Talarico Says Flu Caused Campaign Absence

Was this a desperate smear campaign or are there still questions Talarico must answer about his health?

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Talarico Says Flu Caused Campaign Absence

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Above: James Talarico in Houston, Texas, on Sept. 13. Image credit: Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle/Getty Images

The Spin

Democratic narrative

Smearing a sick candidate with invented psychiatric rumors is the move of a campaign that knows it's losing. A fabricated phone call and a flight log don't add up to evidence, and the hospital's flat denial should have ended it. Getting flattened by the flu is real, especially with Type 1 diabetes, and voters care more about costs than fan fiction.

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Republican narrative

Vanishing for nearly two weeks in the closing stretch of a marquee Senate race invites questions, and a one-word excuse doesn't cut it. A candidate too sick for even a Zoom call raises fair doubts about handling the Senate grind. Any health issue big enough to erase a campaign schedule is something Texas voters deserve to know before casting ballots.

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