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recycling an old event and dressing it up as something new. They posted footage from a February appearance over the weekend, apparently hoping nobody would notice the calendar. The campaign's excuse?
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Democrat James Talarico’s campaign was caught reusing footage of an event from February while attempting to pass it off as recent on social media over the weekend. Huge crowd to see @jamestalarico in deep-red Lubbock, Texas.
This county hasn’t voted for a Democrat in 50 years. https://t.co/cw1tIZRYQW Where is James Talarico? He hasn’t been seen in Texas in a week since his trip to New York City for a $27,000/plate fundraiser.
Now, his team is posting footage from February. Literally the same video. 👇 https://t.co/CEVv8hBOqf Ok wait — pretty wild for an official Talarico campaign account to be trying to pass off an 8 month old video from February as new… Especially when their candidate is fundraising out of state.
The same video with an identical caption was posted on February 22, 2026, nine days before the primary election bout between Talarico and Rep. Jasmine Crockett had even occurred. HUGE crowd to see @jamestalarico in deep-red Lubbock, Texas.
This county hasn’t voted for a Democrat in 50 years. https://t.co/T732JXN5pg RNC spokesman Zach Kraft criticized the re-released video, stating that Talarico has been missing from the state since fleeing to New York City for a big dollar LGBT fundraiser.
Republican candidate Ken Paxton leveled similar criticism toward Talarico, stating that the Democrat is “deceiving voters about campaigning in Texas” while fundraising out of state, just as he “has lied to Texans about his radical record throughout this race.” James Talarico has lied to Texans about his radical record throughout this race.
He is now deceiving voters about campaigning in Texas this weekend when he's been out of state campaigning with liberal elites who want to destroy Texans' way of life. It's time to put Texas first! https://t.co/eRNAhucUvK Paxton will face off against Talarico, wherever he may be, for control over the Texas Senate seat in just 30 days.
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recycling an old event and dressing it up as something new. They posted footage from a February appearance over the weekend, apparently hoping nobody would notice the calendar. The campaign's excuse? The spokesperson claimed they were just "reposting" content and there was no intent to mislead. Sure. And we're supposed to believe the timing was pure coincidence.
The casual dishonesty is the real story here. This isn't a technical glitch or a staffer's honest mistake. It's a deliberate attempt to manufacture momentum where none exists. Talarico is running in a district that's been trending our way, and the Democrat knows his best bet is to look busier and more supported than he actually is. When you have to fake your campaign's activity, you're telling voters something—and it's not what you want them to hear. This is the kind of stunt that makes people roll their eyes at politics, and rightly so.
The bigger problem for Talarico is that he doesn't just look dishonest, he looks sloppy and a little desperate. Any first-year communications student knows social media sleuths will catch this stuff. The conservative base in that district wasn't going to be swayed by a staged photo-op anyway, but now he's handed local Republicans a gift. Every time he talks about "fresh energy" or "new momentum," there's a screencap waiting to contradict him.
We've seen this movie before from the left—style over substance, optics over truth. But the public is getting sharper about these games. People are tired of being played for fools. If Talarico can't run an honest campaign operation, that's a fair question for voters in his district to ask: how would he handle an actual job in Austin? The stunt wasn't just a mistake. It was a revealing one.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.