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Talarico campaigns with surgeon who operated on transgender minors: ‘Wolf in sheep’s clothing’

Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is facing questions after fundraising with a "female-to-male" top surgeon who previously operated on minors shortly after saying that he does not support sex-change surgeries for children.Talarico, a progressive Democrat, state lawmaker and Presbyterian seminarian, is running a highly competitive race to flip a Texas Senate seat for the first time in decades. He is opposing Republican state attorney general Ken Paxton. The seat is critical to both parties’ hopes of holding a Senate majority this next session.During an appearance on the "Unity Over Div...