Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico proves, time and time again, that he is a radical with no place representing Texans in the Senate.
He once described himself as a “Christian who hates Christianity.”
Talarico has a lengthy record of insane comments in the past, including claims that “God is nonbinary,” there are six biological sexes, calls for Texans to reduce their meat consumption, anti-American flag rhetoric, calls for open borders, and saying he loves “trans children,” just to name a few.
In the lead up to the 250th anniversary of American Independence, he called the American flag is a “complicated symbol.”
During a recent segment of The Dan Abrams Show on SiriusXM, ABC News’ chief legal analyst slammed Talarico’s radical anti-cop record.
Abrams began, “It’s about Talarico, and it’s about the fact that I had thought that his plan was he was going to try and appeal to the middle more. Well, it seems when it comes to law enforcement, that’s not the case.”
“He’s pulling up the 2020 playbook again.”
“He was asked at a town hall about reparations for Black Americans and about whether there would be a crime bill that he might support that would also address the fact that the person asking the question felt that Blacks in this country are being treated unfairly by law enforcement.”
“Now, part of his answer is something that I know a lot about, all right, because in part it relates to a show that I used to host, and I am very familiar with the facts. So let’s play James Tallarico, a few days ago at the DeSoto town hall meeting. This is number 19.”
In the clip played by Abrams, Talarico states, “In the state legislature, I had a constituent of mine murdered by the police. His name was Javier Ambler. He was an unarmed Black man who was pulled over for not dimming his brights. He told the officers that night that he had a heart condition. They tased him so many times that he died right in front of them. The whole thing was filmed for a reality TV show called Live PD. It’s kind of like Cops.”
“I worked with Javier Ambler’s family, his sister Kimberly. She and I started to do some digging, and we found that there’s an incredible amount of research on these reality TV policing programs. That these programs encourage more violent interactions between law enforcement and their constituents, particularly their Black constituents. And so Kimberly and I, we walked the halls of the legislature.”
“We went office to office, Democrats and Republicans alike, and we passed Javier Ambler’s Law, which bans reality TV policing in the state of Texas.”
“No longer, no longer can a reality TV show like Live PD or Cops contract with a law enforcement agency in Texas at any level—local, county, or state. But that same session, Representative Rose, you remember this—the George Floyd Act didn’t even make it to the House floor.”
“So while we made progress for Javier, while we made progress in banning these reality TV policing programs, we failed to pass the George Floyd Act, which would have been transformational in ensuring that police officers are actually protecting and serving all of us.”
“And I hope that when we win this seat, when we win a Senate majority, we will be able to pass federal legislation to protect all Americans from police violence, including our Black communities.”
Following the clip, Abrams, who hosted Live PD, noted, “There is so much in that comment that is untrue.”
“The police officers involved in the situation with Javier Ambler were not charged, were not indicted until the George Floyd incident happened.”
“And then suddenly the case was reevaluated, right? They looked at it again. And they ended up trying the four officers for manslaughter. All four of them were acquitted. All of them were acquitted.”
“Those cops should sue James Talarico for saying that they murdered Javier Ambler. It’s a lie.”
“They didn’t murder Javier Ambler.”
“You can talk about police procedure and whether they should have done it. Did they tase him too much? Have all the debate you want. Those officers were tried and very quickly acquitted.”
Watch:
Dan Abrams, ABC News’ chief legal analyst hits Talarico for his radical anti-cop record.
James Talarico will look for any reason to vilify and defund our brave law enforcement. Texans deserve better. pic.twitter.com/VwiWCCp11c
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) July 24, 2026
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