Talarico Says Democrats Lost Texas Border Counties After Taking Security for Granted in 2021-23
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 16
Talarico Says Democrats Lost Texas Border Counties After Taking Security for Granted in 2021-23
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 16
Summary
James Talarico said national Democrats "took the border for granted" under Joe Biden, calling the southern border situation in 2021-23 "utter chaos" and a major political mistake.
Border-county losses in the 2024 election framed his critique: Talarico said Democrats stopped showing up in south Texas, pushing voters to consider Republican alternatives.
Running against Ken Paxton in November, the Texas Democrat paired that message with attacks on the Trump administration, calling a Big Bend wall proposal extreme and saying tariffs are hurting border-region small businesses.
The comments fit Talarico's effort to reclaim border voters after he won the Democratic Senate primary earlier this year, a race former rival Jasmine Crockett later called racist.