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senseandsensibility

(25,494 posts)
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:58 PM Yesterday

Ooohh...sick burn...isn't even TX too smart for this?

Trump was pontificating on the TX Senate race on Airforce One on the way back from China and he tried to rip James Talarico, the Democratic nominee who is currently leading in the race.

He said that Talarico was bad news because he wore a mask recently, and he was a vegan. I mean....that's pretty weak sauce.

Compared to all the mud being slung between the Cornyn and Paxton, is that supposed tp turn people away from Talarico? Are people in TX really that skeered of masks?

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Ooohh...sick burn...isn't even TX too smart for this? (Original Post) senseandsensibility Yesterday OP
They would throw their hands up if you were driving SonOfNebanaube Yesterday #1
I haven't seen anyone that I can think of wearing a mask Melon Yesterday #2
I've seen a few- people who are getting over something respitory mwmisses4289 23 hrs ago #4
I'll see it occasionally in a grocery store here - TBF 23 hrs ago #6
The only place i've seen them in Katy TX TxGuitar 23 hrs ago #7
What the hay? I can speak for the Dems I know and of course that will no work. The other idiots will just give them an efhmc 23 hrs ago #3
Lame. TBF 23 hrs ago #5
"When they lose Texas" TxGuitar 22 hrs ago #8
Trump had better prepare himself for impeachment oasis 22 hrs ago #9
He's also not a vegan pinkstarburst 22 hrs ago #10
Texas Republicans are brutally groomed.... ananda 22 hrs ago #11

Melon

(1,662 posts)
2. I haven't seen anyone that I can think of wearing a mask
Fri May 15, 2026, 03:08 PM
Yesterday

Down here in a long time. Maybe at the airport, but not in daily life.

mwmisses4289

(4,694 posts)
4. I've seen a few- people who are getting over something respitory
Fri May 15, 2026, 03:51 PM
23 hrs ago

or undergoing some kind of medical treatment.

TBF

(37,127 posts)
6. I'll see it occasionally in a grocery store here -
Fri May 15, 2026, 04:05 PM
23 hrs ago

and I haven't asked them, but I would guess they work in oncology. Here in the suburbs south of Houston we have a lot of med center workers. I know when I go to Methodist Hospital on certain floors, they might still request masks. That is only as absolutely necessary for the most fragile patients.

TxGuitar

(4,357 posts)
7. The only place i've seen them in Katy TX
Fri May 15, 2026, 04:10 PM
23 hrs ago

Are on people at the grocery store giving out samples.

efhmc

(16,963 posts)
3. What the hay? I can speak for the Dems I know and of course that will no work. The other idiots will just give them an
Fri May 15, 2026, 03:16 PM
23 hrs ago

excuse not to pick him. Which they were never going to do in this lifetime any way.

TBF

(37,127 posts)
5. Lame.
Fri May 15, 2026, 04:03 PM
23 hrs ago

Anyone can go on social media and see what James is doing lately. If he was wearing a mask he was probably visiting kids in a cancer ward, and that is what I'd tell Trump. Moron.

Trump is not only stupid, he's terrified of James Talarico because he knows he can win. When they lose Texas it's game over.

TxGuitar

(4,357 posts)
8. "When they lose Texas"
Fri May 15, 2026, 04:11 PM
22 hrs ago

You got that right, especially since Cruz is next up for reelection.

pinkstarburst

(2,074 posts)
10. He's also not a vegan
Fri May 15, 2026, 05:04 PM
22 hrs ago

Not that it should matter (but Texas can be kind of stupid about our bbq, so there is that), but the last time this "Talarico is a vegan" smear came up Talarico's team had to post a big picture of him on social media chewing on a turkey leg at the Texas State fair... lol.

ananda

(35,480 posts)
11. Texas Republicans are brutally groomed....
Fri May 15, 2026, 05:08 PM
22 hrs ago

to be racist, homophobic, and anti-intellectual
(which you can read as a euphemism for very,
very stupid).

I know this because i have a lot of Magat
relatives here.

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