Conservatives have a new attack line against Texas Democratic Senate nominee Rep. James Talarico: He’s vegan. There’s just one problem — he’s not.
Ken Paxton, the Trump-endorsed Texas attorney general, who beat longtime GOP Sen. John Cornyn for the Republican nomination on Tuesday night, told supporters that Talarico is “a threat to our very way of life and values” because “he’s a vegan who thinks God is nonbinary.” Days prior, Paxton dubbed his opponent “Tofu Talarico” while speaking in San Antonio.
After the win, conservative political strategist Scott Jennings spoke with CNN’s Kaitlin Collins and said, “I’m thinking about the differences between Talarico and literally every Texan. Don’t know any Texans who believe in six genders other than Talarico, don’t know any Texans who say it’s immoral to eat meat other than Talarico, don’t know any Texans who walk around saying things, ‘You know, god is nonbinary.’”
The repeated six-gender comment comes from Talarico’s comment during a 2021 state legislative debate when he said, “Modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes. In fact, there are six.” That same year, Talarico also said, “God is both masculine and feminine and everything in between. God is nonbinary,” when advocating for transgender youth in sports.
