Jesse Waters and Benny Johnson clearly think [00:07:05] they are. And if you're a Texas man, if you're a Texas conservative or whatever, you have real problems in your life, right? That's why you're frustrated with politics. That's why you want an outsider. That's why you tried Donald Trump. But clearly things aren't working. The [00:07:21] price of literally everything is up. Your barbecue restaurants are shutting down. Small businesses are being squeezed. And as you're considering all of these issues that you face, Tallerico and his meat or whatever, being gay, what relationship does that have to literally any of this? And [00:07:40] why is it that when your favorite media channel has an opportunity to talk about the future of the great state of Texas where I lived for five years, where Jesse Waters wouldn't spend five seconds or whatever, he loves the big city of New York. That's where he likes to live. Let's just be clear about that. Why is it that they don't bring on Texans? They don't acknowledge [00:07:58] your economic problems. They don't- acknowledge the problems of the power grid. They acknowledge literally any of that. Why is it that they're only, Jesse Watters spent the entirety of yesterday fantasizing about James Tallarico being gay. Does that seem maybe slightly strange for [00:08:14] a grown man to spend his time that way? Just something to think about as we cruise into this race.

The Damage Report: May 28, 2026