James Talarico / Screenshot on CBS
We haven’t heard much lately from James Talarico, the Texas Democrat running for a U.S. Senate seat in November. Perhaps he has been trying to keep a low profile. Every time this guy turns around, a bizarre new video or audio clip of him surfaces somewhere highlighting his utterly bonkers view of Christianity.
Now there is another one.
In this case, Talarico says that having police in schools fuels a culture of violence. This goes directly to the idiotic Democrat idea of defunding the police.
Also, why would anyone object to having more police in schools? It could save lives.
FOX News has details:
Rising Dem Talarico denies anti-cop label after ‘culture of violence’ comments exposed
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is pushing back on the idea that he supports defunding the police, calling it a “flat-out lie.”
Republicans are confronting Talarico with resurfaced comments from a 2019 episode of the Trey Blocker Show, in which he suggests that a heavy police presence in schools without sufficient mental health professionals contributes to a “culture of violence.”
Democrats believe they have a shot at flipping the critical Senate seat blue for the first time in decades. But the GOP hopes to defend its Senate majority by highlighting Talarico’s more controversial stances to undermine his moderate appeal.
The latest to be unearthed is from the 2019 interview, in which Talarico decried plans to increase police officer presence in schools without also placing more emphasis on mental health.
“We’re all concerned about school safety and recent school shootings, and that concern, in some ways, has been channeled unproductively toward militarizing schools and toward kind of leaning into a culture of violence and adding more law enforcement officials into campuses,” he posited.
As a solution, Talarico, a former middle school teacher, touted the first bill he introduced as a member of the Texas House of Representatives, which would have mandated a set ratio of mental health workers for every police officer placed in a school.
Listen to the audio below:
UNEARTHED
Texas Democrat James Talarico — who has a track record of trying to defund the police — says police officers fuel a “culture of violence.”
TALARICO: “I don’t want [police] in my school.” pic.twitter.com/8xgwSTxWxj
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) April 10, 2026
It’s actually difficult to imagine the people of Texas electing this wing nut, but don’t say it could never happen.
People need to get out and vote.
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