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4:10Now PlayingRepublicans think they’re voters are stupid. They Are Correct.
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4:10Now PlayingRepublicans think they’re voters are stupid. They Are Correct.
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A Republican outside group called Citizens for Sanity released a 15-second AI generated campaign ad depicting Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico in a dress, singing a Broadway show tune about changing children's genders. Hawk plays the ad and asks a simple question: what is the point of this?
Ken Paxton, the Republican incumbent and Trump-endorsed candidate, is trailing Talarico in every available poll. Paxton is a convicted criminal, an admitted adulterer, and somehow became a multi-millionaire on an Attorney General's salary. His own staffers turned him in to the FBI. These are the qualities that earned him Donald Trump's endorsement.
Meanwhile, Republicans and groups like Citizens for Sanity have simultaneously called Talarico transgender, gay, low testosterone, and a womanizer with too many girlfriends. The contradictions don't appear to bother anyone involved. Stephen Miller has also weighed in, calling Talarico transgender.
What the ad actually signals is panic. For the first time in more than 30 years, Democrats have a legitimate shot at winning a statewide race in Texas, and the people supporting Ken Paxton clearly know it.
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