James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, once described parents who refused to acknowledge their children’s gender identity as potentially engaging in "abusive" behavior."I think there are some folks that would think that if you deny your child's gender identity, that's incredibly harmful. And whether or not we label it with the term abuse, it's abusive for sure," Talarico said while speaking at a committee hearing in the Texas Legislature in 2019.Talarico’s resurfaced comments add to a growing pile of past remarks that cut against his efforts to paint himself as a mo...
Unearthed clip shows Talarico calling parents 'abusive' for denying children's gender identity
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