James Talarico, Who Says His 'Faith' Requires Him To Oppose Super PACs, Is Using His Campaign Website To Give Them Direction—And They’re Taking It
The Texas Senate candidate has compared rejecting money in politics to Jesus rejecting tests from the Devil
One month before Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico said that his "faith" requires him to reject big money in politics—he likened it to Jesus Christ resisting the Devil's temptation while fasting in the wilderness—his campaign updated a buried page on its website that tacitly coordinates with super PACs, laying out instructions about what media markets to run ads in, where to send mailers, and what messages to include in them. Lo and behold, two days after the update, a super PAC led by Talarico's former chief of staff began running ads that followed the campaign's exact instructions, a Washington Free Beacon review found.
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