Progressive Talarico knifes Biden's open border, tries moderating stance on key issues in Texas Senate race
The Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas torched former President Joe Biden's open borders policies as he races to clean-up past comments amid criticism he is too radical to...
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The Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas torched former President Joe Biden's open borders policies as he races to clean-up past comments amid criticism he is too radical to be elected in Texas. James Talarico hardened his stance on border security and pitted himself against the former president during a podcast interview on "Cogdell Law Uncensored" earlier this week. The Democrat member of the Texas legislature has a far-left track record that includes calls to "tear down" Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE), an agency which he has called "secret police," and claiming the border should act as a "welcome mat" for illegal immigrants. He is now the Democratic nominee taking on Trump-backed Republican Ken Paxton in the race for a Senate seat in Texas in November. JAMES TALARICO SAYS BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WAS CONVINCED BORDER SECURITY WAS 'RACIST' "I called out Joe Biden for failing to secure our southern border and I got a lot of heat from my own party for doing that," he told podcaster and attorney Dan Cogdell. "But I remember talking with my colleagues in the legislature who represent border communities and they told me about the utter chaos caused by President Biden's policies." Those calls and his more moderate immigration stance emerged only after Talarico launched his Senate bid in the most populated U.S. red state where the most illegal immigration happens. When asked repeatedly by Fox News Digital, Talarico's campaign officials could not produce evidence to support the progressive candidate's claims he was ever at odds with Biden on the issue of border security before his Senate campaign began and while Biden was still in office. Millions of illegal aliens poured undetected into the United States during the previous presidency, while Talarico occupied his seat in the Texas House legislature. Talarico said in the podcast: "The Democratic Party , we're the ones that should be about making government work for people and our immigration system is a pri…