Democrat James Talarico is out with a new campaign ad arguing that “billionaires are spending millions” to defeat him—proof, he says, that he’s “doing something right.” BlazeTV host Pat Gray says the pitch dodges the charges in those attack ads.
The ad: “Billionaires are spending millions attacking me”
In the spot, Talarico claims, “Billionaires are spending millions attacking me. Here’s why. I don’t take corporate pack [sic] money. I’m running to ban dark money so billionaires can’t buy our elections, ban members of Congress from trading stocks and enriching themselves, ban gerrymandering in every state. And establish term limits so we can show career politicians the door.” He closes: “If the billionaires are coming after us, we must be doing something right.”
BlazeTV pushback: “Why won’t you refute it?”
“No, that’s not what that means, James,” Gray responds on-air. “The reason they’re attacking you is because you’re a confused heretic, a blasphemous psycho who would be too radical for California, let alone Texas.” He challenges Talarico directly: “Why don’t you refute the things that they’re saying about you.” Gray adds, “Because everything they’re saying is true. And that’s why you won’t address anything they’re saying, and you know it, and we have the receipts.”
Producer’s idea: a Paxton spot at Cook Children’s Hospital
BlazeTV executive producer Keith Malinak said Talarico “has long been an advocate for transgender minors,” and suggested an ad he believes would be effective for Ken Paxton. “Here’s what I think would be powerful … Paxton does an ad … you kill two birds with one stone. You do it in front of the Cooks Children’s Hospital, that’s in the background,” Malinak said.
He sketched the script: “Texas, when it came time to fight for the children of our state, I led the charge as your attorney general. I made sure that we stopped, you know, that we enforced the law that said we’re not going to hack up our children. We’re not going to do this trans nonsense. My opponent, however, he’s all about it,” and then “just put up quotes.” Malinak concluded, “That would go a long way in showing that Paxton was the one leading the legal fight against these butchers in our state.”
Note: All quotes and characterizations above are attributed to the speakers on BlazeTV or to Talarico’s campaign ad as presented in the source material.
