Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico's campaign is denying that he ever supported the "defund the police" movement after a video resurfaced showing the then-state lawmaker arguing at the height of the 2020 racial justice protests that it was "rich" for defunding police to be considered "off-limits" in political debate."James did not call for and does not support defunding the police, and he strongly supports Texas law enforcement and first responders," Talarico campaign spokesperson JT Ennis told Fox News Digital, noting the comments were taken out of context by Talarico's critics af...
Talarico put on defense after 2020 comments about defunding police resurface: 'We must replace'
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Oct 6, 2026 • 2 weeks ago
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