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Texas Democrat James Talarico’s ‘moderate’ act exposes his party’s new scam

Sixteen months after Kamala Harris cackled her way into a loss against President Donald Trump, the Democratic Party seems to have realized its candidates need an image makeover to get voters to forget what their team actually believes.

The name of the game is acting normal and talking like a moderate.

For Democrats, that’s a stretch.

James Talarico of Texas is their bright new “moderate” hope.

He won a US Senate primary election this week largely by touting his Christianity, being respectful to his opponents, and generally presenting himself as the boy-next-door counterweight to his excitable opponent, Rep. Jasmine Crockett.

Look at this sane man, declared the media.

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Time magazine touted his “authenticity” and gushed, “It’s populism and piety, the proletariat and the Pharisees all rolled into a Texas-sized operation.”

The Washington Post highlighted how Talarico was “leaning in to his Christian faith in political debate, an atypical approach for a Democrat.”

The New Yorker’s soft-focus photo accompanied a fawning piece that described Talarico........

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